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'''''Christmas with Weezer''''' is a six-song EP of [[Christmas]] carol covers performed by [[Weezer]]. The songs were released in tandem with an IOS application of the same name created by Tapulous, the makers of ''Tap Tap Revenge''. It was released on digital music platforms on [[December 16]], [[2008]], and is slated to recieve a CD release in Japan on [[November 2]], [[2022]].<ref>" | '''''Christmas with Weezer''''' is a six-song EP of [[Christmas]] carol covers performed by [[Weezer]]. The songs were released in tandem with an IOS application of the same name created by Tapulous, the makers of ''Tap Tap Revenge''. It was released on digital music platforms on [[December 16]], [[2008]], and is slated to recieve a CD release in Japan on [[November 2]], [[2022]].<ref>"Christmas with Weezer". ''HMV&BOOKS online'' | ||
Retrieved from https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Weezer_000000000039818/item_Christmas-With-Weezer-Ltd_13270725. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220909072103/https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Weezer_000000000039818/item_Christmas-With-Weezer-Ltd_13270725 Archived] from the original on archive.org.</ref><ref>"洋楽クリスマス コンピの決定版『Happy Christmas ～ Wonderful Songs～』― ヴィンス・ガラルディ、ノラ・ジョーンズ、ジャクソン５、ビーチ・ボーイズ、ジャスティン・ビーバー、アリアナ・グランデ、サム・スミスなど 古今東西 クリスマスの名曲をたっぷり収録". ([[September 12]], [[2022]]). ''HMV&BOOKS online''. Retrieved from https://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/220912128/. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220916151334/https://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/220912128/ Archived] from the original on archive.org .</ref> | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Tapulous application is a game similar to ''Rock Band'' or ''Guitar Hero'' and features Weezer covering six Christmas carols. | The Tapulous application is a game similar to ''Rock Band'' or ''Guitar Hero'' and features Weezer covering six Christmas carols. The songs are described in the press release as "funky but authentic". Two bonus tracks are available in the game ("[[Pork and Beans]]" and "[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]]") along with unspecified extra Weezer tracks, likely to be downloaded from an in-game system. | ||
==Recording process== | ==Recording process== | ||
The idea to record songs for the iPhone application ''Tap Tap Revenge'' came from [[Pat Wilson]], an iPhone owner himself. The recordings are unique for Weezer because all of the guitars and drums are performed by Wilson. It is assumed that Weezer's bassist, [[Scott Shriner]], played bass. A photo posted in November [[2008]] on [[weezer.com]] of Wilson and Shriner at Starbucks when the recordings would have been made seems to confirm this. Later, frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]] recorded lead vocals separately. After the application was released, additional enhancements were made to the songs and they were re-released online as a digital EP. The new versions were remixed and now contained vocal harmonies from guitarist [[Brian Bell]], altered lead vocals from Cuomo (removing some of the extensive vocal doubling) and added tambourine on "[[Silent Night]]". | The idea to record songs for the iPhone application ''Tap Tap Revenge'' came from [[Pat Wilson]], an iPhone owner himself. The recordings are unique for Weezer because all of the guitars and drums are performed by Wilson. It is assumed that Weezer's bassist, [[Scott Shriner]], played bass. A photo posted in November [[2008]] on [[weezer.com]] of Wilson and Shriner at Starbucks when the recordings would have been made seems to confirm this. Later, frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]] recorded lead vocals separately. After the application was released, additional enhancements were made to the songs and they were re-released online as a digital EP. The new versions were remixed and now contained vocal harmonies from guitarist [[Brian Bell]], altered lead vocals from Cuomo (removing some of the extensive vocal doubling) and added tambourine on "[[Silent Night]]". | ||
According to [[Karl Koch]], production duties on the record were informal and shared between Wilson and Cuomo: | According to [[Karl Koch]], production duties on the record were informal and shared between Wilson and Cuomo:<ref>[[Karl Koch|Koch, Karl]]. (June 19, 2020). Email correspondence. Screenshot at [[:File:Karl Christmas with Weezer email 6-19-2020.jpg]].</ref> | ||
::''There was no producer per se. Pat and Rivers just did it with minimal assistance, in a side studio at the same facility (“The Document Room”) in Malibu that they were working on Raditude in with [[Jacknife Lee]]. Pat was basically told to make it happen, so as far as the basic mixing and producing duties, it was him, although certainly Rivers had a part to play too, at times. It was a very low key thing that they just grinded out when there was downtime up at the main studio.'' | ::''There was no producer per se. Pat and Rivers just did it with minimal assistance, in a side studio at the same facility (“The Document Room”) in Malibu that they were working on Raditude in with [[Jacknife Lee]]. Pat was basically told to make it happen, so as far as the basic mixing and producing duties, it was him, although certainly Rivers had a part to play too, at times. It was a very low key thing that they just grinded out when there was downtime up at the main studio.'' | ||
==Press release== | ==Relase== | ||
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===Press release=== | |||
The official press release for the ''Christmas with Weezer'' phone game which was distributed by DGC was shared on Karl's Corner on [[December 3]]:<ref>[[Karl Koch|Koch, Karl]]. (December 3, 2008). "12/03/08 tap tap; a capella, & world records page!". ''[[Karl's Corner]]''. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at [[Karl's Corner - 12/03/2008]].</ref> | The official press release for the ''Christmas with Weezer'' phone game which was distributed by DGC was shared on Karl's Corner on [[December 3]]:<ref>[[Karl Koch|Koch, Karl]]. (December 3, 2008). "12/03/08 tap tap; a capella, & world records page!". ''[[Karl's Corner]]''. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at [[Karl's Corner - 12/03/2008]].</ref> | ||
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===2022 re-release=== | |||
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==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||