Maladroit (pronounced /mælˌəˈdrɔɪt/, meaning either inept or an inept person) is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on May 14, 2002 on Geffen, nearly a year to the day after their previous album release, Weezer. The album is first to feature bassist Scott Shriner, following the departure of Mikey Welsh in 2001, and is the first Weezer album to stray from the 10 song per album "tradition". Maladroit features...
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Maladroit (pronounced /mælˌəˈdrɔɪt/, meaning either inept or an inept person) is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on May 14, 2002 on Geffen, nearly a year to the day after their previous album release, Weezer. The album is first to feature bassist Scott Shriner, following the departure of Mikey Welsh in 2001, and is the first Weezer album to stray from the 10 song per album "tradition". Maladroit features heavy metal riffs, uncommon to Weezer's previous releases.
As of December 2007, the album has sold 605,000 copies in the United States, having reached a high of #3 on the Billboard 200 and quickly going gold. Yet its chart stay was relatively brief. The first 600,000 copies of the album were specifically numbered, and located on the back of the CD case near the lower right-hand corner.
For their fourth studio album Weezer attempted an innovative system in which they'd release demos in MP3 format on their weezer.com website every day while in...
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