I'll start off by saying... Pinkerton is one of the best anything of anything ever. What a perfect record, confident, yet vulnerable with sad-soaked performances, it's one of the core albums of my adolescence. A record that's beloved from Internet emos and critics alike.
However, you can argue perhaps the Blue Album is superior. Super radio-friendly California rock dominating and changing the sound of Rock from the grunge-stained airwaves, it's a game-changing album. The singles are all solid hits, the hooks are frickin catchy as hell, and it's a sound that caught on into the 2000's.
Ever since then, we saw a spiral into mediocrity for Weezer, taking their formula, and doing absolutely nothing with it but make it worse. Seriously, what the hell was Raditude?
A move to not be reversed until 2014's record Everything Will Be Alright In The End which in a couple words, could be described as "pretty good". Some dull tracks, but overall, there was an attempt at their "90's sound" which it Weezer at their most dynamic, and emotional. This revivalism would not be perfected, until this album.
This album, is everything good that I expect from new Weezer. You get pieces of sound from past Weezer records, blended together to make this. It's as if... you blend all the colors together to get white, holy shit that's cool. And that's the main takeaway of this new album. "Dude this sounds like their old stuff." Yes, in the best possible way. You get the dynamics of the Blue Album, the lyrical veracity of Pinkerton, and the California rock sound perfected to a science as seen on the Green Album.
You put on the record, and you get a smile on your face, same as when you hear something familiar. The ol Weezer you remember from your youth. They aged with you, they cried with you, they jammed with you. Or, if this is your first listen, maybe it may feel kind of typical. Maybe it feels like the same rock sound with a verse chorus verse structure. Take note: Weezer did not invent this, but they certainly nailed this sound 10 times over. They came at a time where they were needed. Back when you HAD to be dark and gloomy to get radio play. This was an era where Crash Test Dummies got a number one hit. Then Weezer came out with something poppy, fun, and for once, radio wasn't totally depressing. There was something there, emotional, charming, and confident. And this spirit shines through on the White Album.
See, you can have greatly crafted songs, that are also fun, smart, and non-stop playable. Weezer knew this then, and they showed they still know now.
9/10
However, you can argue perhaps the Blue Album is superior. Super radio-friendly California rock dominating and changing the sound of Rock from the grunge-stained airwaves, it's a game-changing album. The singles are all solid hits, the hooks are frickin catchy as hell, and it's a sound that caught on into the 2000's.
Ever since then, we saw a spiral into mediocrity for Weezer, taking their formula, and doing absolutely nothing with it but make it worse. Seriously, what the hell was Raditude?
A move to not be reversed until 2014's record Everything Will Be Alright In The End which in a couple words, could be described as "pretty good". Some dull tracks, but overall, there was an attempt at their "90's sound" which it Weezer at their most dynamic, and emotional. This revivalism would not be perfected, until this album.
This album, is everything good that I expect from new Weezer. You get pieces of sound from past Weezer records, blended together to make this. It's as if... you blend all the colors together to get white, holy shit that's cool. And that's the main takeaway of this new album. "Dude this sounds like their old stuff." Yes, in the best possible way. You get the dynamics of the Blue Album, the lyrical veracity of Pinkerton, and the California rock sound perfected to a science as seen on the Green Album.
You put on the record, and you get a smile on your face, same as when you hear something familiar. The ol Weezer you remember from your youth. They aged with you, they cried with you, they jammed with you. Or, if this is your first listen, maybe it may feel kind of typical. Maybe it feels like the same rock sound with a verse chorus verse structure. Take note: Weezer did not invent this, but they certainly nailed this sound 10 times over. They came at a time where they were needed. Back when you HAD to be dark and gloomy to get radio play. This was an era where Crash Test Dummies got a number one hit. Then Weezer came out with something poppy, fun, and for once, radio wasn't totally depressing. There was something there, emotional, charming, and confident. And this spirit shines through on the White Album.
See, you can have greatly crafted songs, that are also fun, smart, and non-stop playable. Weezer knew this then, and they showed they still know now.
9/10
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