Weezer (The Green Album)

Weezer (2001)
Studio album by Weezer
Released	May 15, 2001
Recorded	December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative
Length	28:34
Label	Geffen
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Professional reviews
	Allmusic (4.5/5); Amazon (No rating given); Drowned in Sound (9.0/10); Fazed (3/5); IGN (7.0/10); The Onion A.V. Club B+; Pitchfork Media (4.0/10); PopMatters (No rating given); NME (5.0/10); Nude as the News (No rating given); Rolling Stone (4.0/5); Yahoo! (8.0/10);
Metascore
Weezer chronology
Singles from Weezer
	"Hash Pipe"; Released: April 2001; "Island in the Sun"; Released: October 29, 2001; "Photograph"; Released: 2001;

Weezer, also known as "The Green Album", was released May 15, 2001, nearly six years after Pinkerton. It is considered Weezer's first "post-Pinkerton" album, as well as their comeback album. It is notable for its short, poppy, and punchy sound.

Picking a producer, getting approval

By August 18, 2000, Weezer was having meetings with various producers, learning and rehearsing new songs in their new garage, and ironing out all plans regarding recording a new album. Weezer fans voted on a .com poll to select their favorite songs for a demo tape which was sent around to producers. On August 23, the band ran into Ric Ocasek while performing in New York City. On October 5, Rivers had his braces removed and word of a Christmas EP was announced. In mid October, the band rehearsed the song "Move It On" for the Christmas album, but details regarding it were still mostly unknown. Even as Karl frequently updated the website with "Album #3" news, it was announced on November 6 that Interscope had not actually approved any kind of new album. Weezer sent a demo tape of five songs, which Karl called the "higher ups", to Interscope/Geffen and wrote he hoped they saw the "awesomeness" of the songs. The five songs on the tape were "No More Confusin'," "Sugar Booger," "Don't Let Go," "Ayleen" and "Cryin' and Lonely."

On November 9, 2000, it was announced on Karl's Corner that Ric Ocasek (producer of The Blue Album) would be producing Weezer's third album. Karl wrote, "Almost every possible factor in the making of this new album had been called into doubt for one reason or another in the recent period since getting off the road in mid-September, from the inaccessibility of several possible producers, to the inaccessibility of certain key preferred studios, to the caliber of the songs being rehearsed by the band... several possible producers were met with, including Jerry Harrison (formerly of the Talking Heads), Jerry Finn of Blink-182's Enema of the State fame, and Dave Sardie of the sonically groundbreaking band Barkmarket. Additionally, numerous producers that the band were at least interested in meeting, either expressed interest in doing the album but had scheduling conflicts, or simply failed to get back to the band with any response whatsoever.

"Ric has been getting copies of all the demos that the band has been doing over the past six weeks, and has been making constructive criticism all along. Recently he got the newest five-song demo of all new material, that the band finished up last week. His response to this new stuff was overwhelmingly positive. Rivers, after a lengthy phone conversation with Ric, reports Ric saying that '(Weezer) really rose to the occasion over the past month, and came up with some great songs', adding that 'we really have a great connection and work well together', and that 'this is going to be an amazing record'.

"Still a question is Interscope/Geffen Records' level of interest. Interscope has already prevented the band from starting the project once, when the frustrated band decided that they would start the recording on October 23 'with or without' a producer, and had this plan quietly blocked by the label. With Geffen's final approval needed for the project to move forward on December 1st, and no significant comment or response to the band so far from anyone at the label, it remains a questioning cloud in an otherwise sunny sky of confirmation. The band expects to hear the Interscope "verdict" within a day or two... "

Recording

Pre Production

See [[Main article: Green Album Demos]]

On November 15, Karl updated fans with exciting news. First, Karl announced that the third Weezer album had been green lighted by Interscope/Geffen and recording would begin in December. Second, Karl posted the cover to the new Christmas CD. Karl noted that Ric particularly enjoyed "The Christmas Song" and suggested the band have it remixed in a professional studio. Accordingly, the song was remixed the next day. On November 19, the Christmas CD was finished.

