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Weezer (The Red Album) Billboard record review

Kicking off its newest album with its own ripped-off riff is the first of many acts of defiance present on this self-titled set, distinguished by its red cover. The intro chords of opener "Troublemaker" instantly evoke the similar intro to "The Good Life" from 1996's "Pinkerton"; the snarkiness isn't a surprise from mastermind Rivers Cuomo, who has never particularly cared about anyone's expectations. To wit, "Pork and Beans" is supposedly a response to the band being told by label bigwigs that the album lacked a hit single; lo and behold, it's been No. 1 on Modern Rock for four straight weeks. Elsewhere, Cuomo turns the mic over to the other three members of Weezer for a song each (the best: "Automatic," sung by drummer Pat Wilson), unironically salutes the influence of Nirvana ("Heart Songs") and marries fake crowd noise and piano to the thick power chords of "Greatest Man." Rock on.
— Lavinia Jones Wright
==See also==
*More reviews of the Red Album
*Reviews of individual Red Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review (archived webpage)
Category:Billboard
Weezer (The Red Album) Blender record review

On his L.A. foursome’s sixth LP—technically self-titled, already known as the Red Album for its cover—Rivers Cuomo serenades his one true love: the childhood tunes that inspire him. The name-dropping “Heart Songs” offers a cheat sheet to Weezer’s different sounds—they took angsty introspection from Nirvana, prettiness from Cat Stevens and learned to love metal pop from Quiet Riot. Unfortunately, Cuomo’s once-passionate relationship with his muses has settled into a rut. Weezer dwells on his well-documented obsessions with bad girlfriends and geek nostalgia, but without the usual giddy, mathematically precise songcraft. While the sprightly “Troublemaker” skewers rock-star excess with self-mocking humor and punk-lite guitars, too often Cuomo settles for wan melodies that unravel like that sweater he once sang about.
— Tim Grierson
==See also==
*More reviews of the Red Album
*Reviews of individual Red Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review (archived webpage)
Category:Album review
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Category:Blender
Weezer (The Red Album) Deluxe liner notes

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==See also==
*List of transcripts
*Weezer (The Red Album)
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Category:Transcripts
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Weezer (The Red Album) Hotpress record review

Rivers Cuomo and co. deliver another scintillating collection of punk-pop – with added experimentation
Weezer’s huge international success is surely one of the most heartening rock stories of the decade. It was by no means a foregone conclusion that they would enjoy such widespread popularity when they returned from a five-year hiatus with 2001’s Weezer (referred to by fans as The Brown Album to distinguish it from the band’s two other self-titled LPs), but, thankfully, Rivers Cuomo’s gift for songwriting proved as irresistible to a new generation of fans as it had to Generation X-ers in the mid-’90s.
Distressingly, in recent times Weezer have found themselves lumped in with the emo brigade by certain commentators, but they are so far ahead of any bands in that genre that it’s embarrassing. Co-produced by Rick Rubin, the group’s latest eponymous offering (destined to be called The Red Album) once again demonstrates their mastery of punk-pop dynamics.
The single ‘Pork And Beans’ is an electrifying rock stomper in the classic Weezer mould, with Jacknife Lee’s production really making the choruses leap from the speakers. Interestingly, the group have also added some new colours to their musical palette this time around. ‘The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)’, for example, features a choral vocal section, which is swiftly followed by a R’n’B style falsetto from Cuomo.
Speaking of the dimunitive frontman, aside from his melodic prowess, another aspect that has given him the edge on many of his peers is his deft lyrical touch. Here, the humour of ‘Everybody Get Dangerous’ is comparable to past peaks such as ‘Hash Pipe’ and ‘We Are All On Drugs’, both classics of narcotised bubblegum pop, while there is an acoustic ode to artists who have influenced the singer (from Springsteen to Nirvana) on ‘Heart Songs’.
Of late, Weezer have been covering classic tunes by the likes of Gary Numan, Psychedelic Furs and REM, and international editions of the album come with their impressive take on The Band’s ‘The Weight’. It’s an excellent way to conclude a superb album.
— Paul Nolan, June 30, 2008
==See also==
*More reviews of the Red Album
*Reviews of individual Red Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review
Category:Hotpress
Weezer (The Red Album) Los Angeles Times record review

