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'''''Everything Will Be Alright in the End''''' (hereafter abbreviated as '''''EWBAITE''''') is the ninth studio album by Weezer, released on [[October 7]], [[2014]]. It is the only Weezer album released by [[Republic Records]]. It is the third and final Weezer album produced by [[Ric Ocasek]] (following the band's self-titled [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|''Blue'']] and [[Weezer (The Green Album)|''Green'']] albums). | '''''Everything Will Be Alright in the End''''' (hereafter abbreviated as '''''EWBAITE''''') is the ninth studio album by Weezer, released on [[October 7]], [[2014]]. It is the only Weezer album released by [[Republic Records]]. It is the third and final Weezer album produced by [[Ric Ocasek]] (following the band's self-titled [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|''Blue'']] and [[Weezer (The Green Album)|''Green'']] albums). | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Background and writing process=== | |||
On [[December 6]], [[2009]], during Weezer's [[Raditude Tour|tour]] in support of ''[[Raditude]]'', the bus carrying [[Rivers Cuomo]], along with his [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|wife]], [[Mia Cuomo|daughter]], nanny, and assistant [[Sarah C. Kim|Sarah Kim]], skidded off an icy road in Glen, New York. Cuomo suffered three cracked ribs and some internal bleeding. Weezer subsequently cancelled the remainder of the tour.<ref>Collis, Clark. "Weezer bus crash: Photos and chilling details" ''Entertainment Weekly. 7 December 2009. https://ew.com/article/2009/12/07/weezer-bus-crash-photos-and-chilling-details/</ref><ref>Kreps, Daniel. "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Injured in Tour Bus Accident" | |||
''Rolling Stone''. 6 December 2009. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weezers-rivers-cuomo-injured-in-tour-bus-accident-236013/</ref><ref>[[Karl's Corner - 12/06/2009]]</ref> "Lying on the floor of the bus, I couldn’t move, could barely breathe," Cuomo told ''Rolling Stone'' in [[2014]], "I didn’t know if I was going to live."<ref name="rstoneallright">Vozick-Levinson, Simon. "Rivers Cuomo Is Trying to Be All Right" ''Rolling Stone''. 23 September 2014. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rivers-cuomo-is-trying-to-be-all-right-167180/</ref> During the recovery process, a phrase came to Cuomo's mind: "Everything will be alright in the end."<ref>[[Reddit Q&A with Rivers Cuomo - November 2014]]</ref> | |||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] first mentioned a follow-up to Weezer's eighth album, ''[[Hurley]]'', shortly after that album's release. Cuomo told The A.V. Club, "I was talking to the producer and he was saying 'These songs sound totally different from ''Hurley''. ''Hurley'' was kind of dark, and the new songs sound like you’re 16, riding your bicycle to get a Slurpee.' As a writer, I had no idea—I wasn’t shooting for anything different. That’s just what happened to come up."<ref>Adams, Erik. "Rivers Cuomo" ''The A.V. Club''. 14 September 2010. "Rivers Cuomo" https://www.avclub.com/rivers-cuomo-1798221611</ref> | [[Rivers Cuomo]] first mentioned a follow-up to Weezer's eighth album, ''[[Hurley]]'', shortly after that album's release. Cuomo told The A.V. Club, "I was talking to the producer and he was saying 'These songs sound totally different from ''Hurley''. ''Hurley'' was kind of dark, and the new songs sound like you’re 16, riding your bicycle to get a Slurpee.' As a writer, I had no idea—I wasn’t shooting for anything different. That’s just what happened to come up."<ref>Adams, Erik. "Rivers Cuomo" ''The A.V. Club''. 14 September 2010. "Rivers Cuomo" https://www.avclub.com/rivers-cuomo-1798221611</ref> | ||
In [[2020]], upon the release of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'', Cuomo summarized the period of songwriting ([[2011]]-[[2014]]) that ultimately resulted in ''EWBAITE'' by citing several important life events: | In [[2020]], upon the release of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'', Cuomo summarized the period of songwriting ([[2011]]-[[2014]]) that ultimately resulted in ''EWBAITE'' by citing several important life events: The [[Karl's Corner - 12/06/2009|bus accident]] during the [[Raditude Tour|''Raditude'' Tour]], the [[October 8]], [[2011]] overdose of former Weezer bassist [[Mikey Welsh]] in a hotel room,<ref>Nickeas, Peter. "Drug overdose suspected in death of former Weezer bass player" ''Chicago Tribune''. 9 October 2011. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-weezer-bass-player-dies-in-chicago-20111009-story.html</ref> Cuomo also lost his grandfather, a former girlfriend, and his [[Vipassana]] meditation teacher, and was separated from his family for five months due to the difficult birth of his son, Leo, during this period. | ||
According to a press release for ''EWBAITE'', Rivers Cuomo, after Weezer had put out three albums in only three years, decided to begin writing at a slower pace, composing songs on the piano first before transferring them the to guitar and presenting them to the band.<ref>"Weezer to Release Everything Will Be Alright In The End September 30" https://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/weezer-to-release-everything-will-be-alright-in-the-end-september-30/</ref> Cuomo's first draft for the album was titled ''[[Ecce Homo]]'' (Latin for "Behold the man"), deriving the title from the [[Wikipedia:Ecce_Homo_(book)|book of the same name]] by [[Wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche]]. "I wanted to make a complex, classic album,” Cuomo told ''Rolling Stone'', "And I knew it was going to take time."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> The concept for ''Ecce Homo'' centered around a character named [[Sebastian]] who, for deliberately ambiguous reasons, appeared to exist throughout various eras of history and, over the course of the narrative, realize the necessity of faith in a higher power. Some of these ideas carried over into the narrative of ''EWBAITE''. Around this period, Cuomo reconciled with his father, [[Frank Cuomo|Frank]], who left the family when Rivers was very young and later became a Pentecostal preacher (as alluded to in the Weezer song "[[Say It Ain't So]],"). Said Cuomo, "Now that I’m a father, I’ve forgiven my parents."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> | According to a press release for ''EWBAITE'', Rivers Cuomo, after Weezer had put out three albums in only three years, decided to begin writing at a slower pace, composing songs on the piano first before transferring them the to guitar and presenting them to the band.<ref>"Weezer to Release Everything Will Be Alright In The End September 30" https://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/weezer-to-release-everything-will-be-alright-in-the-end-september-30/</ref> Cuomo's first draft for the album was titled ''[[Ecce Homo]]'' (Latin for "Behold the man"), deriving the title from the [[Wikipedia:Ecce_Homo_(book)|book of the same name]] by [[Wikipedia:Friedrich_Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche]]. "I wanted to make a complex, classic album,” Cuomo told ''Rolling Stone'', "And I knew it was going to take time."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> The concept for ''Ecce Homo'' centered around a character named [[Sebastian]] who, for deliberately ambiguous reasons, appeared to exist throughout various eras of history and, over the course of the narrative, realize the necessity of faith in a higher power. Some of these ideas carried over into the narrative of ''EWBAITE''. Around this period, Cuomo reconciled with his father, [[Frank Cuomo|Frank]], who left the family when Rivers was very young and later became a Pentecostal preacher (as alluded to in the Weezer song "[[Say It Ain't So]],"). Said Cuomo, "Now that I’m a father, I’ve forgiven my parents."<ref name="rstoneallright" /> | ||