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Nov 24, 2017A very belated review of a very unfairly criticized album. MB is the sound of Weezer nailing the near perfect power pop aesthetic. Forget Pacific Daydream which is trite rubbish by comparison and give this a try.
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May 5, 2016Easily one of the most under-appreciated Weezer albums. While the lyrical work doesn't come close to anything from Pinkerton or Blue, ever song fits so well together in that buttery alt-rock-pop zone.
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Oct 15, 2014I'll never understand why so many people give this album such a hard time. I'll admit it's a little too mid-tempo at times and could have been better, but it's a pretty solid and "classic" Weezer album imo.
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RobbinLAug 1, 2005Wow! I am truly at a loss for words. The band is clearly just a shadow of its former self. The hooks are gone, the melodies too. The lyrics?! Rivers is this what you are getting for your tuition money at Harvard? I'd ask for a refund, Dude. And No, getting Hugh Heffner to appear in your video will not help you save your faded reputation either. May the real Weezer R.I.P.
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Oct 10, 2014I'm not really sure why people prefer Hurley and Raditude over this. I mean, yes, I particularly didn't like the slickness of the production and the sometimes generic lyrics, but it's still good. Not as good as TBA and Pinkerton, though.
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BriJ.Feb 23, 2008
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BlizakeBApr 25, 2006Blue Album great, Pinkerton great, but Make Believe? I wish I could make believe that Rivers didnt crank out this sloppy album, I feel ripped of as a Weezer fan. Please Rivers put yourself together and get the original Weezer back(Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Patrick Wilson and Matt Sharp) and make another great album or at least a good one
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JeffJJul 29, 2006Rivers just tried too hard to come up with something good, it ends up sounding pretty cheesy at points. It's not totally unlistenable though.
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Apr 1, 2016Not much redeemable on this album. "Beverly Hills" and "We Are All on Drugs" are two of the worst singles that Weezer has ever put out. The beats are pretty stagnant and only feature a few chords like on "Perfect Situation" and the lyrics on "Freak Me Out" are laughable. This was the moment Weezer went mainstream, and the result is some pretty terrible tunes.
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Jan 28, 2015
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AaronEMay 10, 2005F'n awesome! Its neither worse, better or equal to their previous material. make believe just is.
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DevinBMay 10, 2005
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CosmoJPrelogJun 4, 2005The first album to influence me to vacuum
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MarcBJun 8, 2005
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ElliotRMay 10, 2005I enjoy it.
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JamesKMay 10, 2005Most underappreciated album of all time. This album is amazing.
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JamesJMay 10, 2005Weezer have it spot on. Great songs with feeling. Different from their previous albums, but in this case change is good. Their best since the Blue album.
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MarkWMay 11, 2005Dull. Bad. I really enjoyed the harder polished edge of Maladroit, as it struck me as a creative step forward... I was really looking forward to Make Believe, and have been soundly disappointed. The songs are too simplistic, and the edge is gone. Even Beverly Hills seems like a forced effort. Worst =w= by far.
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SteveSMay 10, 2005
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JulianKMay 10, 2005not to feed off of my original bias as a weezer fan, but this disc is just great. It's a step in a different dirrection for weezer just like the other 4 were. i'm very impressed with the crafting of these songs, very mellow and powerful at the same time.
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BrianneGMay 10, 2005Whether the lyrics are passionate, trite, or simply ironic, Weezer's strengths rely on their cohesive sound and familiar formula. Hopefully, non-Weezer fans will enjoy it as much as I do.
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BillSMay 20, 2005Rob J, Pinkerton and the blue album were excellent records. It has nothing to do with nostalgia. Make Believe is mostly a boring, generic record. It's not in the same league as the first two weezer releases.
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PeterAMay 30, 2005A mediocre album--I was expecting a lot more when I heard Rick Rubin was working on it. There are a few good tunes such as "perfect situation" and "hold me" but overall this is a fairly boring album... and I have all of their albums. I would hope for more on their next effort (if they last that long).
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RogerSMay 9, 2005Weezer's best album since Pinkerton. A joy to listen.
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BelovedAuntJun 1, 2005
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BrianLJun 6, 2005While not up to Weezer's amazing standard from the Blue Album years, this is better than Maladroit, their last release, and some of the songs are genuinely brilliant; This Is Such A Pity, We Are All On Drugs and Haunt You Every Day being my favourites
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[Anonymous]Jun 6, 2005horrible, ugh
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ShaneyTAug 9, 2005most critics don't give the album more than a couple listens, and this record needs quite a few before its beauty is revealed. give it a fe more spins and you'll notice that "This is Such a Pity", "The Damage In Your Heart", "The Other Way", "Freak Me Out", and "Haunt You Everyday" are great additions to the Cuomo songbook.
