Round of 64: (15) Weezer - Pinkerton vs. (50) Neil Young - On the Beach Bracket

Round one is here. 62 years of albums with 2 convenient ties. What album will come out on top?

NOTICE: PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU'VE HEARD BOTH ALBUMS. STOP DOING THIS SHIT.

For this matchup, we start with:

(15) Weezer - Pinkerton

vs.

(50) Neil Young - On the Beach

 

i do love weezer but neil is an all-timer with this one and i have to go with it, plus this is his only one and weezer have blue

 

I do love Neil, but I've never listened to this. Will give it a go. Pinkerton is something, though

 

Haven't heard the Neil record on this one, so I'll abstain from voting until I do that. I'm a bit mixed on Pinkerton, though.

 

i would say if you like neil at all, this is kind of his masterclass, but i do actually know what site im posting on despite appearances sometimes (ahem jimmy eat world threads)

 

oh nice, excited on seeing how it plays out for you

 

I'd say I'm usually "like not love" on Neil, so I haven't gone as deep on his catalog. Will listen tonight or tomorrow.

 

I haven't heard it, but growing up, this was the Neil album that was always clowned on and not even pressed on cd for like 20 years. Crazy to see it labeled as a masterclass. I'll have to check it out.

 

There's bunch written on On the Beach, well worth the deep dive. This is one of his best but Pinkerton squeezes by for me.

 

Yeah it’s great but not my favorite Neil

 

it isn't my favorite of his either, but i still think what i posted stands

 

Love Neil, but Pinkerton just means more to me.

 

this is the best Neil Young album and it's going to lose to freaking Pinkerton because not enough people have blissed out to "Motion Pictures (For Carrie)"

 

Pinkerton all day.

 

those two posts back to back is about as clear of a picture of this site on a given day as you'll get

 

As someone intimidated by Neil’s massive discography, I’m just excited to not have to decide where to start for myself.

 

Seemingly brutal choice, but Pinkerton is better.

the only Neil that might top it for me is Tonight’s The Night

 

After the Gold Rush for me

 

yeah tonight’s the night, this and zuma are my top 3

time fades away has some of his best too but it’s a live album

 

Neil has a stronger catalogue, but he doesn’t have that 1 (or 2 for weezer) towering triumph looming over the rest of his catalogue. Any of a dozen or so are reasonable picks for a person’s favorite

Everybody Knows…
After The Gold Rush
Harvest
Time Fades Away
On The Beach
Zuma
Tonight’s The Night
Zuma
Rust Never Sleeps
Live/Rust
Freedom
Harvest Moon

You could throw American Stars N Bars or Comes A Time in there and they aren’t totally insane. Maybe even Trans or Peace Trail if you’re a real sicko, im open to it.


Of course, Pacific Daydream is somehow the weezer album i listen to most nowadays…

 

Yeah, Neil’s got this one for me. Really enjoyed On the Beach. I relistened to Pinkerton after and I feel like I like the album more with each listen.

 

Weeeeeeeeez

 

Me: "I will now go to Spotify to listen to this Neil Young album I haven't heard!"

Also me:

 

This is the best Neil album imo and a top 10 album of all time for me. It ends with a legitimate contender for greatest three song run in rock history.

Pinkerton is awesome but I think it’s a much greater musical achievement when you factor in the bsides (even just the official ones let alone Longtime Sunshine etc!). Not holding that against it, but there’s a universe out there where it’s a top 3 album for me, it just isn’t with the 10 songs they picked.

among the most brutal matchups of the first round.

 

Dude with the kind of music you love, it’s guaranteed you will eventually have a moment where you get SUPER into Neil. May as well lean into it.