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Later, when "Perfect Situation" was announced as the album's third single, it was decided to remix the track with a new chorus. According to Cuomo, he had written two different versions of the chorus melody. When fans at live shows inadvertently sang it the way he originally wrote it, he realized he should change it. The new version also features backing vocals of "perfect situation" during the outros because [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] felt the song's title wasn't repeated enough for it to be a single. "Perfect Situation" trumped "Beverly Hills" on the charts, remaining #1 for four weeks despite having no physical single release. | Later, when "Perfect Situation" was announced as the album's third single, it was decided to remix the track with a new chorus. According to Cuomo, he had written two different versions of the chorus melody. When fans at live shows inadvertently sang it the way he originally wrote it, he realized he should change it. The new version also features backing vocals of "perfect situation" during the outros because [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] felt the song's title wasn't repeated enough for it to be a single. "Perfect Situation" trumped "Beverly Hills" on the charts, remaining #1 for four weeks despite having no physical single release. | ||
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''Make Believe'' received | ===Critics=== | ||
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''Make Believe'' marked a drastic shift in the critical narrative surrounding Weezer's career. While the band had never received unanimously positive reviews, Weezer had enjoyed a resurgence of approval following the critical reappraisal of ''Pinkerton'' in the late 90's. The band's first two albums began to be appreciated as modern classics, with a number of more junior bands citing them as important influences. The reviews of both [[2001|2001's]] ''[[Green|Weezer]]'' and [[2002|2002's]] ''[[Maladroit]]'' proved less enthusiastic than this general consensus, but did not stray notably stray from it. ''Make Believe'' brought an abrupt end to this, as indicated by the album's Metacritic score of 52 out of 100, the lowest of their discography. While some compared the album's emotionalism to that of ''[[Pinkerton]]'', many criticized it as cliche. Pitchfork Media - which dominated music criticism in 2005 - gave the album a 0.4/10, and deemed it a "terrible," citing Ruben and Cuomo as the culprits. The review described the writing as "lazy", and said that not only was the album terrible, but it makes the listener rethink their opinions on past Weezer work. | |||
==Outtakes== | ==Outtakes== | ||