THE PAIRING of Weezer and producer Rick Rubin seemed like a no-brainer, but their first issue, 2005’s “Make Believe,” lacked the hoped-for chemistry between L.A.'s nerd-rock kings and a studio guru who has brought out the best in Johnny Cash, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Neil Diamond.
Here’s to hanging in there. Though it tails off toward the end, the second Weezer-Rubin collaboration (and the band’s third self-titled album, out June 3) is a rush, starting with a sustained, four-song soliloquy on pop music’s allure.
“I’m gonna be a rock star and you are gonna bear with me / Cuz I can’t work a job like any other slob,” Rivers Cuomo sings in “Troublemaker,” portraying an absurdly confident musician. In the similarly heavy-riffing “Pork and Beans,” he trumpets his independence and scoffs at lesser artists, those careerists who dream of hooking up with Timbaland to record a hit.
Rivers doesn’t make apologies for his sometimes crass characters, nor does he judge them. He forms them and animates them, then lets you deal with them. But all that attitude disappears with the onset of “Heart Songs,” a musical autobiography that describes a lifetime of listening, from ABBA and Debbie Gibson to Iron Maiden and Nirvana albums, and ultimately to the singer’s own induction into the fraternity of record makers.
The next two songs vary the theme but don’t let up as they capture, in turn, the bravado of youth and the appeal of imagination over day-to-day drudgery. Both “Everybody Gets Dangerous” and “Dreamin’ ” extend the album’s audaciously dynamic sound. The music on “Weezer” is marked by constant surprise in the structures and textures, which combine the crunch of Cuomo’s beloved KISS with a Who-like urgency and wit and the Beach Boys’ celestial pop epiphanies.
The album’s slip into a stretch of three uneventful songs is puzzling, but Weezer recovers for “The Angel and the One,” which ends this march through the material plane on a note of spiritual transcendence.
— Richard Cromelin, June 3, 2008
==See also==
*More reviews of the Red Album
*Reviews of individual Red Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review
Category:Los Angeles Times
Weezer (The Red Album) NME record review

