Weezer

Weezer – Raditude – 2009 Raditude, perhaps one of the worst titled album, with the most obnoxious cover, I’ve ever seen, opens with perhaps the most exciting, lacerating and deliberately radio friendly song Cuomo and the boys have ever foisted onto its fans and non-fans alike. Co-written by power/pop genius Continue Reading

What? What is the Purple album? It’s just a collection of B-Sides. I’m not even gonna wax on about it. Suffice to say songs like, “Velouria”, “Mykel & Carli”, “Jamie” & “I just Threw Out the Love of my Dreams” can be found on it. Take the songs you like. Continue Reading

Weezer – Red Album – 2008 (iTunes – Amazon) Red was my line in the sand with Weezer. Taking 3 years off from Make Believe, this is the one that made me almost write the band off. The guys from Sound Opinions LOVED this record. And I have no idea Continue Reading

Weezer – Make Believe – 2005 (iTunes – Amazon) I don’t know why the fans bristle so much about this record. Maybe they were hoping that the band would continue the cycle and label this with a rainbow color. What about “Red”? (Yes. What about “Red”???) When I first heard Continue Reading

Weezer – Maladroit – 2002 (iTunes – Amazon) In 2002 the internet was all abuzz with word that a new album by Weezer was coming and it was coming fast on the heels of Green. In keeping with (what was now perceived to be a tradition), the album would have Continue Reading

Weezer – Green Album – 2001 (iTunes –Amazon) In 2001, without warning, all of a sudden, Weezer was back. Five years after Pinkerton. Rolling Stone said it was the first 5 star album of the new decade, the new century. At 29 minutes it’s the shortest they had ever put Continue Reading

Weezer – Pinkerton – 1996 (iTunes – Amazon) At first Pinkerton was so massively maligned by the press and fans that it took me almost 10 years to pick it up. When I did I realized that all the pundits who, in retrospect, put the album at the top of Continue Reading

With Green Day, Weezer are truly the granddads of modern emo. So, like I did with those Berkeley punkers, let’s take a look at the progenitors of geek rock. Weezer – Blue Album – 1994 (iTunes – Amazon) I’m not sure I will ever get used to the feeling I Continue Reading