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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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RJun 4, 2008I get a kick out of the critics who first say a band is not stretching their limits or trying new or innovative sounds, only to complain when they do.
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BlakeWOct 5, 2008
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Aug 22, 2010This album and its promotions were what made me a Weezer fan, and since then they have become my favourite band. A great album on its own, though it cannot be compared to Blue or Pinkerton. The low points are the songs not sung by Cuomo and I feel if they were replaced by some of the Deluxe tracks this could have truly been a great album.
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J.R.Jun 12, 2008Hands down their best since Pinkerton. The playfulness and humor found in the blue album has returned!
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JordanBJun 4, 2008Yeah, it's not perfect. But, it's different. I personally bought the itunes deluxe version, and some of the bonus tracks like pig and miss sweeney are actually better than songs like let's get dangerous and one of my least favorites, cold dark world. But songs like greatest man, dreamin', automatic, etc...are totally worth it. better than make believe and green in my opinion.
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PaulHJun 4, 2008This is the CD weezer fans have been waiting for. There is a plethora of sounds on this album that all seem to work. I think 'Pig' and 'King' from the deluxe version should have been included.
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SkullKidJul 10, 2008Amazing return to form after Make Believe. "Dreamin'" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" are future Weezer classics, and they may have taken a few more listens than the other songs, but the non-Rivers entries are nowhere near as bad as some of the reviews make out. Get the deluxe version.
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fILAZAFERxJun 11, 2008
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JacksonHSep 18, 2008Great Album all around, the Deluxe addition adds 3 solid tracks with "King" being possibly the best on the album. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" gets better and better each time I hear it! This album is fun, catchy and an all around great time.
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WalkD.Jul 11, 2008This is a great album from top to bottom. Sit down with no preconceived notions and the deluxe version and you will surely enjoy this album.
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FelixJun 13, 2008Mediocre at best, but it is an improvement over Make Believe. A couple stand out tracks, but many songs are forgettable, while others are just duds.
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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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IanBJun 10, 2008This album has a lot more life than people are giving it credit for. The first 4 songs are going to be Weezer classics. "Cold Dark World" is a let down an sounds like something that could have been written by a high school kid, but that was really the lowest point of the album for me.
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MattKJun 3, 2008
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TomKJun 5, 2008Biggest let down since Make Believe.
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KristopherB.Jun 5, 2008
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LarryC.Jun 5, 2008I'm so disappointed by this album!! I'm afraid that I'll finally have to line up with the reviewers who claim they haven't made any great record since Pinkerton. Make believe at least gave some hopes!!
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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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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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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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JacobT.Jun 8, 2008
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MikeJun 8, 2008All songs are good if you don't expect it sound like pinkerton or blue.......don't let the reviewers discourage you!
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BrendanDJun 9, 2008
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TMoJun 10, 2008
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MikeS.Jun 15, 2008Great album,4 ok songs,better than the majority of the 70+ reviews!if you heard another band play a song like the greatest man that ever lived..you would be amazed.but the fact that its weezer and does not sound like the blue album or pinkerton; people complain!great album tho!!
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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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DemokidJun 24, 2008
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TerryC.Jun 24, 2008First 6 tracks are excellent the rest are a bit so-so.
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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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JonathanCJun 4, 2008
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NickG.Jun 4, 2008
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JakeH.Jun 4, 2008
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ChrisM.Jun 6, 2008I agree word for word with the NME review. This is a fun, light hearted album in the vien of Maladroit . . . which I also enjoyed. Nobody does power pop better; weezer is one of the truly funny bands out there. Not many records can intentionally make me laugh out loud.
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TristanHJun 6, 2008
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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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DanP.Jun 8, 2008Amazing and honest album. The follow-up we needed after the subpar Make Believe. This album will generate many singles over the summer that will power our radios!
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SteveOJun 8, 2008Weezer is Weezer. Always have been, always will be. I can't understand how people think they've changed. It's been the same distortion, the same Cuomo, and the same power chords for just about 15 years now. But giving this a 0? It sure doesn't deserve a zero I mean come on it's better than hip hop or rap. It's pop rock. Leave it at that.
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JoyceM.Jun 8, 2008I'm going to give it a 10 because a) it's a great improvement from make believe, b) it shows the growth of weezer through its past albums, c) rehabilitation to the improvement towards the blue album sound, d) the sounds in general are pretty all right, with a lot of experimental stuff which should be acknowledged.
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BradAJun 8, 2008
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TimH.Jun 9, 2008Horribly underrated. It doesn't click the first time through, but after a couple listens you get used to the change.
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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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zachpAug 14, 2008Though certainly not as good as the other two weezers, it's aninteresting change from the abysmal make believe. rivers did good on "the greatest man in the world"
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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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MikeG.Jan 30, 2009
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RyanG.Oct 21, 2008
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KevinM.Jun 10, 2008The first four songs are all great...Weezer is still one of the best bands out there.