In total, there were 75 contenders for The Green Album. Karl posted many new song titles at the request of fans,

"Homely"

"Ayleen"

"Mad Kow"

"Oh Lisa"

"Slob"

"Castles in the Sand"

"The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World"

"O Girl"

"You're Fun To Play With"

"Knock-down Drag-out"

"Crab"

"The Sister Song" (aka "Your Sister")

"My Best Friends Are Gone"

"Beautiful Demons"

"Island in the Sun"

"It's A Game"

"No More Disappointments"

"Baby"

"Teenage Victory Song"

"Always"

"New Day"

"I Hip"

"Happiness Together" (not to be confused with "Happy Together")

"Mr. Taxman"

"Drink in the Water"

Weezer next made a brand new 6 song demo tape, which consisted of mostly brand new songs,

"Mad Kow"

"Castles in the Sand"

Around this time, it was announced that Weezer would be playing a New Year's Eve show with Blink 182. In addition, the once-thought free Yahoo! Outloud Tour was now a corporately sponsored tour. What followed was an intense debate of "did Weezer sell out?" Each day, Karl received several angry emails from fans. Sometimes, emails were posted in Karl's Corner. Despite Weezer's early '90s fame (which most fans claimed to be around for), most of these emails called Weezer a sell out for trying to receive radio play, MTV play, and touring with major bands. Karl wrote, "Letters like that raise a good point, but I feel that they assume too much." In fact, it was later revealed that Blink 182 specifically asked Weezer to open their show, as they are fans of the band.

On December 1 it was announced that about twenty-five songs had "gotten the axe", with another 20 on "thin ice". The next day, Karl wrote that in two days he had received 600 emails that praised the band, offered gratitude, and which greatly outnumbered the "sell out" emails. Karl wrote, "Weezer is just as devoted to you guys as you guys are to Weezer. The last thing they want to do is make fans unhappy. However, they also know that they need to be themselves and not restrict their actions to doing exactly what the fans ask for. Because, besides that being a fairly uncreative way of being a band, its also untrue to themselves. So what they need to do, (as so many of you have said), is what they've been doing: rocking out, writing and playing the best music they can."

The band posted an online poll which allowed Weezer fans to chose their own fan opener, possibly to illustrate that the Yahoo tour was still very much Weezer's tour. Fans chose the band The Get Up Kids. With just two days before Ric's arrival, the band continued to rehearse new songs in the garage. Many songs would receive different lyrics, alternate bridges, harmony adjustments, etc. The list was narrowed down to twenty-five songs.

On December 10, Ric Ocasek finally arrived in LA. In Karl's Corner, Karl wrote: "At 8 P.M., Ric Ocasek drove up in a rental car (whose amazing on-board navigation computer guided him in perfectly!), and the moment everyone had been waiting for for months had arrived. Ric was here! Hanging out! Listening to the songs! Taking notes! Making comments! Suffice it to say the band was pretty stoked to finally reach this stage...Kind of like playing "Tomb Raider" and FINALLY getting to the last level, after months of false leads, getting lost in mazes, etc... But of course the last level is the most difficult, and the most fun too. By the end of the week the album songs will be chosen. There are still 25+ songs in the running, but they will dramatically drop down starting tomorrow, when the intensive rehersals and song try-outs continue. At this point there is definitely some consensus regarding 8-10 of the songs, but a LOT of varying opinions regarding the others...these are exciting days!"

The band works with Ric to cut songs

Shortly after Ric's arrival, many songs were cut. The remaining songs were

"Crab"

"Teenage Vict'ry Song"

"Knock-down Drag-out"

"Oh Lisa"

"Break-Up"

"Homely"

"Always"

Additionally, the following were "hanging by a thread",

"Ayleen"

"My Best Friends"

"The Ska Song"

"Cryin' and Lonely"

"Castles In The Sand"

"I Hear Bells"

On December 19, the band took a short break as Karl went home for Christmas. Although Karl was absent, the band decided to continue rehearsals without Ric and reworked songs, rehearsed new ones or ones that weren't tight enough, and continued to do so up until shortly before Christmas day.

Recording Album #3

On December 27, 2000, work on the new album officially began as Weezer entered legendary Cello Studios. On the first day, the band recorded drum and bass tracks for "Knock-down Drag-out" and "Don't Let Go". On December 28 (day 2), the band recorded newer takes of "KDDO" and "Don't Let Go" as well as brand new attempts at "Cryin' And Lonely", "Break Up", "Gimmie Some Love" and "Homely". On December 29, drum and bass tracks were recorded for "Island in the Sun", "Starlight", "Hash Pipe", "Oh Lisa", "O Girlfriend", "My Best Friends", "Crab", and "If You Want It". On December 30, new attempts were made of "Island In The Sun", "Hash Pipe", and "Crab", and all-new recordings were started of "Inside A Smile", "Teenage Victory Song", and "Sugar Booger". Later, Goat Punishment played a rock show at Hollywood's Knitting Factory, with Ozma opening the show.

