Pinkerton (album)

Pinkerton is the second studio album by American rock band Weezer. It was released on September 24, 1996 by DGC Records. The album is named after the character BF Pinkerton from Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly. The band recorded the album between Rivers Cuomo’s terms at Harvard University, where he wrote most of the songs.