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Widely credited with being the band who kicked off (and merged) the two sub-genres of punk-pop and geek rock, The Green Album is Weezer's attempt to wrestle back their crown from the upstart likes of Blink 182 and Wheatus. The Green Album, recorded nearly five years after their previous album, the widely ignored (but wholly excellent) Pinkerton, sees the band reunited with former Cars frontman Rik Ocasek, who produced their multi-platinum debut way back in 1994. The result is an album of catchy pop gems, more accessible than Pinkerton, and with a quicker pace and more sonic depth than Weezer. Though the high-pitched harmonies of former bassist Matt Sharp are missed (he left to focus on his own band, the Rentals), lead singer/songwriter Rivers Cuomo still has a way with an infectious hook and a sing-along chorus, especially on "Don't Let Go", "Photograph" and "Knockdown Drag Out". The album's first single, "Hash Pipe", kicks off with a bass-heavy, 70s-sounding metal riff, while "Island in the Sun" is as summery as its title suggests. At just over 30-minutes long, The Green Album may leave some listeners feeling a little cheated, but overall, this is a gem of an album, small yet perfectly formed. It is also a worthy return for a band whose influence is undeniable, if under appreciated. --Robert Burrow
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WEEZER - GREEN ALBUM CD 11 TRACKS (60804)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
This being the only album by Weezer that I have heard, I have nothing to compare it to - but I think it really is amazing. It's a feelgood album with some fantastic songs, including the single Hash Pipe which has you nodding along to your walkman looking like a complete fool! Photograph, Crab and Knock-down Drag-out would all also make brilliant singles. Weezer are a great rock-band with their own definitive character, but (I know this sounds strange...) many of their songs are much like the Beatles' - the simple, catchy tunes and lovely harmonies in Island in the Sun and Smile are very similar to songs by the Fab Four. All in all, this is a great album without a single disappointment on it - BUY IT NOW!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By J. Baglin
Format:Audio CD
This album came out a whole 5 years after their widely lauded sophomore album 'Pinkerton' and some fans felt cheated. It's only 30 mins long! Where are the emo lyrics? Where's the gritty production? Instead, with the Green album, River Cuomo produced a masterclass lesson in melodic fuzz-pop. Cementing his position as the greatest melody writer since Paul McCartney, The Green album gives us 11 songs, each one as infectious as the next. Personally, I think Blue and Pinkerton are the better albums- just- but this effort showed a new side to a complex and genius songwriting talent and its catchiness won a whole new set of fans.
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The Green Album is a marvellous illustration that, sometimes, less is definitely more.
Whereas power-pop contemporaries of theirs such as, say, Ash have a tendency to pad out otherwise excellent albums with filler (trim three or four songs off Free All Angels, for example, and you're left with a five-star product), Weezer favour quality over content. Although it clocks in at only just over the half-hour mark, from beginning to end every song is perfectly, joyously, infectiously crafted and, come the end, you aren't left feeling cheated...just press play and go round again...
Their five year hiatus has enabled Weezer to collate a mightily impressive array of songs. You might, perhaps, think you're a cynical type, but one listen to The Green Album might just provoke you into reviewing your definition of 'value for money'...
Whereas power-pop contemporaries of theirs such as, say, Ash have a tendency to pad out otherwise excellent albums with filler (trim three or four songs off Free All Angels, for example, and you're left with a five-star product), Weezer favour quality over content. Although it clocks in at only just over the half-hour mark, from beginning to end every song is perfectly, joyously, infectiously crafted and, come the end, you aren't left feeling cheated...just press play and go round again...
Their five year hiatus has enabled Weezer to collate a mightily impressive array of songs. You might, perhaps, think you're a cynical type, but one listen to The Green Album might just provoke you into reviewing your definition of 'value for money'...
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The grass is still green
Weezer's 'The Green Album' was unfairly written off by a significant minority of both critics and fans upon release, due to its departure from its predecessor, the edgy, brutally... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. D Burin
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Superior pop-rock
This is quite simply an album full of masterfully crafted, witty, catchy pop-rock tunes. There's something extremely and perversely cool about Weezer, and it can be seen in full... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2011 by T. Blackburn
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fantastic!
This album is just a good time, contained inside a cd. Everyone I know who owns this album still listens to it almost daily. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by Mr. J. Pearson
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woo hoo
ok so the comparisons to all the other work is inevitable, so how does it do?
well i would say very well. its instantly accessable and very,very,very catchy. Read more
well i would say very well. its instantly accessable and very,very,very catchy. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2007 by whitetrashtrixie
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Poor
I don't think Weezer will ever produce anything as good as the Blue Album but this album isn't rubbish, it's ok. Read more
Published on 10 April 2005 by Will
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Good but not Great
The problem Weezer have you see is that there first two albums were so just to good, they could never hope to match it. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2005 by N. Letters
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Simple but fantastic
A lot of the negative reviews of this album focus on the running time and the simplicity of the songs. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2004 by Kiran_mk2
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Sheer perfection
It was worth the wait. The nights of reclusion, the harvard degrees and soforth seem to have brought Weezer their best album yet. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2004 by "bungle_steen"
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Comeback album of the decade?................ No chance
For me Weezer are the perfect pop-punk band, they play pop-punk the way it should be played, combining the power pop melodicism of Big Star and The Cars with the fast - paced... Read more
Published on 9 July 2003 by "sleepflower21"
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BUY IT NOW!!!
well to be honest im no music expert, but this ROCKS!
i just borrowed it off me bro thinkin, ah it'll just b another whining teen band, but no!!! Read more
i just borrowed it off me bro thinkin, ah it'll just b another whining teen band, but no!!! Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2003 by Ro :o)
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