On New Years Day, songs were given fresh tries and some editing: "Island in the Sun", "O Girlfriend", "Hash Pipe", "No More Disappointments", "If You Want It", and "Crab". The next day, on January 2, new versions were recorded of "No More Disappointments", "O Girlfriend", "Hash Pipe", "Knock-down Drag-Out", and "Crab". Additionally, edit work was done on "My Best Friends Are Gone" and "If You Want It", and a brand new recording was started: many attempts were made at "Always". In just six days, Weezer had basic tracks for 19 tracks. On January 3, the day was divided into three parts: redos, editing the reels, and fixing bass lines. For redos, four songs were completely restarted: "Starlight", "Break-Up", "Teenage Victory Song", and "Homely". For editing the reels, the final best basic takes of each of the 19 songs were compiled onto 6 master 2" tape reels, from the 25 or so master reels they were spread out on. While the engineers did this, the band went to dinner. On January 5, "Starlight" was completely redone. Karl wrote that the song was a struggle, but that the re-do placed the song back in the "favorites" category. Pat was also approached by Jay Leno on Jaywalking.

The new basic tracks were:

"Homely"

"My Best Friends are Gone" (aka "My Best Friends")

"Crab"

"If You Want It"

"Inside a Smile"

"Knock-down Drag-out"

"Oh Lisa"

"Teenage Victory Song"

"Sugar Booger"

"No More Disappointments"

"Always"

On January 4, Karl announced the results of the bands online poll to determine a touring opener. Previously, The Get Up Kids were selected for slot 1 of 3. It was announced that Ozma would be opening in the other slot. On day 10 of recording, January 6, the label paid a surprise visit to Weezer in the studio. Despite the songs being in very rare form, the label was displeased with the songs. Karl wrote, "Very lengthy debates and discussions of what should/shouldn't/could be done with the tracks led to renewed attempts to nail down some songs. Later, after intensive internal debate within the band, a few songs got "the boot", their slots in the final running taken over by others that were "bubbling under". Additionally, another song, "Gonna Make My Move" was given a first time attempt." Also, when everyone left the studio, Rivers began work on I Do, which was at the time referred to by Karl simply as "a new song that he wrote earlier today, featuring a Wurlitzer organ." On January 7, the bass and drum tracks were finished. On January 8, the band began doing the guitar work. After moving into a new and smaller studio (where Pet Sounds was recorded), the band did rhythm guitar tracks for 12 songs. Over the course of the next few days, the band continued work on guitars. Rivers also had the band take a mock photo replicating a famous Beach Boys picture (since they were in the same studio).

Weezer impersonates the famous Beach Boys photo

Karl wrote, "I've gotta tell you, this stuff is starting to sound AMAZING. The sounds, the playing, the songs, the arrangements are beginning to crystallize, and while there is lots more to do (including the crucial solos and vocal work), the foundation these guys are laying down is blowing me away. I really can't believe the criticism we've encountered on this project so far. I, for one, believe that the naysayers will be proven utterly wrong. " On January 11, the studio flooded. Fortunately, nothing was damaged in Weezer's room, which had minimal flooding. On the same day, Karl updated the list of songs,

"front runners" (a few might drop out...)

"Knock-down Drag-out"

"O Girlfriend"

"Crab"

"Oh Lisa"

"Always"

New Song (title unknown) (would become "I Do")

"bubbling under" (one or two might join the front runner list at any time...or just 'b-side' potentials)

"Teenage Victory Song"

"Gonna Make My Move"

"My Best Friends Are Gone"

"in trouble" (possible b-sides, unlikely to make the album)

"Break-Up"

"Homely"

"Cryin' and Lonely"

