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2.5 average | ignorethefashion | February 27th 19 | I almost wish White never existed, because now I have the task of listening to everything Weezer puts out on the off chance that it might be good.
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0.0 | former sputnik's home post-punk maester | November 26th 18 | "Die you zombie bastards!" is what I keep thinking to myself every time there are news about this band.
Is it weird if I say that "White" is better than "Black"?
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2.5 average | JoshieG | March 1st 19 | They need to stop singing about LA. It?s a shite hole.
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0.0 | figurehead of "built different" | November 26th 18 | Undoubtedly, Weezer have come up with a creative and interesting batch of tunes on this, their fifth self-titled album.
*EDIT* sixth. their... sixth self-titled album
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0.0 | StillStream4242 | November 21st 18 | The album is so trash that the band covered themselves with trash bags for the album cover.
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1.0 awful | SandwichBubble | November 22nd 18 | "Hey, buddy, I think you've got the wrong door. The leather club's two blocks down."
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1.5 very poor | Project | March 1st 19 | the two staff ratings for this are 4.2 and 2.4 so that should tell you everything you need to know
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1.5 very poor | Savage | March 1st 19 | Further down the spiral...
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2.5 average | Pasalacqua | March 1st 19 | Back in 2014
"Sorry guys I didn’t realize that I needed you so much
I thought I’d get a new audience and forgot that disco sucked"
Seems that he is back at it now...
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1.0 awful | doofy | March 1st 19 | Second thoughts - stick to the cover versions
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2.0 poor | hobblepot | November 30th 18 | oH PLEASE GOD NO
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0.0 | Tunaboy45 | November 22nd 18 | Fuck the lot of you I'm hyped
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2.0 poor | GoldenGuy444 | May 25th 21 | This this is a real piece of work. While there are some highlights, like the truly excellent opening track and 'High as a Kite' (I even like Living in LA), everything else falls to dirty under composed yet overproduced mediocrity. The album has no central core or theme so the entire thing feels disjointed and aimless. It even closes with a track that had no business even being considered for the album. It's like a worse Pacific Daydream, taking the same dreary pop aesthetic but instead going 20 different directions with no goal.
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2.0 poor | davezillaMP3 | May 27th 20 | not sure this was a good choice for my first weezer album, but it was a 2019 release when i was doing my 2019 disog. run so....
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2.0 poor | James Enwright | September 17th 19 | Yikes - this album has always rubbed me the wrong way, but at this point it's become
easily one of my least favourite Weezer albums. While Pac Daydream had some godawful
songs, it also had some standouts, and overall I defiantly didn't hate it as much as
everyone else. This thing? This is like the opposite of EWBAITE - a fantastic album with
an epic scope and tonnes of passion and heart. Every song on Black feels super slow,
there are plenty of terrible instrumental and production choices (what is with the drum
machines?), there is zero passion or spontaneity, and the whole thing just feels so
clunky and soulless. Occasionally there is some style or substance, like on "Can't Knock
the Hustle," and "High as a Kite," but I really hope Van Weezer injects some life back
into this band, because this album just did nothing for me.
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1.5 very poor | Doublez38 | July 7th 19 | Personally, I find that there are many groups/solo artists with great careers (who are sometimes legends for some) who persevere to stay alive by regularly delivering turnips. Weezer is one of the most striking examples. Apart from Everything Will Be Alright in the End and a not bad The White Album, Weezer has been suffering from disappointments and very average albums since Pinkerton. There is probably some material to make a little best of post-90's, but for me it's often the approach that makes them turn upside down. As on Black Album, the band has in mind to propose an ultra commercial rock by going to vampirize what is done by other bands and other genres. Here they have almost no foot in the rock that made their identity.
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1.5 very poor | angrytortilla | June 3rd 19 | please papa rivers do not curse. it does not work. at all.
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1.5 very poor | Kalthoreil | April 2nd 19 | Feels like I'm listening to a cheap version of Twenty-One Pilots... Thanks but not thanks.
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3.5 great | Nathaniel | March 1st 19 | This has warmed up significantly to me. But it's just Pacific Daydream part 2, instead of what we all wanted.
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3.0 good | Drbebop | March 1st 19 | I?m sick of defending this fucking band. Album was alright but they literally scrapped a whole record because that fucking Africa cover blew up
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2.5 average | Chino smoking it up! | March 1st 19 | Well...only not poor because they remain unpretentious and somewhat pop enjoyable...
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2.5 average | this space for rent | March 1st 19 | Weezer throw everything against the wall and create and ooey, gooey sticky mess leaving me to clean it up.
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3.5 great | spatulagrass | March 1st 19 | Not the worst iteration of Weezer, more subdued, but some pretty synths and tones throughout.
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1.0 awful | JuriHan | September 27th 23 |
2.5 average | s0nicx | July 19th 23 |
2.5 average | Halez | June 1st 23 |
2.0 poor | AGC | June 21st 22 |
1.5 very poor | Elias | April 29th 21 |
2.5 average | bSmith | February 1st 21 |
1.5 very poor | Elynna | January 30th 21 |
2.0 poor | Prole | October 10th 20 |
2.5 average | Wj2006 | September 27th 20 |
2.0 poor | uefest | August 19th 20 |
2.0 poor | John L | August 14th 20 |
3.5 great | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
2.5 average | Votex | April 19th 20 |
2.5 average | Sly4evr | February 29th 20 |
2.5 average | Turns13 | November 1st 19 |
2.5 average | Zeuzo | October 20th 19 |
2.5 average | Malto64 | October 17th 19 |
1.5 very poor | Loneminx | September 29th 19 |
3.0 good | ian b | August 27th 19 |
2.0 poor | tellah | August 7th 19 |
2.5 average | Ben | July 25th 19 |
1.0 awful | HeXa | April 8th 19 |
2.5 average | chris. | April 1st 19 |
3.0 good | Lestat | March 17th 19 |
4.0 excellent | ariich | March 15th 19 |
2.0 poor | Maag | March 10th 19 |
2.5 average | jusdiz | March 9th 19 |
1.5 very poor | dlbk03 | March 5th 19 |
2.5 average | MAN0 | March 5th 19 |
2.0 poor | furpa | March 5th 19 |
2.5 average | Pangea | March 4th 19 |
3.5 great | foxxxy | March 4th 19 |
2.5 average | Veldin | March 3rd 19 |
2.5 average | Sarah | March 3rd 19 |
2.5 average | jesper STAFF | March 2nd 19 |
2.5 average | jmh886 | March 2nd 19 |
1.5 very poor | domber | March 1st 19 |
1.5 very poor | bbgames | March 1st 19 |
2.5 average | heck | March 1st 19 |
3.5 great | Ebola | March 1st 19 |
2.0 poor | gilly | March 1st 19 |
2.5 average | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | March 1st 19 |
4.0 excellent | Evrimen | March 1st 19 |
2.0 poor | Lucman | February 27th 19 |
3.4 great | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | February 27th 19 |
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