VINYL FORMAT. IMPORT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! Weezer was disparaged from all corners when their 1994 debut became a hit. Hipsters and critics hated their raucous, melodic, Pixies-meets-metal geek-pop and the group's clever Spike Jonze-directed videos, proclaiming them as charlatans on the order of Stone Temple Pilots. Time has been kind to Weezer, since they not only turned out a second album that was (no joke) a masterpiece, they wound up being as influential on the emo scene as the purer Sunny Day Real Estate. To top it off, Weezer stands the test of time, standing as one of the great records of the post-grunge era.