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Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date:
June 03, 2008
Studio:
Geffen Records
Number Of Discs:
1
Format:
Extra tracks
Average Customer Rating:
based on 111 reviews
Description:
Early word on the sixth album from Weezer--and their third self-titled record, although fans, sensibly, are referring to it as "The Red Album"--is that this is their experimental record. Luckily, Rivers Cuomo isn't interested in penning his own jazz odyssey; for him, experimental is just finding cunning ways to nuance Weezer's stock-in-trade--crunchy, candy-sweet guitars and vocal harmonies--with new pop tricks. The sardonic lyric of "Pork and Beans" hints at a new direction: "Timabaland knows the way to reach the top of the charts," Cuomo sings, "maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art". Actually, Timbaland's not on board, but producer Jacknife Lee brings a variety of drum machines and electronics, and Weezer rise to the challenge with some generally inspired messing around. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Theme)" sees Cuomo adopt a gangsta rap slur over screaming sirens, while elsewhere, the other three Weezer members take a turn at the microphone. But it's Cuomo's songs that are the winners--notably "Heart Songs", a tribute to the songs that "never feel wrong" that swoops from melodic schmaltz to grunge scuzz with a deft invocation of Nirvana. Skip to the bonus tracks, meanwhile, for a great cover of "The Weight" that takes The Band's original and drenches it in chundering guitars. --Louis Pattison
Track Listing:
1.
Troublemaker
2.
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3.
Pork and Beans
4.
Heart Songs
5.
Everybody Get Dangerous
6.
Dreamin'
7.
Thought I Knew
8.
Cold Dark World
9.
Automatic
10.
The Angel and the One
11.
Miss Sweeney (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
12.
Pig (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
13.
The Spider (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
14.
King (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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Everybody Get Dangerous!Oct 03, 2008 I am a huge Weezer fan, so when my friend got this CD for me as a gift I was giddy with delight. Of course "pork & beans" is a great song and in their own odd way they have created quite the positive song. "Everybody Get Dangerous", leave it to Weezer to write a song that says 'When I was younger I used to go and tip cows for fun, yeah Actually I didn't do that 'Cos I didn't want the cow to be sad' or one that compares a lost love to a dying spider going down the drain. The most entertaining song yet, though has to be "Troublemaker" I cracked up laughing (during work nonetheless) when I heard him sing 'Marryin' a beeyotch, havin 7 keeyods'. Every song on this album, while humorous, has some sort of message in them.(The other guys sing, too. Check out Pig, The Spider, King and Automatic.) Now, I know everyone keeps saying how Make Believe & the Red Album are not as good as the Blue Album; well, so what? The band is close to forty and a majority of their fans (who've loved them since the beginning) are in their mid 20s to 30s, so why would we want to hear music that is singing about stuff High Schoolers can relate to and if they were still singing that type of music they would have lost all their credibility. So, enjoy that Pinkerton & the Blue Album live on in rock history and take the Red Album for what it is, silly fun songs that have a message.So, to end this book of a review, this album is a great buy and sure to please Weezerholics everywhere!
Great Weezer album!Sep 22, 2008 It's always fun to see what Weezer is going to put out, and the Red Album does not disappoint. Some of the songs have a new flavor with the bassist singing, which is really cool and makes for a different harmony. Song #2 The Greatest Man in the World took a couple of listens before it started growing on me and now I think it's going to end up an all-time Weezer classic song, like El Scorcho became.
Different but still great.Sep 21, 2008 This album is definitley a detour from Weezer's other albums, but I think it is a succesful and interesting one. It took a few listens to soak in because it is so different, but songs that I originally dismissed like The Greatest Man that Ever Lived is now one of my favorites from the album. I would definitley put this above Make Believe. I think that Miss Sweeney is a great song and should be on the actual album instead of being a Bonus Track. I know that the earlier Weezer albums have more merit, but this album still holds up as a good Weezer album and a great rock album in general. It is still a lot better then most bands out there today.
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Should be the pink albumSep 17, 2008 I was embarrassed when I purchased the last Avril Lavigne album and it was covered pink. And listening to the junior high-type references, I wondered what I was expecting.
Now though, listening to Weezer's opening lyrics on this album: "Put me in a special school cuz I am such a fool, and I don't need a single book to teach me how to read. Who needs stupid books? They are for petty crooks-" SKIP!
Next song: "You try to play cool like you just don't care, but soon I'll be playin' in your underwear-" SKIP!
Last chance to redeem on this song: "They say I need some Rogaine to put in my hair, work it out at the gym to fit my underwear-" EJECT!
What happened to Weezer? I listened more and tried to find something to cling to. Nothing. The music doesn't cover up the embarrassment of the childish lyrics. Today, I put in that pink Avril Lavigne CD and it sounds so much better than the last time I listened. I think if this Weezer album was the pink album you would have the same feeling of embarrassment when purchasing it that you would have when listening to it.
(2 stars for Pig)
Not what you'd expect from WeezerSep 15, 2008 Weezer has bitten off more than they can chew. Pork N Beans is a great song (and a great video), and it's what you'd expect from Weezer: it's fun! That's about as far as the Red Album goes. They've tried to expand their horizons and go beyond the 'norm', but they have a gangsta rap song, an elevator music song, and the rest of the songs are just boring. You're better off recording Pork N Beans off of YouTube and buying this only if oyu have a sick obsession to own all things Weezer.
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