Weezer Red Album

Some say it takes time to appreciate a good album. Well, this surely counts for Weezer's Red Album. I bought it as soon as it was available, listened to it a few times and sais: "All right, but I've heard better", and let it aside. A few months later I put in my cd-player and then..WOW. What a sound. "Troublemaker" is a good introduction. "The greatest man that ever lived" is just plain wonderful, with different styles mixed in one song and so making Weezer's own Bohemian Rhapsody. In the cynical "Pork and beans" Cuomo gets his way by 'doing his own things'. And "Heart song", beautiful "Heart songs", excellent. "Dreaming" is a very nice song, altough it sounds weird to hear Cuomo (over 30) sing about that he doesn't like to do what teacher or father tells him to do. "Thought I knew" is a lesser track, but the album closes with the astonishing "The angel and the one". Weezer has continued the anti-establishment themes which they enrolled on "Make believe". But apart from that, they are experimenting with different styles and tunes. They did this once before on "Pinkerton" and got blasted away. Not this time, I hope they will continue this musical path.

The one thing you can be rest assured with every new Weezer release is half the fan base is going to whine and complain and the other half is going to take the album just for what it is: rocking, quirky, and often hilarious pop-rock awesomeness. The Red Album is definitely a different direction for the band, especially with the lead vocals being sung by all members at least once on the album, but this should come as no surprise. Pat and Brian both have side projects and their songs on here definitely have their own unique twist. TRA gives us Weezer fanatics another peering into the mind of the rock genius Rivers Cuomo, and has a nice meshing of many of the previous albums' styles. Songs like "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" and "The Angel and the One" have a great Pinkerton vibe, while "Pork and Beans" sounds like it is straight off of Maladroit. "Dreamin" and "Heart Songs" remind me of Make Believe, "Troublemaker" has a bit of a Blue Album feel. All the songs are fun and unique in their own way, and you will not find yourself wincing at the lyrics as you may have with some of the more formulaic rock-pop that the Weez has released in the past. All in all, this is definitely a different album (some say experimental) but if you love Weezer, it is a must have. Very strongly convinced that this album rests comfortably at 3rd place behind Blue and Pinkerton. It'll grow on you, just like Make Believe. =w=

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The case was cracked. Said it was in very good condition but wasn’t expecting a cracked and scratched case. It is ok though! The actual CD is in good condition and I’m happy about that. I love this album. It’s a fantastic album, my favorite track is probably troublemaker.

So somehow Weezer have returned with one of their best albums, musically that is. This ablum is a bit more experimental in musical forms and structures (The Greatest Man That Ever Lived), but also retains some old school style Weezer grudge with tracks like "Pork and Beans". This album surpasses "Make Believe" (Thank God) by far. I am a fan of the old Blue Album and Pinkerton and this fits up their pretty well. I would put it on par with the Green Album, but with more musical diversity. On this album, it is not just Rivers singer and writing also, the other band mates do a couple of tunes. I was glad to here that as I was a fan of "The Special Goodness" and "The Rentals". I would not say that this is my favorite of all Weezer albums, but I would say that I like it a lot more than "Make Believe" and "Maladroit" put together. Awesome guys! Keep up the good work and I hope to get a chance to see you guy perform again soon!

In many ways, this album represents Weezer coming full circle. It probably more similar to their first LP (the blue one) than any one released since. But the band doesn't rehash that territory in a vacuum. Weezer takes some of the best aspects of the bands they've influenced and integrates them into their work. Perhaps more importantly, they take some of the sillier and worse aspects of modern emo and turn it into something that lives between parody and brilliance. If you don't laugh when you first hear Troublemaker, you're listening wrong (I'm teasing); after a listen or three, this song will start to blow you away. In order to really open up this offering, other band members sing and contribute in more ways. This certainly changes the feel, but the differing vocals add a layer of depth that you never realized was lacking in past releases. So, if you hear a song that sounds like another band, even a band you're not fond of, take a step back and listen to Weezer's take on the past 14 years.

I really don't like to write reviews but for this I felt I had to. To me, Weezer is legendary, but this album fell far short of the usual awesomeness. There was some good songs, but alot of crappy songs that are good at first, but don't hold up over time, like most of Weezers stuff. I think the band just kind of rushed almost to throw this cd together, I own every Weezer cd except for Death to False Metal, and this one let the fans down. But do buy every other Weezer cd out there, best band ever. Buy this one if you want to waste $10.00, Sorry Rivers :)

This album competes with "The Blue Album" for my favorite to date by Weezer. I think this is one I got because I heard one song on a video game ("Automatic" on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue), and was immediately rewarded because I wasn't expecting to like the record as much as I did. Along with "Automatic", I really like the first three songs, "Troublemaker", "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived", and "Pork and Beans", as well as the last song "The Angel and the One". But you have to get this, the Deluxe version, in order to get my favorite song off the record - "King". Admittedly, many of the middle songs on the CD are just ok in my opinion, so I'd still probably pick Blue as my favorite Weezer CD since it really doesn't have a weak point, but there's easily enough really good songs on this one to be worth buying.

10 tracks of pure Weezer pleasure!

El red álbum es uno de mis álbumes favoritos de Weezer y que emoción ver que estaba disponible y a un buen precio, la entrega fue rápida y como tal el disco está nuevo así que lo hace aún mejor ningún detalle a comentar increíble disco.

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This album is almost non-stop hits. Just awesome!

Great album