Raditude
by Weezer
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 25
  3. Negative: 7 out of 25
  1. Dot Music
    30
    Driving yet jaunty guitars abound and backing chants fill the required spaces, yet it all comes across too much like a sub-par parody of their former selves.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    30
    In general, the choruses are forgettable, the guitars are woefully exaggerated, and the quirkiness that made Weezer a band to be cherished now seems forced and stale.
  3. cokemachineglow
    20
    Raditude is thoroughly extraneous. It is Weezer’s worst album.
  5. Paste Magazine
    39
    Raditude is an album of surface appeal--there’s no heart beating inside these plasticized tunes.
  6. Tiny Mix Tapes
    30
    Raditude is not a great album or even an interesting one.
  7. Slant Magazine
    10
    Raditude is a thematically vacant and sonically uninspired collection of ditties tailor-made for mainstream radio; it consistently fringes on unlistenable.
  8. Under The Radar
    10
    Raditude is just the latest and fullest articulation of Cuomo's wincingly sad desire to become a mainstream success, [Holiday, 2009, p.79]
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#19 Most Discussed Album of 2009
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#71 Most Shared Album of 2009

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 159 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 159
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 159
  3. Negative: 47 out of 159
  1. MaryH
    Nov 19, 2009
    10
    I thoroughly enjoy this album. If you're looking for the blue album you won't find it with Raditude. I think people forget that I thoroughly enjoy this album. If you're looking for the blue album you won't find it with Raditude. I think people forget that bands learn and grow with each passing year just people do. So what if it's trying to be a "pop" album? This album exhibits their fantastic musicianship, as well as well thought musical composition. It's what I know, love and expect from a Weezer Album!… Full Review »
  2. Danm95VFF
    Apr 18, 2016
    5
    With Raditude, Weezer hit creative lows in order to achieve commercial highs. "If You're Wondering..." seems to start the album off on aWith Raditude, Weezer hit creative lows in order to achieve commercial highs. "If You're Wondering..." seems to start the album off on a positive note; it's a perfectly tolerable Weezer hit. But then, things start to go downhill. Most songs are simply mediocre, a couple of others and just downright offensive, namely "Can't Stop Partying." The usage of Lil Wayne as a guest appearance is almost unforgivable. Plus, it's hard to tell whether Rivers is parodying mainstream pop with this song or if he's being deadly serious - but he sounds particularly miserable despite singing about having women around him as he parties. Either way it's just a mess that doesn't work. Some of the old Weezer charm manages to slip in at sporadic moments, but all in all it's unremarkable and simply not very well written.… Full Review »
  3. NoahMorrison766
    Mar 20, 2022
    8
    This album is generic, I'll admit, but the album has a soothing nostalgic feel along with a creative type of genericism intertwined withinThis album is generic, I'll admit, but the album has a soothing nostalgic feel along with a creative type of genericism intertwined within each song. It's an underrated Weezer album... — Weezer Hater… Full Review »
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