- Troublemaker
- The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
- Pork and Beans
- Heart Songs
- Everybody Get Dangerous
- Dreamin'
- Thought I Knew
- Cold Dark World
- Automatic
- The Angel and the One
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Geralyn Fennelly Organ
Stevie Blacke Strings
Eric J. Dubowsky Percussion
Weezer Producer
Robbie Robertson Composer
Robert Fisher Art Direction
Sean Murphy Photography
Rick Rubin Producer
Philip Brossard Jr. Assistant Engineer
Mark Hollis Composer
Justin Gerrish Mixing
Tim Friese-Greene Composer
Stevie Blacke String Arrangements
Brian Bell Composer
Tom McFall Engineer
David Schiffman Engineer
Patrick Wilson Composer
Joe Barresi Engineer
Rivers Cuomo Composer
Todd Parker Mixing
Dave Collins Mastering
Scott Shriner Composer
Eric J. Dubowsky Engineer,Sound Design
Sarah C. Kim Composer
Lindsay Chase Production Coordination
Dana Nielsen Engineer
Karl Koch Photography
Andrew Scheps Engineer
Ken Sluiter Assistant Engineer
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Overview
An old critical cliche is that eponymous albums are statements of purpose, so what to make of Weezer and their third color-coded self-titled album? Well, the band proves that axiom true, as every one of these eponymous efforts functions as an act of introduction, from their 1994 Blue debut to their 2001 Green comeback to 2008's Red Album, where Rivers Cuomo turns many of the group's long-standing rules upside down. This isn't a radical sonic makeover -- ever a pop formalist, Rivers has Weezer stick to their signatures of big guitars and bigger hooks -- but rather a question of attitude, as Cuomo loosens up as he stares down his impending middle age, choosing to get silly rather than serious. He tears down his self-imposed three-minute barriers, writing two long-form suites (and another track that clocks in over five minutes), he sneers at Timbaland's hitmaking prowess in "Pork and Beans," he never avoids his age, whether he's making asides to Rogaine or indulging in warm nostalgia in the pseudo-"In the Garage" sequel "Heart Songs" and, most importantly, he steals a page from the Noel Gallagher playbook and deliberately shares the spotlight with his bandmates. Not for nothing does Weezer cover "The Weight" as a bonus track on one of the international editions of the Red Album -- nowadays, everybody in Weezer gets a chance to sing lead, just like the Band did way back when. Bassist Scott Shriner is given Cuomo's mildly creepy original "Cold Dark World" to sing, but longtime fellow travelers, guitarist Brian Bell and drummer Pat Wilson, write and sing their own tunes ("Thought I Knew" and "Automatic," respectively), turning in sweet pop tunes that complement Cuomo's style even if they help give the Red Album a bit of a ragged edge, especially when compared to the brutal efficiency of Maladroit and the oversized, highly buffed Make Believe. Of course, the very point of the Red Album is for Weezer to not take things so seriously, to reconnect to their beginnings while taking the advantage of their rock star status to act seriously goofy. This freedom is entirely within the mind -- musically, this is all easily identifiable as Weezer -- but it invigorates such seemingly by the books rockers as "Troublemaker," where the loopy lyrics are as prominent and irresistible as the hooks. As the album opener, it sets the stage for 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. Given that feeling, it makes perfect sense that the Red Album is another self-titled record, as it plays like an opening to a new chapter instead of merely more of the same. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Product Details
Release Date: | 10/28/2016 |
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Label: | Geffen |
UPC: | 0602547945457 |
Rank: | 687 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Weezer Primary ArtistGeralyn Fennelly Organ
Stevie Blacke Strings
Eric J. Dubowsky Percussion
Technical Credits
Jacknife Lee ProducerWeezer Producer
Robbie Robertson Composer
Robert Fisher Art Direction
Sean Murphy Photography
Rick Rubin Producer
Philip Brossard Jr. Assistant Engineer
Mark Hollis Composer
Justin Gerrish Mixing
Tim Friese-Greene Composer
Stevie Blacke String Arrangements
Brian Bell Composer
Tom McFall Engineer
David Schiffman Engineer
Patrick Wilson Composer
Joe Barresi Engineer
Rivers Cuomo Composer
Todd Parker Mixing
Dave Collins Mastering
Scott Shriner Composer
Eric J. Dubowsky Engineer,Sound Design
Sarah C. Kim Composer
Lindsay Chase Production Coordination
Dana Nielsen Engineer
Karl Koch Photography
Andrew Scheps Engineer
Ken Sluiter Assistant Engineer
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