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JJPJun 10, 2008This album was not as good as previous Weezer albums. But it does have some good songs on it like Troublemaker and Thought I knew. It also has some memorable and catchy lyrics on the vast majority of the tracks. So do yourself a favor and give it a listen. JJ Thailand
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MarthaH.Jun 10, 2008They are fantastic in red album! Love it!
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SeanD.Jun 12, 2008
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RichK.Jun 12, 2008This album is good stuff. For years I refused to submit to Weezer. But Rivers and crew rarely disappoint. This album continues to grow on me the more I listen to it. It
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BryanA.Jun 18, 2008You guys are pop whores - Oh well, it's hard to surf the net and listen to music. Guess what, I bought the album instead of listening to a few "random" songs that may have got you laid that night.
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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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ScottVJun 27, 2008
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JosephAJun 4, 2008Critics are way off, they have no clue. Best album since Pinkerton.. oh yeah, they missed the boat on that one too. Now it makes a lot more sense. Excellent album; nice to see these guys having a good time again.
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SeanBeckJun 4, 2008Best album since Pinkerton in my mind.
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AdamP.Jun 4, 2008
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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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JamieO.Jun 4, 2008"The Greatest Man", "Troublemaker", "Dreamin", and "Pork and Beans" (the singles) are by far the best Weezer has done in a long time, the other songs take some getting used to, but will grow on you. (Don't forget Pinkerton took a while to achieve it's cult status).
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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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jroJun 5, 2008I love this cd. Weezer has been a favorite of mine for a long time, but they almost lost me with efforts like "maladroit." But every "color" album has been great, with the "red" album finishing a close 2nd to the incredible debut "blue." So come on folks, "everybody get dangerous."
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JonL.Jun 5, 2008
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MartinLJun 7, 2008
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R.H.Jun 7, 2008
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BenN.Jun 8, 2008One of the best albums I've heard in years. My favorites are Pork & Beans, Greatest Man that ever Lived, and Heart Songs. Great Weezer album!
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HungerfordS.Jun 9, 2008
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DanielMJun 9, 2008
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JoeB.Jun 11, 2008This album is slightly better than their last two album combined; but it still plays to the masses a little too much. They seem to have lost their creative edge they had on Weezer (Blue) and Pinkerton.
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A.BrossoJun 12, 2008This album is underrated, but it's true that the album have a few bad songs. The extra track make the album so much better! They version of the greatest man are the best thing I've heard this year after the new Mindless Self-Indulgence album.
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NiqueJun 12, 2008without the bonus tracks on this cd the rating would be lower. There are exactly 4 songs on this cd worth a damn. The drummer song hasnt made it past 5 seconds after the 1st time I heard it. wow is it bad.
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AndyF.Jun 13, 2008You have to really put yourself in Rivers' shoes. This album is as perfectly honest as it gets. Beautiful.
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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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Sep 7, 2010Although not without its high points, this is not one of Weezer's best efforts. "Troublemaker" is pretty fun live but definitely not great. "Pork and Beans" is catchy but certainly not deep. Cuomo is still able to make us smile and sing along not the geeks' best effort.
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Dec 22, 2014
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Jun 28, 2012It gets closer to the gold mine that was the original Blue Album than any of the other albums, but considering their other albums, that's not saying much.
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Jun 6, 2013This might be one of my favorite albums by them. Pork and Beans carries this album. Troublemaker and I'm the greatest man that ever lived are great supporting cast members, and Thought I Knew is a surprise wonderful tune.
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Jan 30, 2015This album flows in the vein of Make Believe with its hastily written lyrics that stretch to unbearable lengths to rhyme. For every decent track, there's a mediocre one. The instrumentals aren't bad, but they aren't anything spectacular. Overall, it's a step up from Make Believe, but two steps down from Weezer's next best album, 2001's Weezer.
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Mar 22, 20158/10 .................................................................................................................................................
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Jan 5, 2016An OK record, slightly better than Make Believe.
Includes great songs like Pork and Beans, Pig, the catchy troublemaker, and a few more, but, in general, you feel like Weezer can give you so much more than this -
Feb 2, 2018This album honestly isn't really that bad. It's only the lyrics that ruins the album. However, the final song is hands down, one of the best songs Weezer has ever recorded.
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Apr 26, 2018The second half of the album is better than the first. Although that's not saying much. Some of the tracks that the others take lead vocals on work on some level, and Angel and the One is a solid enough ending but even still, none of the songs are really worth getting too excited about.
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May 12, 2021
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Mar 1, 2019AN incredible album, even the members that aren’t rivers can deliver great performances.
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Dec 2, 2021
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Jun 22, 2020A masterpiece. All of these songs are excellent. Especially the bonus tracks.
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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.