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The album, ''[[Raditude]]'', was released on [[November 3]], 2009. "[[(If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To]]" was released as the first single on [[August 25]], 2009. "[[I'm Your Daddy]]" followed as the second single on [[January 20]], [[2010]]. The album has seen mixed critical reviews thus far. [[Pitchfork Media]] condemned it with a 4.5 out of 10, but Allmusic Guide represented opposing views of the album by rating it a 4.5 out of 5. Many of Weezer's more die-hard fans have stated their dislike for ''Raditude''. The album boasts many unique song choices, including "[[The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World]]" (an old Cuomo demo from the mid 90's), "Can't Stop Partying" (a song written by Cuomo and Jermaine Dupree, featuring vocals from [[Lil' Wayne]], and several songs co-written by Cuomo and other pop songwriters, including [[Butch Walker]], [[Dr. Luke]], and members of the All-American Rejects. | The album, ''[[Raditude]]'', was released on [[November 3]], 2009. "[[(If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To]]" was released as the first single on [[August 25]], 2009. "[[I'm Your Daddy]]" followed as the second single on [[January 20]], [[2010]]. The album has seen mixed critical reviews thus far. [[Pitchfork Media]] condemned it with a 4.5 out of 10, but Allmusic Guide represented opposing views of the album by rating it a 4.5 out of 5. Many of Weezer's more die-hard fans have stated their dislike for ''Raditude''. The album boasts many unique song choices, including "[[The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World]]" (an old Cuomo demo from the mid 90's), "Can't Stop Partying" (a song written by Cuomo and Jermaine Dupree, featuring vocals from [[Lil' Wayne]], and several songs co-written by Cuomo and other pop songwriters, including [[Butch Walker]], [[Dr. Luke]], and members of the All-American Rejects. | ||
=== | ===''Hurley'' and New record label=== | ||
{{Main|Hurley}} | |||
After fifteen years and seven albums, Weezer parted ways with [[Geffen Records]] on [[December 17]], [[2009]]. During a stint hosting MTV’s Subterranean, Rivers revealed that the band planned on releasing material on their own from then on. | After fifteen years and seven albums, Weezer parted ways with [[Geffen Records]] on [[December 17]], [[2009]]. During a stint hosting MTV’s Subterranean, Rivers revealed that the band planned on releasing material on their own from then on. | ||
It was confirmed that on [[September 13]], [[2010]], Weezer was going to be releasing a brand new album. In an interview, Rivers stated: "It's definitley going to have more raw rock energy on this one." | It was confirmed that on [[September 13]], [[2010]], Weezer was going to be releasing a brand new album. In an interview, Rivers stated: "It's definitley going to have more raw rock energy on this one." | ||
[[Image:Weezer_Hurley_LP_fullres.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Hurley'' album cover featuring Jorge Garcia from the television show ''LOST''.]] | [[Image:Weezer_Hurley_LP_fullres.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Hurley'' album cover featuring Jorge Garcia from the television show ''LOST''.]] | ||
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{{Main|Weezer (The White Album)}} | {{Main|Weezer (The White Album)}} | ||
===''Pacific Daydream''=== | [[Image:Weezer The White Album.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Album art for ''White''.]] | ||
==== Concept ==== | |||
Following the critical success of Weezer's ninth studio album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', they dropped their record label for the second time in a row, ending up with [[Crush Music]] as their new record label; Their new manager at the label, [[Dustin Addis]], paired the band up with producer [[Jake Sinclair]], familiar for the band as he worked as an engineer on their previous album,. ''[[Raditude]]''. Dustin would also provide the band with a suggestion for their next release, write a beach record, Cuomo would later say “It was one of those things where it’s so obvious that we never even realized it.”<ref name="LA Times">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> | |||
Weezer went into the studio to record around summer of [[2015]] to record the album. Around fall of 2015, Addis suggested the idea of a white-colored self-titled release.<ref name="BIO">Heisel, Scott. "Black Album bio". November 2018. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Black_Album_bio_-_November_2018</ref> Cuomo disliked this, taking into consideration the sound and general concept, he felt the album felt too reminiscent of [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|''Blue'']] in a way he wanted to avoid with future projects. "I’m always trying to emphasize the new things we’ve tried" Cuomo said.<ref name="LA Times"></ref> It was what Addis suggested next that satiated rivers. "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."<ref name="BIO"></ref> | |||
==== Writing ==== | |||
Upon meeting Sinclair, Cuomo showed him [[Wannabeezer#January 17, 2016 - thread "King of the World Yay Or Nay?"|a Dropbox account filled with 235 demos]]<ref name=Wannabeezer>Sinclair, Jake. [[Wannabeezer|"''wannabeezer'' post history"]]. [[All Things Weezer]]. [[2016]].</ref>, of which, only one song made the final album, "[[California Kids]]". ''[[White]]'' is also known for containing a new songwriting technique, where Cuomo would take potential lyrics and dump them into a spreadsheet, reusing them in other songs where they fit. | |||
==== Release ==== | |||
The songs "[[Thank God for Girls]]" and "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]] released as singles, with the band denying that they were a part of any larger album, this was proven false in January [[2016]], when [[weezer.com]] updated to tease the new album{{citation needed}}. The album was officially revealed on [[January 14]], with a release date set for [[April 1]], 2016. | |||