Despite Weezer having been an active concern for almost 20 years now, the bizarre behaviour of mainman Rivers Cuomo has long served to distract from the LA band’s perceived worth. From putting the group on hold in 1995 while he underwent surgery to lengthen his left leg, to selling his house and car to fund his new calling of serving food to HIV patients in 2003, it’s a fair claim that Cuomo is one of the most fascinating rock stars of our time. It’s just a shame that such extracurricular activities have long shrouded an even stronger pitch for him being one of our most astonishing songwriting talents too.
His band’s sixth long-player is their third to be self-titled and in a now-traditionally nod to the record’s sleeve colour, fans are calling this ‘The Red Album’ – just as they named 1994’s eponymous debut ‘The Blue Album’ and the band’s 2001 comeback after a five-year sabbatical ‘The Green Album’. Musically, it’s a record that does much to further the claim for Cuomo’s songwriting greatness. Opener ‘Troublemaker’ is akin to a less angsty update of ‘The Good Life’, a choice pick from the band’s 1996 career benchmark ‘Pinkerton’, while single ‘Pork And Beans’ is a gold-star brain burrower. ‘Everybody Get Dangerous’ not only sounds like Devo gatecrashing the high school prom, but introduces the nonsensical word “booya!” into the dictionary of pop. ‘Heart Songs’ cutely penned words trace the evolution of Cuomo’s influences (Springsteen, obscure LA hair metal band Quiet Riot, Nirvana “and Slayer taught me how to shred…”). ‘The Greatest Man That Ever Lived’, meanwhile, is without question the most ambitious song Cuomo has ever penned, cramming a rapped intro, barber-shop harmonies and ornate music box twinkling into a six-minute geek-pop rewrite of ELO’s ‘Mr Blue Sky’. All of the above makes ‘The Red Album’ the equal of 2002’s really-rather-good ‘Maladroit’, and infinitely better than the really-rather-overblown ‘Make Believe’ three years later.
On that last outing, Cuomo penned a tune called ‘Pardon Me’, where he went to great lengths to apologise for dictating the songwriting direction of the band since its inception. Frankly, he shouldn’t have bothered; what stops ‘The Red Album’ being a great Weezer album, is – for the first time ever – Cuomo’s invitation to his bandmates to sing and write songs too. Bassist Scott Shriner sings lead on the grungey ‘Cold Dark World’ and leaves it sounding more Nickelback than Nirvana, while stalwart guitarist Brian Bell unearths and retouches the pedestrian, Beck-lite moment ‘Thought I Knew’ from his side-project The Relationship. You can only assume his intention in doing so was to highlight what an outstanding songwriter Cuomo is. ‘The Red Album’ is a record that will leave you drawing the same conclusion. We wouldn’t bet against Cuomo deciding to leave the band and – who knows? – breeding baby elephants in the Rwandan outback to mask such truth, mind… 
— James McMahon, June 5, 2008
==See also==
*More reviews of the Red Album
*Reviews of individual Red Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review
Category:NME
Weezer (The Red Album) Uncut record review

Starting with irresistible lead single 'Pork and Beans', a chunk of Weezer’s sixth album delivers the band’s trademark combo of crushing power chords, pop-culture references and a healthy dose of ironic self-ridicule.
But the most intriguing tracks depart from the formula in radical fashion. 'Heart Songs' traces a line from Gordon Lightfoot to Nirvana on the way to recounting Weezer’s own genesis.
The concluding 'The Angel and One' works its way to outright grandeur and both trade irony for a ton of sentiment – Rivers Cuomo’s psychotherapy must be working. It’s just like him to slap on a smiley face while the world is going to hell. 
— Bud Scoppa
==See also==
*More reviews of the Red Album
*Reviews of individual Red Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review (archived webpage)
Category:Uncut
Weezer (The White Album) Allmusic record review

Taking the notion of self-titled albums standing as a statement of identity to an extreme, Weezer puts out a self-titled record whenever they're ready to enter a new phase of their career. Designed to be dubbed The White Album -- a nice cheeky nod to the classic 1968 double album from the Beatles -- the 2016 installment of Weezer isn't nearly as messy as the group's last color-coded eponymous record. With that 2008 Red Album, Weezer embarked on a confused and chaotic middle age, an era that the tight, focused White Album effectively brings to an end. Much of this precision is due to Jake Sinclair, a producer who revived commercial prospects with his savvy work on American Beauty/American Psycho, who gives this Weezer a modern sheen that skillfully avoids desperation, but he not only understands what teens like, he understands why teens love this group. As a kid, he played in Wannabeezer, a Weezer cover band, and his knowledge of the group is fast; he isn't one to fetishize the emotional bloodletting of Pinkerton at the expense of the rest of the band's work, he likes the fun stuff just as much. Sinclair recognizes that one of strengths is his love of craft, so he gave the singer/songwriter a mission: to create a spiritual sequel to the California pop of the Blue Album. To that end, Cuomo set up a profile on the dating app Tinder, using his encounters as research to supplement the observations he had while whiling away afternoons in Santa Monica and Venice Beach. Such a conscious remove is crucial to the success of The White Album: like Chuck Berry singing about "Sweet Little Sixteen" when he was 32 years old, Cuomo isn't diving into the thick of things, he's merely reporting what he sees. Sometimes, Cuomo betrays his age -- the "listen to Bacharach" line on "Do You Wanna Get High" is a bigger '90s throwback than the very sound of the album -- but that's also part of his charm: his eccentricities slip out from the cracks in his carefully constructed songs. Sinclair wisely decides to accentuate all these quirks, whether they derive from Cuomo or the band's interplay, so The White Album crackles underneath its tight presentation. Drums and guitars thunder, harmonies cascade, and there are surprises that add color without being showy. Weezer flirt with past and present, happily taking cues from forefathers -- "(Girl We Got A) Good Thing" consciously evokes the Beach Boys, just like how "Wind in Our Sail" brings to mind Jack Antonoff -- but The White Album winds up existing in a fantasy world that's entirely the band's own creation. This is Weezer's version of Southern California, one where the girls aren't bedecked in bikinis and where alienation sometimes seems comforting, maybe because their "Endless Bummer" is consciously fleeting, a sweet, sad coda to an album devoted to all the good times that can be had under the sun. 
— Stephen Thomas Erlewine
==See also==
*More reviews of Weezer (The White Album)
*Reviews of individual White Album tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review
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Category:White Album reviews
Weezer (disambiguation)

