Weezer (2008 album)
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| Studio album by Weezer | ||||
| Released | June 3, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Spring - Autumn 2007 at Shangri La Studios and Malibu Performing Arts Center in Malibu, California; early 2008 at Threshold Studios in Santa Monica, California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 41:23 | |||
| Label | DGC, Interscope | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin, Jacknife Lee, Weezer | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 64/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | D |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| The Guardian |  |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 4.7/10 |
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Weezer, also known as the Red Album, is the eponymous sixth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on June 3, 2008.Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee both produced parts of the album, with the band producing a handful of tracks themselves. Like the group's 1994 debut album, the Blue Album, other band members contributed to songwriting. This is the first and, so far, the only Weezer album to feature lead vocals from all four band members. The album also features more musical experimentation in comparison to their previous efforts, especially shown in such songs as "Dreamin'", "The Angel and The One" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived".
This is the third self-titled Weezer album, after their debut, the Blue Album (1994), and the Green Album (2001); so-called because of the main background color used on each album's cover art. Since the Red Album, Weezer has released a fourth self-titled album, known as the White Album (2016).
Two official singles were released from the album—"Pork and Beans" and "Troublemaker"—with both becoming relatively successful modern rock songs. The video for the former also became the most-watched video on the internet the weekend following its release. Additionally, an unconventional Hootenanny Tour replaced the traditional rock concert tour to promote the album. Despite this, the album proved to be less successful than their previous album, Make Believe, failing to be certified Gold.
After the platinum success of their fifth album Make Believe, the band once again was put on hiatus. Frontman Rivers Cuomo returned to Harvard University to complete his education. He ended up graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Cuomo also married Kyoko Ito on June 18, 2006, a woman he had known since March 1997. He proposed to her in Tokyo shortly before Christmas of 2005. The wedding was held at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu and was attended by over a hundred people, including six of the seven members who played in Weezer (Mikey Welsh was not in attendance) as well as notables Justin Fisher, Kevin Ridel and Rick Rubin.
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