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Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings
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Positive: 40 out of 63
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Mixed: 18 out of 63
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Negative: 5 out of 63
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May 7, 2021OK Human was an amazing surprise from weezer, a fresh new direction. I Thought for a second tha they would forget about Van Weezer... Well, Rivers never give up, right? There are some cool powerful riffs here, but its a weak metal/hard rock album... Well, at least we had OK Human, Thank you Rivers.
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May 7, 2021A poor attempt at an 80s homage. Straight up butchering of Crazy Train. No Bueno.
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May 7, 2021Great Album! Not the best for sure but i loved it! Very catchy and with a lot of variety of sounds and styles.
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May 7, 2021Wow just wow... that album is amazing, a lot of catchy and all are my favorite track. Van Weezer is just epic
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May 7, 2021Weezer is two for two this year! I found this record really fun and enjoyable. Would be awesome to see this played live.
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May 7, 2021absolute bangers gahahhHshqhaushwjbsdbbwbqbhqushuxudjhwhwnchwbbqhwuxicjnenqnnsjdkdkkdrprpprlwkkqjjqjqjnajdjxjjcjcjcijrj hbwbw
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May 7, 2021I thoroughly have been enjoying the album so far. One of the most solid power pop albums of the century thus far.
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May 7, 2021Worst than OK Human, but still good. Fun to listen to, as a Weezer album should be. Weezer is back!
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May 7, 2021Another enjoyable record from Weezer this year!! Color me surprised. Not without some weaknesses, sure, but it overcomes the biggest flaw all their worst records have in common: being **** boring and by-the-numbers. Van Weezer delivers the opposite of that. This is fun! This is quirky! This is surprisingly kickass too! This is Weezer.
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May 7, 2021This album is fun from front to back. Every song is fantastic and a blast to listen to. Songs like PMG, TEOG, BOTE, and (especially) 1 More Hit are top-tier. Not as good as Ok Human, but it’s up there.
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May 8, 2021This album exceeds my expectations. I know a lot of people say ok human is better but as much as I love ok human, I found myself enjoying van weezer a lot more. The instrumental on this album is so good
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May 8, 2021
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May 9, 2021Worst album I've heard in years. When you have to do a complete copy of several songs than you are out of creativity and need to retire. "Blue Dream" is the biggest embarrassment in the music industry ever with "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock being a close second.
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May 12, 2021
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May 9, 2021Rivers 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.
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Jan 2, 2022This 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.
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May 10, 2021An enjoyable-enough romp through the hair-metal years’ of the 1980’s. Cuomo and co have created a concise and fun record, filled with riff-laden hooks and chugging guitar. It all sparkles for the most part. Lyrically, it’s often half-hearted gibberish, but for a pastiche-effort, they’ve mustered what is required. Just don’t take it too seriously.
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May 7, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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May 8, 2021While 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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May 12, 2021
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May 11, 2021Great fun album. Extremely enjoyable to listen to. The kind of album you put on in the morning to get you going. Pretty consistent throughout. A career highlight for me. While I liked OK Human this feels more like the natural follow up to EWBA and the white album. Love it!!!
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May 11, 2021Strong work that might even win some converts. A very pleasant surprise after their terrible covers album.
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May 12, 2021It's enjoyable. Listen to it if you have 30 minutes to spare, but don't expect anything great.
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May 14, 2021
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May 22, 2021Truly a great album, don't understand any rating under 8. One of the best albums in years by ANYONE! Amazing songs and lyrics.
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May 22, 2021This is what Weezer is great at, guitar rock music. Is it their best work?? No, but not far off. It’s definitely in the top half of their albums. It has the riffs that Weezer fans have been missing in their past couple of releases. Great album!
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Aug 20, 2021Great album, really nails the old rock feel on some tracks. 1 more hit was a big put appreciated surprise
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Jun 7, 2022Great album good music although there are too many samples and occasional strange lyrics (eg "Pump it up Please daddy")
Best tracks are "Hero" "BOTE" "TEOTG" -
Oct 4, 2022
Awards & Rankings
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 22, 2021Van Weezer is a Lightweight guilty pleasure, but mostly delicious pleasure. [Summer 2021, p.80]
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May 18, 2021The 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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May 17, 2021Van 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.