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KoenDeCrockMay 11, 2005
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ryanbMay 10, 2005Absolutely brutal. The Pitchfork review sums up my thoughts nicely, though I'd like to add the song "Hold Me" smells strongly of "I Started A Joke" by the Bee Gees.
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DaveSMay 10, 2005everytime i hear this album it makes me want to vomit. I also can't believe that Rolling Stone is calling it great and comparing it to Pinkerton... last time I checked, Pinkerton was named "worst album of 1996" by RS
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NicolasCMay 11, 2005Not as good as blue different from Pinkerton better than green and the same as maladroit = Good album
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JustinSMay 10, 2005I like the return of Rivers' emotion. I do not, however, like the brief retreads into unintelligent pop (We Are All On Drugs, Best Friend, Freak Me Out). Other than those tracks though, this album is amazing, especially with its hybrid Pinkerton-Blue songs (Pardon Me, The Other Way, Perfect Situation, Peace). Overall a great album and worthy of the Weezer name.
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GaryMMay 11, 2005
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JoshMay 11, 2005Totally awful. Every song is formulaic--they take a trite sentiment and repeat it over and over. All of the lyrical magic I expect from Weezer is gone. I still love Blue, PInkerton, and Maladroit, though.
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BenAMay 10, 2005Don't listen to the snobby Pitchfork cronies. So what if the prissy indy in-crowd doesn't accept weezer. This album rules. The lyrics are laughably bad by themselves but the songs are so brilliant it makes them shine. I love this album. It makes me so happy. Weezer is back and they are dorky as ever. A+
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dreweMay 10, 2005
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HollisHMay 10, 2005Just simply awful. Kinda like if a computer tried to write a power-pop album.
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matthewsMay 10, 2005
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ClintBMay 11, 2005
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MarkDMay 12, 2005
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JoeGMay 12, 2005
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MatthewMMay 12, 2005
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KevinMMay 10, 2005Amazing. i think its a great step forward for weezer and is in the same league as the first 2 records. I can't see where some of the mixed reviews are coming from.
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jinggMay 13, 2005
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thombMay 13, 2005Why bother?
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frankdMay 14, 2005stop to always referring to blue album and pinkerton because this is a GOOD album, best song is the last one.
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BenHMay 15, 2005
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GreggyP.WildMay 15, 2005
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JasonBMay 15, 2005Utterly Bad! I say use this CD as a coaster!
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SteveWMay 16, 2005I think some people are overanalyzing this release. It is a great combination of Weezer's new sound and the self deprecating honesty of Pinkerton and the Blue Album. If you're looking for another Pinkerton or Blue Album, you might be disappointed but if you look at this with a more open mind, you'll find that Weezer hasn't lost a step at all.
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DaveDMay 10, 2005
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neutroMay 27, 2005This album is almost entirely disposable. If these were the "cream of the crop" of all the songs the band had worked on since the last potboiler - I think it's time to hang up the instruments and stop tarnishing what's respectable of their previous material.
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MichaelVMay 9, 2005
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bretttcJun 1, 2005Awful. Terrible. Bad. Useless. Futile. CRAP. Etc..
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GregPJun 14, 2005This is the kind of album that makes me feel good about the music year.
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MarkPJun 15, 2005I liked it at first, but the more listened to it the more i liked and after i tried taking it out to listen to something else i couldnt get it out of my head and keep putting it back. i guess it just keeps growing on me.
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GregRJun 2, 2005
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SamAJun 2, 2005This is a great album. Perfect Situation could be the best Weezer song yet.
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CorneliusWJun 5, 2005Sounds like a bad Rooney album. I'm serious.
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brianJun 6, 2005its ok, its tough to compete with the blue album or any of there successful CD's. A lot of the songs sound basically the same
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TravisJun 7, 2005Absolutely can not believe this garbage is from the same band that created the Blue album and Pinkerton. I never expected any of their albums to top either of those, but this a horrible display of slant rhyme and moronic songs. The first awful track is about how he doesnt belong in Beverly Hills. Then a few songs later he's in his Mercedes-Benz and on drugs. How retarted.
