Everything Will Be Alright in the End
by Weezer
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2014
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Universal acclaim- based on 373 Ratings

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  1. thelonious1111
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Personally think this is the best album since Pinkerton. Amazing sound. Sounds like old Weezer mixed with something new and it works so well. Great album
  2. tylerzander
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    This album is fantastic - any die-hard Weezer fan will feel the same way. If you're a critical person, don't go into this album immediately comparing it with their classic 'Blue' album and of course the alleged benchmark Pinkerton but think of it as a new start for this critically damaged group. Every song is extremely catchy and is likely they will be stuck in your head for a very longThis album is fantastic - any die-hard Weezer fan will feel the same way. If you're a critical person, don't go into this album immediately comparing it with their classic 'Blue' album and of course the alleged benchmark Pinkerton but think of it as a new start for this critically damaged group. Every song is extremely catchy and is likely they will be stuck in your head for a very long time.
    Highlights for me :
    - the build up in the opening track Ain't Got Nobody that sets the riff centric tone for the whole album
    - the very catchy guitars and Rivers' lyrics in I've Had it Up to Here and The British Are Coming.
    - the familiar sounding Da Vinci which reminds me a lot of El Scorcho and has a killer chorus
    - the vocal collaboration with Bethany Cosentino on Go Away is just incredible
    - the contrast of the light-hearted country sounding first half building up to the much heavier chorus in the second half where Cuomo references himself getting 'older' and 'colder'
    - the personal and catchy Foolish Father finishing with a reassuring 'everything will be alright in the end' chorus
    - and when we think it's all over, the Futurescope Trilogy comes out of nowhere with a fantastic instrumental where Rivers lets the guitar do all the talking and build up to the heartbreaking Anonymous which ends on a surprising almost punk rocky finish and finally the pure hard rock guitar solo in Return to Ithaka that brings Cuomo's obsession with rock band Kiss to the stage creating a spectacular finish to a spectacular album.    … Expand
  3. Mab_987
    Oct 16, 2014
    9
    With their first album in 4 years, Weezer have made one of the most defining statements of their career, with an album that pays equal homage to the past, present and future with fantastic results. Ric Ocasek's return is very welcome & apparent in the production, and the songwriting finds great ways of keeping that same Weezer sensibility & appeal while still managing to matureWith their first album in 4 years, Weezer have made one of the most defining statements of their career, with an album that pays equal homage to the past, present and future with fantastic results. Ric Ocasek's return is very welcome & apparent in the production, and the songwriting finds great ways of keeping that same Weezer sensibility & appeal while still managing to mature gracefully. (Which hasn't exactly been the case on their last few albums...) I like all Weezer's albums to varying extents, but IMO this is their best since Pinkerton.

    (For a MUCH longer in-depth review, look up "Spin It Reviews" on YouTube.)    … Expand
  4. batnerdbeginz
    Oct 12, 2014
    10
    The best Weezer album since Pinkerton. Eighteen years! Legitimately shocking how great it is. The third classic Weezer album. One of the major themes running through the album is Rivers acknowledging that he and his band had lost their way in the last decade or so. This is about them finding the way again. Return to Ithaka.
  5. bleed0range
    Oct 15, 2014
    10
    Probably the best thing they've done since Blue and Pinkerton. Rivals the best of the Red era. Eulogy, Had It, British, Go Away, Foolish Father and The Futurescope Trilogy are particularly awesome tracks. If you like Weezer, you should like this. There's layers to it too... on the surface it's just another Weezer album, but beneath that is a concept with a storyline and deeper meaningsProbably the best thing they've done since Blue and Pinkerton. Rivals the best of the Red era. Eulogy, Had It, British, Go Away, Foolish Father and The Futurescope Trilogy are particularly awesome tracks. If you like Weezer, you should like this. There's layers to it too... on the surface it's just another Weezer album, but beneath that is a concept with a storyline and deeper meanings and metaphors hidden throughout the album... and if you have a physical copy, the actual album art/liner notes/packaging. (i.e. stuff not found in the music itself that explains more what's going on) It also helps if you check into all the teasers they uploaded leading up to the release.

    There's just a lot going on here. Blasting open with a couple of sound bytes that hint at the underlying message/meaning/story in Ain't Got Nobody... leading you down a path that eventually finds you dealing with failure and loss again and again. Ultimately arriving at an epic semi-instrumental ending that parallels the descent to hell, ascent to heaven and return home as reference in the title Return to ithaca via Homer's Odyssey. If you have the liner notes, like I mentioned before, there's an entire passage hinting at these deeper meanings. It's actually in latin, but if you translate the text it reads "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" regarding The Wasteland... there's some other passages that explain more but I'll leave that to you the reader/listener to decode. This is a thinking person's album, with more to discover long after you know all the words.

