More on Weezer's Red album

Weezer's given us a single, a tracklist, and now we've even got the cover -- so all that's left now before we devour their sixth -- and third self-titled, monochromatically schemed album -- is the waiting.  And, of course, the preemptive debating. Do the self-deprecating lyrics of the first single "Pork and Beans" -- with its catchy but ultimately hokey melody and not-very-filling chorus --bode well for a return to the 90's geek rock domination? Will they satiate us with the slick predictability of the Green album? Will Rivers and the crew make up for the atrocities of "Make Believe?"   Can Red be half as good as Blue?  Weigh in with your Weezer worries (moustache comments encouraged).

 

Track list

01 "Troublemaker"
02 "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)"
03 "Pork and Beans"
04 Heart Songs"
05 "Everybody Get Dangerous"
06 "Dreamin'"
07 "Thought I Knew"
08 "Cold Dark World"
09 "Automatic"
10 "The Angel and the One"

 

Bonus tracks for the Deluxe Edition:

11 "Miss Sweeney"
12 "Pig"
13 "The Spider"
14 "King" 

 

Stumble It!
 

7 Responses

April 22, 2008 at 6:15 p.m.

Oh my.

April 22, 2008 at 6:29 p.m.

I can't believe this is the real cover.

April 22, 2008 at 8:35 p.m.

me neither, they must be yanking our chain

April 22, 2008 at 9:51 p.m.

How many times must this be pondered? it's not like this is the next album after Pinkerton. They've had several releases since then, and none of them have been as good as their first two albums. Chances are... red will be a disappointment. The question is not, "will red be the next blue," but, "will you still be loyal to =W= despite their disappointing next album????"

And the answer is yes. Because Blue Album and Pinkerton are two of the best albums ever and Rivers Cuomo is crazy and you gotta stick by him no matter what, no matter how crappy the rest of his musical career becomes.

April 22, 2008 at 11:40 p.m.

you have to admit, based solely on the track listing, it does look a little promising...

April 22, 2008 at 11:48 p.m.

If anything, Rivers is a great lyricist so even if the riffs and melodies are not like the past, he'll have some good words to listen to. I wish they would play at small venues again and not at sh#t holes like Jones Beach.

April 23, 2008 at 11:39 a.m.

If anyone hasn't heard the single... Pork and Beans .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEC-ZXVeu4o&eurl

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