As the days went by, backup vocals were recorded. "O Girlfriend" took a last minute key change. After much of the guitars were recorded, and the album was really coming together, Rivers contracted a very sore throat. After many days, Karl said, "Rivers' terrible sore throat got no better today. He continues to be barely able to speak, and singing is totally out of the question. Various lead vocal parts remain unfinished, so this really puts the completion of the album in jeopardy. He is taking medicine, but so far no improvement. the waiting continues... " Finally, Rivers throat got well enough that he could take numbing medication which allowed for brief hours of vocal takes followed by relaxing his voice. During some songs, Justin Fisher, Ric Ocasek and Karl Koch provided gang vocals. The album was finally ready for mixing on January 31 in Miami, Florida. While in Florida, the band continued to do some tweaks to songs. At one point, a wild "girl's night only" part was taking place while they tried to record, which Karl said made things difficult to focus. Ric and Mikey sang gang vocals on "Don't Let Go" as the party went on. While the band waited for mixes to be made, they often played golf.

While in Miami, Rivers decided that "Teenage Victory Song" needed gang vocals. Fans were known to hang around the outside of the recording studio in small numbers, so Rivers went out to ask a group of them he had seen earlier if they would come in and provide gang vocals, but they had unfortunately left.

On February 10, 2001, the new album was finished.

Artwork

The art direction of the album was handled by Chris Bilheimer with photography from Marina Chavez and Karl Koch. The album cover was shot in between band practices. It featured Mikey Welsh, Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell and Patrick Wilson standing left to right in front of a plain, lime-green backdrop in a manner similar to the band's debut album, it was done as a tribute to Ric Ocasek who had produced their first album. It was also to symbolize the band's back-to-basics approach they took while recording the album. This is evident by a quote in the linear notes of the album, "Torniamo all'antico e sarà un progresso." This is a quote from Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi that roughly translates in English to "Let us return to old times and that will be progress." Cuomo remarked on the artwork: “I set out to design the package exactly how I would want it, and it just turns out that it's very similar to the first album. I'm the same person as I was then, pretty much. I have the same taste so I don't see why it should be different.”

Later, during an interview for the iTunes Originals compilation in 2010, Cuomo added that the cover was initially supposed to be white and therefore the picture was shot in front of a white backdrop. Additional to his requested version, Cuomo was provided with alternate versions with different-colored backgrounds by the art director. After printing them out and putting them on record store shelves, he decided that green was the best choice for the cover as it stood out the most.

The inside picture of the cd booklet is a photo of Weezer playing live features (in the lower right hand corner) the shadows of Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow from the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Hence the citing in the liner notes that says "MST3k silhouette appears courtesy of Best Brains, Inc." Best Brains is the production company that produced MST3k.

Under the CD tray of the album on the white paper's edge, the word "No" can be found. Some fans speculate that this is a response to Radiohead's album OK Computer which has the text "I like you. I like you. You are a wonderful person. I'm full of enthusiasm. I'm going places. I'll be happy to help you. I am an important person, would you like to come home with me?" This has, however, not been confirmed. The band's official explanation was vague, simply stating, "No means no." Some speculate that "No" refers to the people who anticipated a sequel to Pinkerton.

The album is dedicated "In loving memory of Mykel and Carli" for Mykel and Carli Allan, sisters devoted to developing fan clubs for up-and-coming bands. The two, who had been influential in starting Weezer's fan club, died in a car crash in 1997.

Reception

Critics

Reviewer	Rating	Review date	Author
Metacritic	(73/100)	Continuous	Average score of collected album reviews
Allmusic	(4.5/5)	Not listed	Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Amazon	Not given	Not listed	Jaan Uhelszki
Drowned in Sound	(9.0/10)	May 14, 2001	Terry Bezer
Fazed	(3.0/5)	Not listed	Matt Parks
IGN	(7.0/10)	December 21, 2007	"JR"
The Onion A.V. Club	B+	May 15, 2001	Stephen Thompson
Pitchfork Media	(4.0/10)	May 14, 2001	Spencer Owen
PopMatters	Not given	May 15, 2001	Jason Thompson
NME	(5.0/10)	May 24, 2001	Sarah Dempster
Nude as the News	Not given	Not listed	Jonathan Cohen
Rolling Stone	(4.0/5)	May 15, 2001	Rob Sheffield
Yahoo!	(8.0/10)	May 15, 2001	Ian Wade
Stereogum	No rating given	May 14, 2021	Nate Rogers

Fans

Green received strong reviews from nearly everyone, and it successfully created a new wave of Weezer fans. However, many fans fault the album for its generic pop songwriting, supposed lack of emotion, and the simple solos that only serve to follow the melody. Pat Wilson, prior to the album's release, said, "It's kind of like the first album, but more compressed." Karl Koch has stated in an Albumsix chat that it was an album that was awesome up until it was compressed and flattened by production near the end. Pat has also said it sounds like, "The Beatles, if they had big rock guitars".