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SteveJun 7, 2005"why bother? its gonna hurt me, its gonna kill when you desert me, this happened to me twice before, it wont happen to me anymore." As I look back on these lines from Why Bother, I can only think that Rivers could see the future up to 2005 when he wrote that song. Yup, twice before (green, maladroit).
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JoeyJun 9, 2005Lovin' this album! My favourite track is probably the new single, 'Beverly Hills.' All the songs are really catchy but some sound like each other. Though doesn't every artist do that?
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JustinKJul 1, 2005Make Believe isn't the best from Weezer, but it's much better than 90% of the other alt rock albums out. It's quick, catchy, and simple but still fun. If you're a bitter 35 year old dad looking to relive the early 90's weezer, this isn't the album for you. For everybody else, it's a good listen.
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DavidBJul 10, 2005Unlistenable. What a disappointment...
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WillOJul 18, 2005This album is so empty of emotion. I've heard their more recent self-titled (green) album and I thought that was pointless. This is merely horrid. Even without comparing it to their first two albums, the songs are childish and have stupid riffs and choruses that aren't really catchy but just make one shudder to hear how lacking his songwriting is.
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TBoneMJul 2, 2005
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NicolasPAug 7, 2005Excellent!
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RachelAAug 8, 2005
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AndrewLJan 20, 2006Brilliant album. Do not listen to the detracters.
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JustinMJan 27, 2006Solid album with a couple weak tracks.
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DylanPJan 3, 2006We Are All On Drugs is one of the worst songs ever recorded. What the heck happened to =w=
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HomieBBJun 26, 2006the first half is good but the second half of the record is garbage except for "best friend"
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MikeS.Nov 25, 2007I can only hope that "tout ensemble" will be back to cuomo's old writing days,not that make believe was particularily bad,its just not up to true weezer standard!
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BrendanDMar 5, 2007
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JoeB.Aug 8, 2007
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BShortDec 23, 2005Love this album! First time i really became a fan of Weezer..love "this is such a pity"
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BillPMay 11, 2005Where do you folks get off attacking Rivers and his new album. What is so bad about it I wonder.... I THINK IT ROCKS YOUR SOCKS OFF!
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JoshBMay 11, 2005Wow, people are being really harsh. This is a good, solid album. I'm a life-long Weezer fan and I am quite pleased. I hope you naysayers remember that this is how people reacted to Pinkerton when it came out. Now look at the legend that is that album. Who know what may happen?
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ShaneMMay 10, 2005I have a ticket for the Philly show I bought on Ebay for $65 but after hearing Make Believe I don't even want to go. Actually, I changed my mind - I do want to go....so I can hurl the new album at Rivers as soon as they play the any song off the new album....
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mikemMay 11, 2005This album is probably the worst disc of this decade so far, but it is not the worst that i have ever heard. too bad guys.
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J.L.PerezMay 10, 2005While not their best this is still a fun album thats good to listen too.
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marktMay 10, 2005The pitchfork review makes me mad. 4? Are you kidding?
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SethWilsonMay 10, 2005
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RandyKMay 10, 2005Weezer played it way too safe, and the result is INCREDIBLY bland and boring. A cd that doesn't deserve to be placed next to my copies of Blue and Pinkerton. The Pitchfork review is spot on.
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JackJMay 10, 2005Unbelievably good album.
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KevinGMay 11, 2005okay so it's not lyrically up to standard or not breaking any ground but it's still damn infectious (as per usual great hooks) been humming it all day and for me thats makes it more than an average album
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MattGMay 11, 2005
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DanKMay 11, 2005
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MattKMay 10, 2005It's a really good album. I think it has a lot of the strengths of all their other albums. Different but classic weezer at the same time. Fits right in there with there solid catalog.
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RyanAMay 12, 2005
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JonSMay 12, 2005
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JebJMay 12, 2005
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DaveBMay 12, 2005
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RodCMay 12, 2005
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MattEMay 12, 2005I think all the people giving this album terrible reviews are just listening once, shutting off their ears halfway through the album, and throwing it over their shoulders. If you give it 3-4 listens, you'll realize that this music simply says more than any =w= album since "Pinkerton."
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JoeMMay 12, 2005
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Awards & Rankings
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Entertainment WeeklyWeezer's most conventional disc... a cleaner-sounding record heavy on way-earnest power ballads. [13 May 2005, p.85]
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Rolling StoneA breakthrough for Weezer... Cuomo's songs are his most plaintive and brilliant since Pinkerton. [19 May 2005, p.74]
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Sometimes an album is just awful. Make Believe is one of those albums.