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Weezer – The Red Album
Reviewed by Mike
There’s a thick buzz in the air as Weezer’s sixth full length release is about to drop. Will it sink to the sad Kid Rock depths of Beverly Hills, or will it remind us of the Weezer who made the classic Blue Album?
1. Troublemaker: 8.2
A fine pop song with a strong backbone. The melody and band is in synch, and come out defiant on this track in both tone and lyric, perhaps a response to the lackluster previous releases. A good start.
I picked up a guitar
What does that signify?
I’m gonna play
Some heavy metal riffs
And you will die
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived: 9.2
The song opens with a Springsteen-esque piano sequence followed by a sarcastic vocal that is obviously a parody of the idiotic marketing apparent in so much new music we hear on the radio. This is a humorous, rocking ode to ridiculousness along the lines of Joe Walsh’s Life’s Been Good. The song changes instrumentation and pacing quite often.
If you don’t like it you can shove it
but you don’t like it, you love it
3. Pork and Beans 9.4