Music : Weezer (Red Album) [Deluxe]

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517726451
Format: Extra tracks
Label: Geffen Records
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Geffen Records
Release Date: June 03, 2008
Studio: Geffen Records
Sales Rank: 202
MPN: 001133602

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Album Description:
Limited Deluxe Edition of their 2008 album features four bonus tracks over the standard version and comes housed in a special digipak, with a deluxe booklet containing lyrics, photos, liner notes and band commentary on the songs. Weezer, one of the biggest and most influential bands of the last decade will, for the third time in its six-album history, release a self-titled album already being referred to by people as The Red Album. Comprised of sessions produced by Rick Rubin, Jacknife Lee and the band itself, the album is adventurous and undeniably Weezer. The first single, the quirky and catchy 'Pork and Beans', was recorded under the watch of the Irishman Lee and already a Modern Rock smash hit.

Amazon.co.uk:
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

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Red Album
Still keeping in touch with their roots, but tweaking their successful formula ever so slightly to create a new sound that is still recognizably Weezer. Great album. Listened to it non stop the first couple weeks I had it.

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- Weezer Re-Defined Again
The songs not sung by Cuomo on the second half the album are my favorite parts of this album. "Thought I Knew" and "Automatic" have more heart and are more genuine than the crafty stuff Cuomo put on the rest of the record; which isn't a slight on Cuomo's songs which are very fun in their different way.

The album took a long time to grow on me; at first, there was definitely a disconnect between the Weezer I knew and expected and the one presented on this album. I'm at a point now where ... Read More

Rating:

- WTF Happened?
After the album Maledroit(which was the last true weezer album) Weezer has continuesly made horrible commercially aimed albums. But i'm not goona judge the album on how the songs were used. I will say tho with this album they return to there roots for maybe 1 song (pork and beans) and the rest of the album is pretty much crap. I strongly reccomend skipping this album (especially if you hate make believe)What's so wrong with this album is it's pretty much there most effortless album. The guitar parts ... Read More

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- Weezer from Blue to Red
Weezer's RED ALBUM DELUXE, the 6 studio lp has received mainly two types of responses from fans and critics: 1. "It doesn't sound like the Blue Album or Pinkerton, Weezer has lost their touch and should have moved on long ago" or "That it is a solid album from the 16 pop-punk-nerd-rock, (whatever you want to call them) 16 year-old band."

Quick history. A band that came out of no where in 1994-1995 gets signed to a major record deal and blew people away with the Blue Album. Two years later, ... Read More

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- Love Wheezer
I really liked this cd. Towards the end it slowed down a little too much for me but I listen to it alot.

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