    10/10    … Expand
  6. dinklsoons
    May 5, 2015
    10
    I had hopes for this album, but this, this FAR exceeded my expectations. After years upon years of screwing around. Weezer finally gave us another classic. I love all the songs with very little let down in this album. The entire album is in your face loud bass, drums, and guitar. The lyrics are great for any long time Weezer fans due to its overly apologetic tone. While the firstI had hopes for this album, but this, this FAR exceeded my expectations. After years upon years of screwing around. Weezer finally gave us another classic. I love all the songs with very little let down in this album. The entire album is in your face loud bass, drums, and guitar. The lyrics are great for any long time Weezer fans due to its overly apologetic tone. While the first half of this album is great. The second half really takes it home. Especially with Foolish Father and the Trilogy. Definitely a must have for any Weezer fan.… Expand
  7. normankant
    Oct 25, 2014
    9
    No one expected an album like this one from the LA band, a unique project started in 1992 that has sold 9,200,000 albums in the US and 17,525,000 worldwide. Lots of people wished to have a Weezer's album like EWBAITE in their iPods or CDs collection, a record with great songs, unforgettable hooks and powerful guitars, but in the end it was only hope.
    This time, instead of creating another    No one expected an album like this one from the LA band, a unique project started in 1992 that has sold 9,200,000 albums in the US and 17,525,000 worldwide. Lots of people wished to have a Weezer's album like EWBAITE in their iPods or CDs collection, a record with great songs, unforgettable hooks and powerful guitars, but in the end it was only hope.
    This time, instead of creating another incomprehensible bad album like Hurley or Raditude, Rivers Cuomo and his fellows created an album that glorifies their earlier times as Weezer, from the Blue Album to Pinkerton, giving to the listener a new "revival" version of what Weezer truly are and should always remember to be.    … Expand
  8. UShallntPASS
    Oct 22, 2014
    9
    Weezer just returned to their old style again, and what a great style, it's a great mix of a classic rock and a modern indie/alternative rock, great lycris, great songs like Eulogy For A Rock Band , which shows how Weezer loves to play their own old style, but for Weezer, no "Adios rock band that we loved the most".
  9. teaandtoast
    Oct 16, 2014
    8
    This is the best Weezer album since Pinkerton. A reminder of why we fell in love with them in the first place. If you loved the Blue album, you will like this.
  10. rwwmusic
    Oct 20, 2014
    9
    This album had me rocking out hard in my kitchen with tears of joy running down my cheeks. It is by far their best album since Pinkerton, though it doesn't match the quality of those first two records. In all fairness, though, nothing can and nothing likely will. That does not subtract from the sheer joy I feel when listening to this new album. The guitar parts are out of this world.This album had me rocking out hard in my kitchen with tears of joy running down my cheeks. It is by far their best album since Pinkerton, though it doesn't match the quality of those first two records. In all fairness, though, nothing can and nothing likely will. That does not subtract from the sheer joy I feel when listening to this new album. The guitar parts are out of this world. Rivers' voice is in top form, except when it shouldn't be. You can be sure EWBAITE will be on repeat well into 2015.… Expand
  11. The_PUNisher97
    Nov 27, 2014
    9
    I think we were all worried about how this album would do, given that Weezer's last few attempts had not done well (especially Raditude, God help that album). With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised by the freshness of what was brought to the table here. It felt more like a Weezer album from their heyday in the mid 90's and early 2000's. There are some seriously great cuts on thisI think we were all worried about how this album would do, given that Weezer's last few attempts had not done well (especially Raditude, God help that album). With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised by the freshness of what was brought to the table here. It felt more like a Weezer album from their heyday in the mid 90's and early 2000's. There are some seriously great cuts on this album, my favorites probably being "Eulogy for a Rock Band" and "Foolish Father". And yeah, there's several other great tracks on there, those two just really stand out to me. Granted, I was kind of let down by their 3 part finale. I expected it to be absolutely massive and out of this world and thematic and awesome, and it ended up just being mostly instrumental. It sounds fine, don't get me wrong, but I was expecting more.
    I was gonna give this an 8, but hell, I'm just so happy to hear a Weezer album that sounds like a Weezer album, so I gotta give it some extra love for that. Is it as good as Blue Album and Pinkerton? No, but it's definitely up there with Green Album, Maladroit, and Red Album. So good job, Weezer. It's good to hear you sounding like this again :)    … Expand
  12. Shrimpinator
    Dec 6, 2014
    9
    In my opinion, this album is the best Weezer has made since Maladroit. It doesn't fall flat at all as every song on the album is very catchy and they'll probably end up getting stuck in your head. It starts out with a huge open with "Ain't Got Nobody", which has huge, loud sounding guitars and ends with the appropriately epic, "The Futurescope Trilogy". Unlike some of their last efforts,In my opinion, this album is the best Weezer has made since Maladroit. It doesn't fall flat at all as every song on the album is very catchy and they'll probably end up getting stuck in your head. It starts out with a huge open with "Ain't Got Nobody", which has huge, loud sounding guitars and ends with the appropriately epic, "The Futurescope Trilogy". Unlike some of their last efforts, like Ratitude, a lot of the lyrics aren't painful to listen to except for in the song "Da Vinci". This song isn't bad, but it has a lot of lyrical goofiness with lines like, "Even Da Vinci couldn't paint you, and Stephen Hawking can't explain you. Rosetta Stone could not translate you." And even including a line with Ancestry.com. But besides that, this is a very solid album that I highly recommend picking up.… Expand
  13. showbizjunkie
    May 21, 2015
    9
    Best Weezer album since Pinkerton. From the producer of the blue and green albums, this has much of that old sound, with little remnants of Pinkerton sprinkled in and a bit of something new. Every song sounds good, which is not an easily achieved feat. Ain't Got Nobody catches your ear from the start, and from then on, you're hooked. Every song is unique and could easily be used as aBest Weezer album since Pinkerton. From the producer of the blue and green albums, this has much of that old sound, with little remnants of Pinkerton sprinkled in and a bit of something new. Every song sounds good, which is not an easily achieved feat. Ain't Got Nobody catches your ear from the start, and from then on, you're hooked. Every song is unique and could easily be used as a single in substitution of the others. My personal favorite is "I've Had it Up to Here." The trilogy at the end of the album is fantastic, one of the best musical trilogies out there. It comes to a great close in Return to Ithaka. At the end of this album you'll feel satisfied. Weezer's back.… Expand
  14. ChrisA
    Oct 7, 2014
    9
    An amazing album in its own right, no comparison to Blue or Pinkerton needed. All of the songs (except maybe Da Vinci) are songs only Weezer can make. There is a sincerity here that has not been apparent in their previous couple of releases. Stand out tracks are Ain't Got Nobody, Lonely Girl, I've Had it Up to Here, The British Are Coming, and Foolish Father.
  15. Danorganplayer
    Oct 8, 2014
    10
    A fantastic return for Weezer that brings the focus back to an album format experience. A concept album that has three themes involving loss, and coming back when all is lost in a triumphant way. Some of the best material the band has put out since Pinkerton. I highly recommend everyone buy it!
    Highlights:
    Ain't Got Nobody The British Are Coming Cleopatra Foolish Father Futurescope    A fantastic return for Weezer that brings the focus back to an album format experience. A concept album that has three themes involving loss, and coming back when all is lost in a triumphant way. Some of the best material the band has put out since Pinkerton. I highly recommend everyone buy it!
    Highlights:
    Ain't Got Nobody
    The British Are Coming
    Cleopatra
    Foolish Father
    Futurescope trilogy ( it's a three song suite!)    … Expand
  16. Cobweb
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Absolutely brilliant. I love this album so much. It's been forever since Weezer has made an album like this. Best since Pinkerton easily.