Weezer is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1992.
Weezer may also refer to:
== Albums ==
*Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer's debut album, released in 1994.
*Weezer (The Green Album) - Weezer's third album, released in 2001.
*Weezer (The Red Album) - Weezer's sixth album, released in 2008.
*Weezer (The White Album) - Weezer's tenth album, released in 2016.
*Weezer (The Teal Album) - Weezer's twelfth album, released in 2019.
*Weezer (The Black Album) - Weezer's thirteenth album, released in 2019.
== Other ==
*Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape), a Rivers Cuomo demo compilation
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Weezer - The 8​-​bit Album

Weezer - The 8​-​bit Album is a tribute album consisting of chiptune covers of Weezer songs. It was released on July 20, 2009.
==Overview==
The album was mentioned on Karl's Corner, as well as in the August 8, 2009 edition of the Metro UK digital edition.The aftermath. Murdoch, Ross. Blogspot. September 2, 2009. Track 15 is a hidden track which was not included in the .zip download on the original release page. It was listed on the page using the same color as the background, and could be downloaded individually.Weezer - The 8-bit Album. Pterodactyl Squad. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. The album received a followup, Weezer - The Second 8​-​bit Album, in 2016.
==Track listing==
==Gallery==
Artwork for a front and back insert were made available for download as .gif files on the album's original release page, though no CD release was ever officially produced. The artwork was done by David Mauro.
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==See also==
*Weezer - The Second 8​-​bit Album
*List of tribute albums
==External links==
*Weezer - The 8-bit Album on Bandcamp
==References==
Category:Tribute albums
Category:Weezer tribute albums
Category:2009 releases
Weezer - The Second 8​-​bit Album

Weezer - The Second 8​-​bit Album is a 2016 tribute album to Weezer, consiting of chiptune covers of Weezer songs, released on July 20, 2016. The album is a followup to the 2009 release Weezer - The 8​-​bit Album.
==Track listing==
==Gallery==
Artwork for a front and back cover were made available for download on the album's original release page. The artwork was done by David Mauro.
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==See also==
*Weezer - The 8​-​bit Album
*List of tribute albums
==External links==
*Weezer - The Second 8-bit Album on Bandcamp
Category:Tribute albums
Category:Weezer tribute albums
Category:2016 releases
Weezer ...on Acid

Weezer ...on Acid is a 2001 remix EP by Nmesh. It features 4 songs from Weezer (The Blue Album) remixed in various manners.
==Overview==
Weezer ...on Acid is one of the very first electronic projects of Alex Koenig, released on March 1, 2001, before the Nmesh project fully took form.NmeshTV. "Weezer - Say It Ain't So (Ambient Version)". YouTube. October 25, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5RwVVy89Vw. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. A limited number of CD copies were created (likely only 10-15), however most went unsold upon release.Nmesh. Personal communication. 07 June 2021. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Nmesh_citation.png
==Track listing==
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==See also==
*List of tribute albums
*Weezer (The Blue Album)
==References==
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Category:2001 releases
Weezer Club