A deluxe edition of the album was released on [[October 7]], 2016, featuring two outtakes from the recording sessions ("[[Fake Smiles and Nervous Laughter]]", "[[Friend of a Friend]]"), the newly recorded song "[[I Love the USA]]", and a remix of "[[Jacked Up]]". | |||
=== Reception === | |||
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''[[The White Album]]'' was generally well received by critics and fans alike, and was nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the Grammy's. | |||
===''Pacific Daydream'', ''Weezer (The Teal Album)'', and ''Weezer (The Black Album)''=== | |||
==== Initial ''Black album'' concepts ==== | |||
Despite being against the idea of releasing ''White'' as ''White'', Cuomo was won over to the idea by being allowing to record, immediately after, a ''[[Black]]'' album, to be totally and completely different from ''White''<ref name="BIO"></ref><ref name="LA Times"></ref>. Work on demos began while ''White'' was still in the recording process, "I’ve been working on it for the last six months" said Cuomo in March [[2016]].<ref name="LA Times"></ref> [[Brian Bell]] elaborated on the concept by saying "[Black] started as the antithesis or the b-side of Los Angeles. Thematically, white fits with the beach and the colour black fits with the city. Ever since we wrote the beach album, we kept the concept of that duality in our heads until we had the right songs to release the Black Album."<ref name=BrianIndieRocks>Jurado, Andrea. "Interview With Weezer" Indie Rocks! 13 November 2019. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Indie_Rocks!_interview_with_Brian_Bell_-_November_13,_2019</ref> | |||
==== "Feels Like Summer" and ''Pacific Daydream''==== | |||
{{Main|Pacific Daydream}} | {{Main|Pacific Daydream}} | ||
[[Image:Weezer Pacific Daydream.png|thumb|left|200px|Album art for ''Pacific Daydream''.]] | |||
On [[March 15]], [[2017]], "Feels Like Summer" would release as the lead single for Weezer's upcoming album, the name of which was unmentioned<ref name=flsvideo>Weezer. "Weezer - Feels Like Summer". YouTube. 15 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316041114/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efPWrIvzGgc</ref>. In interviews, Cuomo elaborated on how the album's concept evolved, "I would write every day and put the MP3s in a folder called ''[[The Black Album]]'' in my dropbox, and I began to write some songs that didn’t fit in that folder but they were still good. So I made a new folder and put them in there and that was the one that got filled first."<ref name=PDRelease>Dedman, Remfry. "Weezer Interview: ‘Pacific Daydream is a big step forward into unfamiliar territory but it's not big enough for me’". Independent. 18 December 2017. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/weezer-interview-pacific-daydream-is-a-big-step-forward-into-unfamiliar-territory-but-its-not-big-enough-for-me-a8115961.html</ref> The contents of that secondary folder would eventually become known as ''[[Pacific Daydream]]''. | |||
===''Weezer (The Teal Album)''=== | [[Scott Shriner]] mentioned the participation of producer [[Butch Walker]] in an interview with Toronto Star, implying he would produce the album<ref name=shrinerpd>Krewen, Nick. "New to Canada, Big Feastival promises to serve superior food on top of Weezer and more" Toronto Star. 13 August 2017. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/08/13/new-to-canada-big-feastival-promises-to-serve-superior-food-on-top-of-weezer-and-more.html</ref>. | ||
On [[August 17]], 2017, Weezer's eleventh LP was finally unveiled as ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'', and was released on [[October 27]] of that year. It was nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the Grammy's, much like ''White''. | |||
==== ''"Midnight" Black'', "Africa" and ''Weezer (The Teal Album)''==== | |||
{{Main|Weezer (The Teal Album)}} | {{Main|Weezer (The Teal Album)}} | ||
[[Image:Weezer The Teal Album.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Album art for ''Teal''.]] | |||
In release interviews for ''Pacific Daydream'', Cuomo mentioned ''Black'' for an imminent release in [[2018]], "The Black Album is almost done... And hopefully it comes out in May."<ref name=dazed>Eloise, Marianne. "Rivers Cuomo on dark thoughts, Post Malone & being prolific". Dazed. 27 October 2017. https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37880/1/rivers-cuomo-on-dark-thoughts-post-malone-being-prolific</ref> This iteration of ''the Black Album'', commonly referred to as ''"Midnight Black"'' by fans (after it's proposed lead single<ref name=fanclubemail>October 14 2018. Email. [[:File:Midnight Fan Club Email.jpeg]]</ref>) was late into development when plans were scrapped following the unexpected virality of a cover of [[Toto]]'s [[Africa]] (recorded as a joke, following a twitter exchange between [[Patrick Wilson]] and Twitter account @WeezerAfrica.)<ref name=fanclubemail></ref> | |||
on [[January 24]], [[2019]], ''[[The Teal Album]]'' was released without prior announcement, it peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, and received middling reviews.<ref> "Weezer (Teal Album)" ''Metacritic'' https://www.metacritic.com/music/weezer-teal-album/weezer</ref> | |||
===''Weezer (The Black Album)''=== | ==== Eventual ''Weezer (The Black Album)'' release ==== | ||
{{Main|Weezer (The Black Album)}} | {{Main|Weezer (The Black Album)}} | ||
[[Image:Weezer The Black Album.png|thumb|left|200px|Album art for ''Black''.]] | |||
''Black'' would not materialize in May of 2018, and instead, on [[October 9]], a Yelp profile was created to tease the imminent release of the single "[[Can't Knock the Hustle]]"{{Citation needed}}. Over the next few months leading up to eventual release of ''Black'' on [[March 1]], several singles from the album were released, and after 3 years, Weezer finally finished and released ''Black'' to middling reviews. | |||
===''Van Weezer'' and ''OK Human''=== | ===''Van Weezer'' and ''OK Human''=== | ||