Review: Weezer – Weezer (The Red Album)

This album pretty much totally sucks. With the so-called new red album, Weezer has given us their third self-titled album. What assholes. Everyone knows that the first Weezer album and Pinkerton are good, but Weezer just hasn’t been the same since their comeback in 2001. Their second self-titled album, Maladroit, and Make Believe range from bad to offensively bad in overall quality. And it all leads straight to the red album.

On the red album Weezer and their enigmatic frontman Rivers Cuomo have devolved their sound into a self-congratulatory pile of absurdist cock-rock shit that even the flavor-of-the-month mainstream audiences it is targeted towards should smell from a mile away. Rivers hasn’t dropped the huge choruses or the fuzzed-out guitar distortion that made Weezer a household name but he has forgotten to write songs that anyone other than him might care about. This is low quality party music that is on par with the nast that is 2 girls 1 cup (look it up if you need to).

Maybe I should have paid more attention to the last few Weezer albums (or probably not). Perhaps I would have known to stay away from this. It really shouldn’t have been hard to know that every chord change is predictable and the lyrics will insult the intelligence of anyone with an IQ over 50. Stay away from this lbum, but if you just can’t then listen to the songs below.

MP3 | Weezer – Troublemaker the Red Album
MP3 | Weezer – Pork And Beans The Red Album

8 Responses

  1. AmstraD September 1, 2008 at 4:46 AM |

    sucky sucky indeed :)

  2. Thijs September 2, 2008 at 1:47 AM |

    I should agree with this review. But I just can’t. Even crappy Weezer is good Weezer. If that makes any sense. I guess I just still kinda like them.

  3. Phil September 6, 2008 at 7:23 AM |

    I can’t agree more with what you wrote.

    With one little difference : “pork and beans” is a good with “not that predictable” chords change (as you said ).

    All the rest can is pork and bins ;)

    Congratulations from Paris, France, for your blog

  4. Phil September 6, 2008 at 7:24 AM |

    Sorry for the message 3…

  5. Phil September 6, 2008 at 7:28 AM |

    … the right message was :

    “I can’t agree more with what you wrote.

    With one little difference : “pork and beans” is a good song with “not that predictable” chords change (as you said ).

    All the rest tastes like pork in bins ;)

    Congratulations from Paris, France, for your blog”

  6. Dan September 24, 2008 at 2:46 AM |

    You hate it so much and yet you link to two of the songs. Makes perfect sense ;)

  7. superstarseven October 31, 2008 at 11:38 PM |

    Sounds to me like you’re the asshole. I’d like to take those 2 girls’ cup and throw it on your whiny stupid review writing head.

  8. xwolfxwoodx July 21, 2009 at 6:21 AM |

    i like the greatest man song, it somehow makes me immune to my dumb boss stupid criticisms

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