Weezer Club (formerly Army of Babies) was a Weezer fansite created in December 2018 in response to users' issues with moderation on All Things Weezer. It shut down in May 2020.
==Overview==
The forum was created in December 2018 under the name "Army of Babies" by All Things Weezer forum users I Be Crunk and Ressie as an alternative to the older forum.
A Weezer tribute album featuring forum members, titled ArmyOfBabies​.​com Presents: The Black Album, was released onto Bandcamp in February 2019.
In September 2019, the website was renamed to "Weezer Club" in hopes of making the website more accessible to fans of the band. Two months later in December 2019, the website underwent a complete overhaul, with a new banner and new features, including AJAX chat. Around this same time, I Be Crunk handed over ownership of the website to user Sometimesrock. As of February 2020, the website had over 500 individual users and over 200,000 messages posted.
In May 2020, Seth and Sometimesrock were made moderators on All Things Weezer and the Weezer Club forums were subsequently shuttered.
==Strange and Distant Land==
Strange and Distant Land (abbreviated as SaDL) was a short-lived Weezer fan forum created in May 2020 by users Votto, CodySolo, and Ult in response to the shuttering of the Weezer Club forum. It was shut down in August of the same year.
==See also==
*All Things Weezer
*List of Weezer websites
*List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums
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Weezer Covers Compilation

Weezer Covers Compilation is a tribute album featuring covers of Weezer songs spanning all eras by various artists. It was released on July 31, 2022 by the independent French/Slovak DIY label Z Tapes. The album's proceeds were donated to the collective living space Espace communal de la Guillotière located in Lyon, France. 
==Tracklist==
==See also==
*List of tribute albums
*Weezer Fanclub Cover Compilation Vol. 1
==External links==
*Weezer Covers Compilation on Bandcamp
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Weezer Medley

"Weezer Medley" is the third track off of Other People's Pieces, a 2018 covers album released by Chilly Gonzales.
==Overview==
"Weezer Medley" begins with an arrangement of the verse vocal melody from "Island in the Sun," followed by an interstitial transition referencing the verse melody of "Undone - The Sweater Song." This eventually segues into the verse melody of "Buddy Holly," followed by the chorus melody and final guitar fill. The song then ends with the same "Undone" verse melody reference.
==Audio==
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==Personnel==
*Chilly Gonzales - piano
==See also==
*"Damage in Your Heart - Chilly Gonzales Version"
*Other People's Pieces
Category:Weezer cover artist
Category:Covers of Weezer
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Weezer Nation

Weezer Nation was a Weezer forum run by user Webby. It was the definitive Weezer fan board from 2005 to 2007. Weezer Nation became active in late March 2005 when weezer.com was overhauled for the release of Make Believe and the official message boards were rendered useless.
==Culture==
Weezer Nation's culture was one of sarcastic satire. It was a free-for-all forum that many fans strictly tried to avoid while other fans loved dearly. Many people who posted positive things about the band or their current work were often flamed.
===All Things Not Weezer===
Weezer Nation was notorious for its outlandish and off-topic discussion in the forum ATNW.
==See also==
* List of Weezer websites
* Strange And Distant Land
* Albumsix
* List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums
* Pony Eyelashes~
* I.v.league
* Weezer.com
Category:Websites
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Weezer Polydor biography - June 2001

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Scans by DIZQ MEMORABILIA on eBay.Weezer - Biographie Polydor - Juin 2001. dizq-memorabilia. eBay.
==See also==
*Thoughts from a Green Mind (or, It’s Not Easy Being Green), a brief history of Weezer post-1997 and the making of The Green Album written by Karl Koch
==References==
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