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:''This is for the 2019 album, for other uses of "The Black Album", see [[The Black Album (disambiguation)]].'' | :''This is for the 2019 album, for other uses of "The Black Album", see [[The Black Album (disambiguation)]].'' | ||
'''''Weezer''''', also known as "'''The Black Album'''", is Weezer's thirteenth studio album and sixth self-titled album. It was initially envisioned as a follow-up album to 2016's ''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]''. After several delays, the album was released on [[March 1]] | '''''Weezer''''', also known as "'''The Black Album'''", is Weezer's thirteenth studio album and sixth self-titled album. It was initially envisioned as a follow-up album to 2016's ''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]''. After several delays, the album was released on [[March 1]], [[2019]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Cuomo first | {{Quote|The [White and Black albums] were kind of born at the same moment. We were performing at some TV show, and my manager came in the dressing room and said, “All right, you’re not gonna like this, but how about we call this album the White Album?” and I kind of groaned. And then he said, “And that means the next album can be the Black Album!” and I was like, that’s cool, I’m in. That’s all it was.|Rivers Cuomo|[[Black Album bio - November 2018|interview]] with Scott Heisel, November 2018}} | ||
Cuomo first spoke publicly about the ''Black Album'' when appearing on Zane Lowe’s radio show in February 2016, saying the "White Album is cool ‘cause then next we can do a Black Album and it'll be like super dark. Already working on those songs. I just love contrast."<ref>Camp, Zoe. "Weezer Share "L.A. Girlz," Rivers Cuomo Says He's Already Working on "The Black Album"" ''Pitchfork''. 17 February 2016. https://pitchfork.com/news/63610-weezer-share-la-girlz-rivers-cuomo-says-hes-already-working-on-the-black-album/</ref>. The frontman followed up in March, indicating that he was planning to work with [[Jake Sinclair]] again, who produced [[Weezer (The White Album)|''The White Album'']]. Said Cuomo, "Jake, our producer, was very much the voice of conservatism, on the side of the old-school fans... He won on [White], and I'm gonna win on the next album, which is the Black Album." He added that he had already been working on the record for 6 months.<ref>Wood, Mikael. "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is getting ‘comeback’ fatigue" ''Los Angeles Times''. 25 March 2016. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-ms-rivers-cuomo-20160327-story.html</ref> | |||
In April, Cuomo gave more detail about the sound of the Black Album which he said would be coming out in a year. “The next album is going to feel like an urban environment, night-time and gritty and hopefully a lot more modern sounds, synthesized sounds, samples maybe. I like to break away from the distorted power-chord thing but it’s hard ‘cos it works so well”<ref>Shutler, Ali. "Rivers Cuomo talks about Weezer’s “gritty” ‘Black’ album" ''Upset Magazine''. 5 April 2016. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'' https://web.archive.org/web/20170823163231/https://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/rivers-cuomo-talks-about-weezers-gritty-black-album/ from the original: https://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/rivers-cuomo-talks-about-weezers-gritty-black-album/</ref>. In another interview in April, he said that the Black Album would "require new psychological techniques, new writing techniques, new places to hang out, like Echo Park and Silver Lake. Psychoanalysis is going to play a big role. It's going to be more R-rated, with maybe swear words for the first time on a Weezer album"<ref>Hedegaard, Erik. "The Dream Life of Rivers Cuomo" ''Rolling Stone''. 7 April 2016. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-dream-life-of-rivers-cuomo-20160407</ref>. Cuomo later described the album's sound as "Beach Boys gone bad."<ref>"Weezer are already working on new material: “I’m thinking of swearing”" ''DIY''. 20 April 2016. http://diymag.com/2016/04/20/weezer-new-material-black-album</ref> | In April, Cuomo gave more detail about the sound of the Black Album which he said would be coming out in a year. “The next album is going to feel like an urban environment, night-time and gritty and hopefully a lot more modern sounds, synthesized sounds, samples maybe. I like to break away from the distorted power-chord thing but it’s hard ‘cos it works so well”<ref>Shutler, Ali. "Rivers Cuomo talks about Weezer’s “gritty” ‘Black’ album" ''Upset Magazine''. 5 April 2016. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'' https://web.archive.org/web/20170823163231/https://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/rivers-cuomo-talks-about-weezers-gritty-black-album/ from the original: https://www.upsetmagazine.com/news/read/rivers-cuomo-talks-about-weezers-gritty-black-album/</ref>. In another interview in April, he said that the Black Album would "require new psychological techniques, new writing techniques, new places to hang out, like Echo Park and Silver Lake. Psychoanalysis is going to play a big role. It's going to be more R-rated, with maybe swear words for the first time on a Weezer album"<ref>Hedegaard, Erik. "The Dream Life of Rivers Cuomo" ''Rolling Stone''. 7 April 2016. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-dream-life-of-rivers-cuomo-20160407</ref>. Cuomo later described the album's sound as "Beach Boys gone bad."<ref>"Weezer are already working on new material: “I’m thinking of swearing”" ''DIY''. 20 April 2016. http://diymag.com/2016/04/20/weezer-new-material-black-album</ref> | ||