Raditude
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| Studio album by Weezer | ||||
| Released | October 30, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | November 2008 – January 2009 & Summer 2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 34:34 | |||
| Label | DGC, Interscope, Geffen | |||
| Producer | Dr. Luke, Jacknife Lee, Polow da Don, Butch Walker, Rivers Cuomo | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 57/100 |
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| AbsolutePunk.net | (64%) |
| Allmusic |    |
| Alternative Press | |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) |
| Kerrang! | |
| NME | (6/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.5/10) |
| Popmatters | (1/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
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Raditude is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on November 3, 2009 and is their final album on DGC Records, Geffen Records and Interscope Records. The title of the album was suggested to Weezer vocalist Rivers Cuomo by actor Rainn Wilson.
The album's first single, "(If You're Wondering If I Want You to) I Want You to", was released in August 2009. The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200.
The album's cover artwork is a photo of a dog named Sidney, originally published in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic.
The album was initially released in Australia on October 30, 2009. It was made available in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2009, and the following day in the United States. It opened at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 66,000 copies in its first week of availability. As of September 2010, it has sold 240,000 copies.
Knowledge of the record was first made public by Billboard.com, who reported that Weezer was to head into the studio in early November 2008 to record a seventh album. A YouTube post titled "Let's Write A Sawng: Step 16," uploaded on November 15, 2008, showed Cuomo in the studio with producer Jacknife Lee short-listing three songs from a list of 23, adding speculation to the recording of a seventh album or new b-sides.
In May, the band's webmaster and archivist Karl Koch revealed that the album had no set release date, and that the band would be recording additional material. He revealed that Cuomo would be the sole lead vocalist on this album unlike their previous album, 2008's Weezer. In early summer of 2009, session drummer Josh Freese joined Weezer as the percussionist, with Pat Wilson taking over guitar duties for Cuomo. Freese performed with the band at the KROQ Weenie Roast. In an interview for the event, the band revealed that the new album would be released in summer 2009.
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