Track listing

Template:Green Album previews

"Don't Let Go" – 2:59
"Photograph" – 2:19
"Hash Pipe" - 3:06
"Island in the Sun" – 3:20
"Crab" – 2:34
"Knock-down Drag-out" – 2:08
"Smile" – 2:38
"Simple Pages" – 2:56
"Glorious Day" – 2:40
"O Girlfriend" – 3:49

"I Do" (UK and Japan bonus track)
"The Christmas Song" (Japan bonus track)

Outtakes

The following songs were completed during the sessions for The Green Album and released as single B-sides, international album bonus tracks, or compilation exclusives:

"Teenage Victory Song"
"Oh Lisa"
"Sugar Booger" (a longer edit than the early leak)
"I Do"
"Starlight"
"Always" (two versions)
"Brightening Day" (formerly known as "My Best Friends")

Early leak

Around early 2001, fourteen songs from the album session were leaked. Most of them featured slightly different edits or song parts, all were unmastered. Some of the songs appeared under early titles. It is unknown who leaked the songs.

In July 2011, after over 10 years, an Argentinian promo CD from Universal Music (Argentina) including the early edit of "Starlight", fully mastered, was found on eBay by a Weezer fan and shared on Allthingsweezer.com. As of now, this remains the only known official and physical release of any of the early edits of the Green Album songs.

This promo release also indicates that all the songs were supposedly edited after the mastering process. So odds are that lossless and mastered versions of the early edits indeed exist and were possibly used for other promo releases.

Track listing

"Oh Lisa" - 2:44
"Don't Let Go" – 2:44
"O Girlfriend" – 4:06
"Island in the Sun" – 3:24
"If You Want It" – 2:57
"Sugar Booger" 3:40
"Knock-down Drag-out" – 2:07
"Gonna Make My Move" – 3:23
"Crab" – 3:10
"Starlight" - 3:28
"Teenage Victory Song" - 3:04
"Inside A Smile" – 3:26
"Gimme Some Love" – 2:57
"Hash Pipe" - 2:58

Differences between the leaked version and the released version

Don't Let Go

album verson

1.49 solo

2.02 but if there comes a day...

2.17 confrontations in my mind

2.29 "don't let go" four times to the end of the song

unmixed version

1.49 solo

2.02 but if there comes a day...

2.15 "don't let go" four times to the end of the song

O Girlfriend

album version

2.16 solo

2.50 o girlfriend, that's the end

3.07 in your arms ("now i just want to shout" repeated three times to end)

umixed version

2.16 solo

2.50 o girlfriend, that's the end

3.07 feelin' fancies every night

3.24 in your arms ("now i just want to shout" repeated three times to end)

Island In The Sun

longer fade out on the unmixed version. you can hear rivers say "no no" one extra time.

If You Want It

0.00 intro

0.10 if you want it, you can have it

0.18 'cause everybody wants some love

0.33 if you need it, you should show it

0.41 'cause everybody wants some hope

0.57 it's in the photograph

1.11 if you do it, don't reject it

1.19 'cause everybody wants a dream

1.35 darlin' you know for sure

1.49 solo

1.57 'cause everybody wants a dream

2.14 darlin' you know for sure

2.28 if you do it, don't reject (outro)

Photograph

0.00 intro

0.10 if you want it, you can have it

0.18 'cause everybody wants some love

0.33 if you need it, you should show it

0.41 'cause everybody wants some hope

0.57 it's in the photograph

1.11 solo

1.19 'cause everybody wants a dream

1.35 it's in the photograph

1.49 if you do it, don't reject (outro)

sugar booger

unmixed

0.00 intro

0.04 break my spine

0.23 waste my time

0.44 every time you turn around

1.03 draw that line

1.23 spank my brain

1.43 every time you turn around

2.03 show me now

2.07 solo

2.27 every time you turn around

2.46 draw that line

3.06 "'cause that's way, that's the way that you want to be" is repeated an additional 4 times with "yeah, that's the way" ending the song.

b-side version

0.00 intro

0.04 break my spine

0.23 waste my time

0.44 every time you turn around

1.03 draw that line

1.23 spank my brain

1.43 every time you turn around

2.03 show me now

2.07 LONGER solo

2.46 every time you turn around

3.08 show me now

3.11 draw that line

3.31 "'cause that's way, that's the way that you want to be" is repeated an additional 4 times with "yeah, that's the way" ending the song.

