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'''''Weezer''''' (often referred to as '''''The Blue Album''''') is the debut studio album by [[Weezer]]. It was released on [[May 10]], [[1994]] by [[Geffen Records]]. The album was produced by former Cars frontman [[Ric Ocasek]] and recorded in Electric Lady Studios in New York City. ''Weezer'' spawned the popular singles "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and "[[Buddy Holly]]", both of which were responsible for launching Weezer into mainstream success with the aid of music videos directed by [[Spike Jonze]]. | '''''Weezer''''' (often referred to as '''''The Blue Album''''') is the debut studio album by [[Weezer]]. It was released on [[May 10]], [[1994]] by [[Geffen Records|DGC Records]]. The album was produced by former Cars frontman [[Ric Ocasek]] and recorded in Electric Lady Studios in New York City. ''Weezer'' spawned the popular singles "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and "[[Buddy Holly]]", both of which were responsible for launching Weezer into mainstream success with the aid of music videos directed by [[Spike Jonze]]. | ||
==Pre-recording== | ==Pre-recording== | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|I think our music on the first record was written to be heard by a smaller, not quite as mainstream audience, kind of a post-modern audience that had been through the whole punk thing and was again willing to accept some more innocent pop-sounding music and be able to listen to it with a sense of irony. Now when those songs are heard by millions of people and on all the radio stations and [[MTV]], they take on a totally different meaning which they were never really meant to have... I think we [eventually] left behind some of that irony...|[[Addicted to Noise interview with Rivers Cuomo - 1996|''Addicted to Noise'' interview - 1996]]<ref>[[Addicted to Noise interview with Rivers Cuomo - 1996]]</ref>}} | {{Rivers Cuomo quote|I think our music on the first record was written to be heard by a smaller, not quite as mainstream audience, kind of a post-modern audience that had been through the whole punk thing and was again willing to accept some more innocent pop-sounding music and be able to listen to it with a sense of irony. Now when those songs are heard by millions of people and on all the radio stations and [[MTV]], they take on a totally different meaning which they were never really meant to have... I think we [eventually] left behind some of that irony...|[[Addicted to Noise interview with Rivers Cuomo - 1996|''Addicted to Noise'' interview - 1996]]<ref>[[Addicted to Noise interview with Rivers Cuomo - 1996]]</ref>}} | ||