Weezer: Red Album (Geffen)

By Julie Yim  •  01 Aug 2008 in Review

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Technically a self-titled album, the Red Album set out to be an experimental work for LA’s consummate rock geeks. While it doesn’t step too far away from their trademark sardonic guitar-driven power pop, it does attempt to do it better. The most collaborative band effort so far, with each member getting a stab at the mic, frontman Rivers Cuomo remains the lynchpin parlaying some heartfelt shiners in ‘Heart Songs’, Cuomo’s tribute to the perfect song and ‘Thought I Knew’, which is on heavy rotation here at the JUICE office. Still you gotta hand it to ‘Pork and Beans’ Weezer’s anthem in waiting – its YouTube tribute vid is LOL hilarious.

Text Ili Farhana