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Generally favorable reviews- based on 191 Ratings
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Positive: 126 out of 191
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Mixed: 36 out of 191
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Negative: 29 out of 191
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ChrisK.Jan 15, 2009if weezer's debut was a 10 and pinkerton an 8.5 this is a 3 at best. weezer was the first album i ever bought and i'm embarassed that 14 years later this is what they've come up with. "everybody get dangerous"? who do they think they're singing to?
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SandenoS.Jun 10, 2008Awful awful stuff, this record will destroy this band.
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TomKJun 5, 2008Biggest let down since Make Believe.
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PaulCJun 6, 2008Bland and boring.
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JackG.Jun 6, 2008These guys should just quit. This music is disgusting.
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TomH.Jun 7, 2008Worst album in the Weezer catalog. 2 good songs on standard album, 1 extra on the Limited Edition. Cuomo rapping, really?
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DWJun 17, 2008Horrendous. A malformed abortion of an album with no focus, no themes, no art. The biggest waste of $1 million ever spent by humanity.
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MikeCJun 3, 2008While it is a step up from the god awful "Make Believe" it is still a very very bad record. It leaves one wondering the eternal question, "How did weezer get this bad?"
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ArikK.Jun 6, 2008I can't think of a positive thing to say about this album. It does make me feel bad for Weezer though. The one point I gave them was a pity point.
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TBoneJun 7, 2008Yes, sad to say, it's over for weezer. Blue album and pinkerton were defining for the 90s, but other 90s heroes have lapped the hell out of weezer. This album makes me think they should hang it up... Thom Yorke, Stephen Malkmus and Beck have all released much better stuff than this in 2008. Hell, Kurt Cobain could probably best this effort.
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JohnC.Jul 8, 2008I have done a full listen scott v And this album is a complete let down. What happened to this band?
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sydneyo.Aug 5, 2008What happened to this band? thought they were better than this... they seem so pathetic on this album! wat a shame. i liked thembetter a long time ago.
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MichelleJun 19, 2008If I didn't already know it was Weezer, I'd be saying, "Who's this awful band that's trying to sound like Weezer?" What a shame. The most ironic thing is that Rivers specifically wrote a song about refusing to sell out, and ended up making the most contrived piece of garbage imaginable. I could have tolerated this from any other band. Not Weezer.
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JustinC.Jun 4, 2008Just really disappointing. When I saw the Pork and Beans video I thought that this album would be awesome, but in the end it just didn't work out.
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moonwaffle6Jun 4, 2008You know it's bad when the best song on the album is the one you let the drummer sing.
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MartinLJun 7, 2008
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TomJ.Jun 19, 2008
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PaulB.Jun 19, 2008Nothing like the bands beginning, and far more immature, which is weird for a bunch of old dudes. Obnoxious at times.
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AlisaM.Jun 19, 2008I only enjoyed Pork & Beans, The Angel and the One, and King from the Deluxe version. Do Not Spend Money This Album!
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JoeG.Jun 19, 2008Didn't like anything past the Blue Album, do not like the bands modern sound and this album is by far the worst. Thanks Weezer. Does anyone remember Undone?
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JulieM.Jun 19, 2008I feel like I cannot relate to this band anymore. Make Believe was terrible, terribly pop, but this, man, I can't even comprehend some of this drool.
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Awards & Rankings
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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.
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A number of plays through and it’s still not clear who, exactly, the band are taking the proverbial out of: themselves, playfully and absolutely intentionally, or us, fans who’ve become conditioned to not expecting the best from a band who, personally, have been a shadow of themselves since that first ‘sequel’ release.
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Like the YouTube culture the "Pork and Beans" video depicts so well, the song--and this album--relies on a high quantity of short-lived pretty good ideas to distract from a shortage of great ones.