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Pinkerton (album)

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Misplaced Pages talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/September 24, 2024 by Wehwalt (talk) 18:48, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Pinkerton is the second studio album by the American rock band Weezer, released on September 24, 1996, by DGC Records. To better capture their live sound, Weezer self-produced Pinkerton, creating a darker, more abrasive album than their self-titled 1994 debut. The lyrics express loneliness and disillusionment with the rock lifestyle, and reference Japanese culture. Pinkerton produced the singles "El Scorcho" and "The Good Life". It debuted at number 19 on the US Billboard 200, failing to match sales of Weezer's debut, and received mixed reviews; Rolling Stone readers voted it the third-worst album of 1996. For subsequent albums, Weezer returned to more traditional pop songwriting and less personal lyrics. In subsequent years, Pinkerton was reassessed; several publications named it one of the best albums of the 1990s, and it was certified platinum in 2016.

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• Most recent similar article(s): Darkness on the Edge of Town will be TFA on 28 July.
• Main editors: Popcornfud, The Sharpest Lives
• Promoted: 5 November 2007
• Reasons for nomination: 28th anniversary of release. Last featured in 2011 so I think it's been long enough to consider re-running it.
• Support as nominator. Great Mercian (talk) 22:32, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
• Support as one of the 'main editors' – The Sharpest Lives (💬•✏️•ℹ️) (ping me!) 02:50, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose until the blurb is cleaned up for length. This clocks in at 1408 characters (way over the requested 975) and four paragraphs (I can't imagine that any other blurb deviates from just one). joeyquism (talk) 22:35, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Yep, you're right, it exceeds the wordlength. I've trimmed it, purely because I like trimming stuff. I'm one of the main contributors to the article but have no opinion about whether it should be TFA. Popcornfud (talk) 23:03, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup, Popcornfud. I'm now thinking that this would be more appropriate for a TFA rerun on the 30th anniversary of Pinkerton's release - I'll strike my oppose here but I don't think I'll be able to support. joeyquism (talk) 23:48, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

To be honest I wondered the same thing — the 28th anniversary seems like an odd date to me. But I'm not particularly interested in TFA stuff, so if others want to do it, I have no objection. Popcornfud (talk) 09:32, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

The Blue Album's 30th anniversary is this year but it's not a featured article. I figured this was the next best thing. Sorry about it being too long, I completely forgot about the word limit and I thought everything was too important to cut. Great Mercian (talk) 23:42, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

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