Everything Will Be Alright in the End
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| Studio album by Weezer | ||||||||||
| Released | October 7, 2014 | |||||||||
| Recorded | January–July 2014 at The Village, Los Angeles, California | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, power pop, pop punk | |||||||||
| Length | 42:24 | |||||||||
| Label | Republic | |||||||||
| Producer | Ric Ocasek | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
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| Alternative Press | |
| The A.V. Club | B |
| Consequence of Sound | A– |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.5/10 |
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| Slant Magazine |  |
Everything Will Be Alright in the End is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on October 7, 2014. It is Weezer's only album released by Republic Records, and the third produced by Ric Ocasek, who previously produced Weezer (1994) and Weezer (2001).
Everything Will Be Alright in the End departs from the electronic pop production of Weezer's previous two albums, Raditude and Hurley, returning to a sound more reminiscent of the band's earlier albums. The lyrics deal with singer Rivers Cuomo's relationship with his father figures, fans and women.
The album received positive reviews, becoming the most acclaimed Weezer album since Pinkerton (1996). It is the band's fifth album to peak in the Billboard 200 top five, reaching No. 5 and selling 34,000 copies its first week. The album has produced four singles: "Back to the Shack", "Cleopatra", "Da Vinci" and "Go Away". As of 2016, the album has sold 100,000 copies in the U.S.
In 2010, Weezer released two albums: Hurley, and a collection of unreleased material, Death to False Metal. Shortly after their release, the band announced that work had begun on a ninth studio album, with the intent of a 2011 release. Set to be produced by Shawn Everett, who had worked on the band's previous two releases, the album was shelved. At this time, band frontman Rivers Cuomo stated: "We just started working on our tenth record. I was talking to the producer and he was saying, "These songs sound totally different from Hurley. Hurley was kind of dark, and the new songs sound like you’re 16, riding your bicycle to get a Slurpee." The band abandoned work on the album, in order to give primary songwriter Cuomo more time to write more material.
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