Pinkerton is the second studio album by American
alternative rock band
Weezer, released on September 24, 1996. After finishing tours in promotion of their 1994 album Weezer, the band originally planned to record a space-themed rock opera entitled Songs from the Black Hole. However, this project was eventually abandoned, and the group used some of the songs from the discarded album on Pinkerton. Much of the album was written while frontman
Rivers Cuomo(pictured) was studying at Harvard University, which influenced the themes addressed on the record. The album was seen as a departure from the band's original
power pop sound for a darker and more abrasive sound. On its release in 1996, the album was initially considered a critical and commercial failure; Pinkerton has since risen in stature to become one of the most highly regarded albums of the 1990s, receiving much critical acclaim. The album was certified gold in the United States in 2001. By August 2009, Pinkerton had amassed US sales of 852,000, and went gold in Canada with sales of over 50,000. It was the last Weezer album to feature bassist Matt Sharp. (
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The town of Wentworth Falls in the
Blue Mountains of Australia, is named after a
waterfall with that name(pictured). It is located 100 km (62 mi) west of
Sydney. The town is also noted for its areas of major archaeological importance, including the Kings Tableland Aboriginal Site. This area is highly significant to the
Darug,
Wiradjuri and
Gandangara people. Used as a gathering place for at least 22,000 years, the area contains a variety of cultural features, including engravings, axe-grinding grooves, modified rock pools and an occupation shelter.
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