
- Summary: The sixth studio album for the Los Angeles band was produced by Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee.
- Record Label: Geffen
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 32
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Mixed: 12 out of 32
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Negative: 5 out of 32
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A cheerfully restless record, one where all the parts don't fit and it's better because of it, as it has a wild, willing personality, suggesting that Weezer is comfortable as a band in a way they never quite have been before.
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Q MagazineEverything is supercharged and melodic, like a poppy version of Nirvana. [July 2008, p.111]
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There are a few clunkers, and the three songs sung by other band members don't add much, but the so-called "Red Album" is better for its unevenness.
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All in all, this is pretty good album and it is by no means horrible.
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Aside from a few missteps like 'Everybody Get Dangerous,' there really isn’t anything to get all pissy about here because it’s an older Weezer willing to take a few chances and still doing what they want to do.
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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.
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Weezer seems to have driven their old shtick into the ground so perfectly, it almost seems like they've purposely become tired and boring.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 56 out of 91
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Mixed: 14 out of 91
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Negative: 21 out of 91
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BlakeWOct 5, 2008
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JJun 7, 2008Best satire on the industry in years. They took the best formulas out there and reinvented them Weezer style.... great stuff.
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DanP.Jun 8, 2008
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AdamP.Jun 4, 2008
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May 12, 2021
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Jan 30, 2015
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TomKJun 5, 2008Biggest let down since Make Believe.
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