Weezer (2001)
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Studio album by Weezer
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Released
| May 15, 2001 |
Professional reviews
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- Allmusic
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- Amazon (No rating given)
- Drowned in Sound
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- Fazed
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- IGN
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- The Onion A.V. Club B+
- Pitchfork Media
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- PopMatters (No rating given)
- NME
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- Nude as the News (No rating given)
- Rolling Stone
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- Yahoo!
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- Stereogum (No rating given)
- See also: Green Album song reviews
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Metascore
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Weezer, those geek rockers who topped mid-'90s charts with those oh-so-precious pop fables "
Undone (The Sweater Song)" and "
Buddy Holly," were almost undone by
1997's bombastic
Pinkerton. Their sophomore release turned its back on the band's clean-cut debut, with a thrash approach more influenced by Sabbath and
Kiss than
the Beach Boys. On their third album (self-titled, like their first, but referred to as the "Green Album"), the band makes a concentrated effort to return to anthemic '60s punky pop, demonstrating that, for Weezer at least, it's rather easy being green. In fact, one could say they're almost as green as
Green Day, especially on "
Knockdown Dragout." At their best, Weezer show such boundless energy and gleeful aplomb that you'd swear you were listening to a lost Badfinger album. Conversely,
Rivers Cuomo's twisted genius makes its way onto the anxious and paranoid "
Hash Pipe" and the jittery "
Glorious Days," making the "Green Album" the most absorbing and rounded vision from these pop masters yet.
— Jaan Uhelszki
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