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Originally Posted by LirvA
The fact of the matter is, Weezer, like Nirvana, felt like their debut album didn't portray their band as they really were, and sounded too polished. For this reason, Pinkerton and In Utero are better albums. They do a better job of capturing how the bands really sounded.
Don't really care what they think or thought. I remember Axl Rose saying Appetite wasn't their best album. Faith No More thinks King for a Day is the best thing they put out (they barely play that many songs from Angel Dust or the Real Thing). Metallica hasn't made a good record in 20 years, closer to 30 for some people, and Lars is still playing that game. Every other artist says their most recent album is their best anymore.
I think I'd probably agree with Kurt Cobain regarding the production, but to me that wasn't the problem with any of their records. It was the songs on Nevermind that stood out as well as the energy, In Utero was just weaker in both regards. I mean it was alright but I don't see anything really exceptional about it and never did.
Whether an album is an authentic representation of the band is something for the band and the engineers to sort out. I don't really care so long as it works.