Album Reviews

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Weezer: “Pinkerton” at 30

Weezer - Pinkerton

Released: 1996

Rivers Cuomo scrapped a space-rock opera, enrolled at Harvard, and turned a fan's letter into a song on Weezer's most personal album, one Rolling Stone readers voted the third-worst record of 1996.

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The Smiths: “The Queen Is Dead” at 40

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

Released: 1986

No manager, a lawsuit with their own label, and a 20-minute jam on a new wah pedal: the Smiths made The Queen Is Dead in a Surrey mansion and it reached No. 2.