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Added reviews up through Van Weezer. Mentioned Tell Me What You Want.
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| |<small>''"You couldn’t quite tell if Cuomo was mocking his song’s regressive narrators or sympathizing with them. But once you got past his defense mechanisms and sorting through the humor and cultural references, you found a portrait of a young man’s psyche, riddled with angst and insecurity. And it arrived on the wings of massive riffs and gnarled guitar solos that sounded like they were emanating from a Flying V—on every single song."''</small><br><br><span style="float:right">[[Weezer (The Blue Album) Pitchfork Media record review|Read full review]]</span> | | |<small>''"You couldn’t quite tell if Cuomo was mocking his song’s regressive narrators or sympathizing with them. But once you got past his defense mechanisms and sorting through the humor and cultural references, you found a portrait of a young man’s psyche, riddled with angst and insecurity. And it arrived on the wings of massive riffs and gnarled guitar solos that sounded like they were emanating from a Flying V—on every single song."''</small><br><br><span style="float:right">[[Weezer (The Blue Album) Pitchfork Media record review|Read full review]]</span> | ||
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| |<center>''[[Pacific Daydream]]'' (2017)<br>[[Image:Weezer Pacific Daydream.png|100px]]<br></center> | |||
| |{{Rating-big|4.3|10}} (4.3/10) | |||
| |[[October 26]], [[2017]] | |||
| |Saby Reyes-Kulkarni | |||
| |<small>''"Looking back, it’s no surprise that Cuomo’s distinct combination of fuzzy guitar riffs, sunny hooks, unabashed awkwardness, and roiling internal conflict struck such a profound nerve. But for the second album in a row, Cuomo anchors the music more specifically to California. Sure, that’s worked for scores of artists in the past, but a crucial part of Weezer’s appeal was that you could believe they came out of ''any'' garage on ''any'' tree-lined cul-de-sac in ''any'' suburban zip code in the U.S. ''Pacific Daydream'', in spite of its name, mostly just gives you a feeling of being nowhere."''</small><br><br><span style="float:right">[[Pacific Daydream Pitchfork Media record review|Read full review]]</span> | |||
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| |<center>''[[Weezer (The Black Album)]]'' (2019)<br>[[Image:Weezer The Black Album.png|100px]]<br></center> | |||
| |{{Rating-big|5.7|10}} (5.7/10) | |||
| |[[March 4]], [[2019]] | |||
| |Peyton Thomas | |||
| |<small>''"But this striving for the new and different comes at a cost. There’s no emotional throughline on The Black Album, no grand statement that continues from one track to the next. The songs never blur together, but they also don’t tell a story as the sum of their parts. A sense of tonal whiplash ensues, and the album’s highlights are best enjoyed in isolation."''</small><br><br><span style="float:right">[[Weezer (The Black Album) Pitchfork Media record review|Read full review]]</span> | |||
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| |<center>''[[OK Human]]'' (2021)<br>[[Image:Weezer OK Human album.jpg|100px]]<br></center> | |||
| |{{Rating-big|5.8|10}} (5.8/10) | |||
| |[[February 1]], [[2021]] | |||
| |Ian Cohen | |||
| |<small>''"Yet even as he writes about dodging Zoom interviews and what he ate for dinner, it still feels as impersonal as water-cooler small talk; both effortless and try-hard at the same time. “Numbers” or “Screens” or “Aloo Gobi” or “Here Comes the Rain” say nothing novel about living in 2021 (i.e., social media is an endless, no-win competition; we spend even more time on our phones; even enjoyable routines can become exhausting) aside from confirming that Rivers Cuomo still lives amongst the rest of us."''</small><br><br><span style="float:right">[[OK Human Pitchfork Media record review|Read full review]]</span> | |||
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| |<center>''[[Van Weezer]]'' (2021)<br>[[Image:Weezer Van Weezer.png|100px]]<br></center> | |||
| |{{Rating-big|5.9|10}} (5.9/10) | |||
| |[[May 13]], [[2021]] | |||
| |Evan Rytlewski | |||
| |<small>''"The title promises Van Halen, but the volume rarely exceeds Rick Springfield. Paired with Cuomo’s eternally boyish voice, the result is a cuddly, Build-a-Bear tribute to ’80 metal, with little of the rowdiness this music embodied in its heyday. The only parents this metal could piss off are ones with strong opinions about ''Pinkerton.''"''</small><br><br><span style="float:right">[[OK Human Pitchfork Media record review|Read full review]]</span> | |||
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*The album cover of "''[[Maladroit]]''" was chosen as one of the worst record covers of all time.<ref>DiCrescenzo, Brent "The Worst Record Covers of All Time" ''Pitchfork''. 14 November 2005. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6194-the-worst-record-covers-of-all-time/7/</ref> | *The album cover of "''[[Maladroit]]''" was chosen as one of the worst record covers of all time.<ref>DiCrescenzo, Brent "The Worst Record Covers of All Time" ''Pitchfork''. 14 November 2005. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6194-the-worst-record-covers-of-all-time/7/</ref> | ||
*A [[2021]] feature by Pitchfork ranked Weezer as the artist with the lowest average Pitchfork review score of any artist with ten or more reviews.<ref>Borovinsky, Kelsey. "Pitchfork’s Reviews Section By the Numbers." ''Pitchfork''. 26 May 2021. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/25-years-of-pitchfork-reviews-by-the-numbers/</ref> | *A [[2021]] feature by Pitchfork ranked Weezer as the artist with the lowest average Pitchfork review score of any artist with ten or more reviews.<ref>Borovinsky, Kelsey. "Pitchfork’s Reviews Section By the Numbers." ''Pitchfork''. 26 May 2021. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/25-years-of-pitchfork-reviews-by-the-numbers/</ref> | ||
*The [[2021]] Weezer single "[[Tell Me What You Want]]" explicitly references Pitchfork in its lyrics. ("Don't be influenced by an office full of dorks / I won't mention any names... [coughing] ''Pitchfork''") | |||
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