Van Weezer
by Weezer
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: May 7, 2021
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 63
  3. Negative: 5 out of 63
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  1. bokkasrealm
    May 7, 2021
    5
    A poor attempt at an 80s homage. Straight up butchering of Crazy Train. No Bueno.
  2. mobproduktion
    May 9, 2021
    4
    Rivers Cuomo is a genius but everything he touch doesn't turn to gold. This record is meh, with great songs like The end of the game and songs like Blue dream, a song so bad it shouldn't even be released on a studio outtakes box released 30 years after Cuomo's death.
  3. AlecRPiergiorgi
    Jan 2, 2022
    6
    This album clearly could have been stronger, listening to Rivers go through many of his hard rock influences is fun but at points the album gets repetitive. One of the strongest parts of the album is its length, it has a purpose and meets it before becoming tiresome and ruining the overall project.
  4. Fire_MusicFreak
    May 7, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not bad, but its not that good either. I think the good songs weigh out the bad but most of the non singles here sound like fillers. All of the good ones is basically Beverly Hills, Blue Dream is literally crazy train, 1 more hit "Pump it up pump it up please daddy please daddy" and sheila can do it is just neutral to me… Expand
  5. CoolcidProd
    May 8, 2021
    6
    While the lyrics (One More Hit) and instrumentals (Blue Dream) are at times questionable, there are some pretty enjoyable moments on this album.

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#45 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 22, 2021
    70
    Van Weezer is a Lightweight guilty pleasure, but mostly delicious pleasure. [Summer 2021, p.80]
  2. No Ripcord
    May 18, 2021
    70
    The whole thing mostly works, though, thanks to the generous application of a Blue Album power-pop filter. I Need Some of That channels The Cars (like much of Weezer’s finest work) and is the clear standout here, but there’s plenty more to raise a smile.
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  3. Under The Radar
    May 17, 2021
    50
    Van Weezer is in part saved to some degree by virtue of the fact Cuomo does still have a fine ear for a melody and an ability to craft whopping great choruses. The problem is he’s been ploughing the same musical furrow with increasingly diminishing returns for the best part of the last decade.
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