    Favorite songs are "Da Vinci" and "Foolish Father."
  17. Jamison12
    Oct 7, 2014
    8
    I've always loved Weezer. Their last few albums have been pretty poor, but I cannot stop talking about EWBAITE. I was absolutely blown away by the album, and this easily surpasses The Blue Album and possibly Pinkerton as the best Weezer album ever. This is truly a masterpiece. Rivers Cuomo is staking a stand taking back the music industry and sounding like old Weezer at the same time. TheI've always loved Weezer. Their last few albums have been pretty poor, but I cannot stop talking about EWBAITE. I was absolutely blown away by the album, and this easily surpasses The Blue Album and possibly Pinkerton as the best Weezer album ever. This is truly a masterpiece. Rivers Cuomo is staking a stand taking back the music industry and sounding like old Weezer at the same time. The songs are amazing. i can't point out one specific song because they all are amazing. What really stands out is that you can tell Weezer really tried to make this album great, which they did. Weezer showed they can still rock, they showed just why they're legends.… Expand
  18. jmush
    Oct 7, 2014
    9
    Longtime Weezer fan. It's been a bumpy rode since Pinkerton, but this record is great. The weakest track is Shack, in case that track put a bad taste in your mouth.
  19. ThinWhiteDuke
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    By far, the best Weezer album since Pinkerton. For once, there's a Weezer album that actually sounds like an album rather than a collection of songs, the lyrics are relatable, and the songs are both complex and catchy. It's not exactly the return to the Blue album that they were planning, but rather a modernization of its sound. Instead of trying to imitate his past, Rivers is looking backBy far, the best Weezer album since Pinkerton. For once, there's a Weezer album that actually sounds like an album rather than a collection of songs, the lyrics are relatable, and the songs are both complex and catchy. It's not exactly the return to the Blue album that they were planning, but rather a modernization of its sound. Instead of trying to imitate his past, Rivers is looking back on it, and whereas their 90s output could sometimes have a defeatist outlook on life (mainly Pinkerton), the music here is highly optimistic. It's not blind optimism, though. Every Weezer fan, past and present, must get this!… Expand
  20. emanuelpf
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Pretty awesome songs, they didn't lose their essence, they still have their way to always sound cool and fresh. First thing I did this morning was buying their songs and it made my day great.
  21. Jay99
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Like others have pointed out - this is what many of us have been waiting for. I have, at any rate. For the first time since the Blue Album I can say there's not one song on this entire album that I don't like. No - more than that - there's not one song on this album that I don't love. Favorite track so far: 6. When the lyrics kicked in I nearly cried. I was full-on face punched by nostalgia.
  22. negativeland
    Oct 8, 2014
    10
    A full album with no real dips in quality, a familiar sound with new and exciting ideas; EWBAITE is the kind of album the weezer of now should be making and I'm glad they finally did it. I'm legit proud of the weezer gang, and I can tell that they are just as proud of this record too. =w=