Gonna Make My Move

0.00 intro

0.18 gonna make my move

0.27 hey!... hey!

0.43 gonna take my chance

0.52 hey!... hey!

1.10 glorious children on my mind

1.27 gonna rock it out

1.36 hey!... hey!

1.54 glorious children on my mind

2.11 solo

2.20 hey!... hey!

2.39 gloriouos children on my mind

2.55 gonna rock it out

3.04 repeats final verse line two more times followed by a "hey!" to end.

Glorious Day

0.00 intro

0.18 gonna make my move

0.27 hey!... hey!

0.43 gonna take my chance

0.52 hey!... hey!

1.10 glorious children on my mind

1.27 solo

1.36 hey!... hey!

1.54 glorious children on my mind

2.11 gonna rock it out

2.20 repeats final verse line two more times followed by a "hey!" to end.

Crab

unmixed

0.00 intro

0.17 crab if you wanna

0.38 crab if you need it

1.00 she said she's feelin lonely

1.17 crab at the booty

1.38 she said she's feelin lonely

1.56 solo

2.17 she said she's feelin lonely

2.34 crab at the booty

2.55 repeats last line to end

album version

0.00 intro

0.17 crab if you wanna

0.38 crab if you need it

1.00 she said she's feelin lonely

1.17 solo

1.38 she said she's feelin lonely

1.56 crab at the booty

2.17 repeats last line to end

Starlight

unmixed

1.53 solo

2.25 THE PAIN i've felt...

2.43 whoa! that's not enough

2.49 in your arms i would be...

ends with the line "holding on to what he loves, oh so much" three times

b-side version

1.53 solo

2.25 THE PAIN i've felt...

2.41 in your arms i would be...

ends with the line "holding on to what he loves, oh so much" three times

Smile

0.00 intro

0.13 "open the door"

0.25 "cause i don't want to break"

0.37 "open your heart"

0.49 "cause i don't want to break"

1.02 "i cant be gone"

1.14 "never know what you're gonna do/standing there deep in front of you"

1.26 solo

1.38 "cause i don't want to break"

1.51 "i cant be gone"

2.03 "never know what you're gonna do/standing there deep in front of you"

2.15 "gimmie a chance"

2.25 fade out

Inside A Smile

0.00 intro

0.12 "open the door"

0.24 "cause i don't want to break"

0.37 "open your heart"

0.49 "cause i don't want to break"

1.02 "i cant be gone"

1.14 "never know what you're gonna do/standing there in the ocean blue"

1.26 gimmie a chance"

1.38 "cause i don't want to break"

1.51 "i cant be gone"

2.03 "never know what you're gonna do/standing there in the ocean blue"

2.15 solo

2.27 "cause i don't want to break"

2.40 "i cant be gone"

2.52 "never know what you're gonna do/standing there in the ocean blue"

3.04 "gimmie a chance"

3.14 fade out

hash pipe: unmixed vs short edit short edit's first chorus cuts off quick after the line "i got my eye swipe" hash pipe: original album version vs unmixed after the second chorus of the album version there's a little build-up before rivers says "hash pipe" a second time. the unmixed version does not have this section and "hash pipe" is only said once and then the song goes straight into what's after the build-up in the the album version. there's the same difference in the third chorus so that the unmixed version ends with three "hash pipes" and the album version ends with 4.

Oh Lisa, Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Teenage Victory [Song], and Simple Pages (aka Gimmie Some Love) had no structural differences. All songs on the unmixed version do seem to be just a tiny bit faster than the released ones though and all songs may also have any number of additional vocal and instrumental overdubs and/or layering.

Personnel

Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
Patrick Wilson – drums
Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mikey Welsh – bass guitar, backing vocals
Ric Ocasek – production

External links

Listen to The Green Album for free on Grooveshark.com

Weezer (The Green Album)

Contents

Picking a producer, getting approval

Recording

Pre Production

Recording Album #3

Artwork

Reception

Critics

Fans

Track listing

Outtakes

Early leak

Differences between the leaked version and the released version

Personnel

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