    IT FINALLY HAPPENED
    10/10 WE MADE IT GUYS
  23. PKMNTrainerBlue
    Oct 7, 2014
    9
    This is a great album. It has the perfect opening and closing, and there are great thematic elements throughout. Every track is so good, you can tell that this album is coming from the band and it means a lot to them. This is the beginning of a new era for this band, and I can't wait to see where they go from here (#YellowAlbum2015 #keepthedreamalive)
  24. LilWeezey
    Oct 8, 2014
    10
    This album gets better and better everytime I listen to it. Been waiting since the teaser of BttS on the cruise to hear everything.. WELL worth the wait. Great job guys! Seriously.

    I give it an 11 out of 10. :p. This albums battles Red album for my No.1 weezer album.
  25. PitchforkSucks
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    I love every single track on this album. Yes, even Shack. It's old Weezer but with different experimentation. My favorite track is either Eulogy or Ain't Got Nobody... Or Lonely Girl, Trilogy, Go Away... etc. lol
  26. guitwiz
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Weezer proves that they are more than a niche by bringing back the classic sound that made them famous. While the album still has it's fair share of quirkiness, the overbearing, cringe-worthy lyrics that plagued Raditude and Hurley have been replaced with heartfelt sincerity. It's good to have a 3rd classic Weezer album to put up next to Pinkerton and The Blue Album
  27. ironbatarrow
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    This album is amazing. It's one of the best post-Pinkerton albums they have made, right next to Maladroit. The album flows really well and has a consistent as the older albums did. They were really able to recapture some of their old sound while still being a modern version of their selves that people have been awaiting for years. 10/10 album for me. Any Weezer fan should listen to this album.
  28. njbax
    Oct 8, 2014
    10
    Album as a whole is superb, really struck some many emotional chords with me. Brought back so much nostalgia and reminded me a lot of the Weezer that first came about. The hype is real. Splendid album
  29. ValAnd
    Oct 8, 2014
    10
    As a lifelong Weezer fan, this album finally feels right (whatever that means). This album offers sincerity, the off-kilter, funky voice of Rivers, legitimate humor, and the catchiness of Weezer's initial days. Weezer will remain one of the bands that has unreasonable expectations due to the earth shattering significance of their first two albums, but, finally, Weezer has given the middleAs a lifelong Weezer fan, this album finally feels right (whatever that means). This album offers sincerity, the off-kilter, funky voice of Rivers, legitimate humor, and the catchiness of Weezer's initial days. Weezer will remain one of the bands that has unreasonable expectations due to the earth shattering significance of their first two albums, but, finally, Weezer has given the middle finger to everyone who has criticized them and, in doing so, found themselves.… Expand
  30. LastMejican
    Oct 8, 2014
    10
    Dear eight-pound, six-ounce newborn infant Jesus...Thank you. Awesome album! And I have to agree, probably best start to finish album since Pinkerton.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 17, 2014
    80
    A consistently sparkling Weezer album. [Nov 2014, p.97]
  2. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Nov 11, 2014
    60
    It is not deserving of a Hurley-level bashing, and it’s too aware to be Pinkerton. It’s an album they could have made 10 years ago, but it’s also one that feels moderately current.
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  3. Mojo
    Nov 6, 2014
    80
    Mid-life crisis rarely sounded so appealing. [Nov 2014, p.90]
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