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intereact!Weezer
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2005-05-10
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Taking three-years between albums has made Weezer grow slower and more sober. But on its fifth disc the Los Angeles quartet is no more secure about its place in the world than it was a decade ago in longing tunes like "The World Has Turned And Left Me Here." Singer Rivers Cuomo, still struggling with adolescence at 34, is all apologies. "All I have to do is swing and I'm the hero/ But I'm a zero," he sings on "Perfect Situation," and "I am terrified of all things/ Frightened of the dark," on the lighters-aloft power ballad "Hold Me." The band, meanwhile, keeps things from getting too heavy by punctuating the songs with a familiar rush of bouncy new-wave melodies and fizzing power-pop riffs resulting in the hair-flinging metal of the future D.A.R.E. theme song and album high-point, "We Are All On Drugs." --Aidin Vaziri
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) This is the Weezer I remember. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Weezer is now "old school", but I for one am happy that they retained their nineties sound & style. There's a little more hip-hop floating around in there, but not enough to turn me off (and I can't stand hip-hop). Brings back the good ol' days. Makes me feel like I'm not a mom with two kids running around. By the way... they like this CD too.2) I LOVE Weezer, but... [Rating: 2 out of 5]
This is my least favorite album from them. The only songs I care to listen to are "Beverly Hills", "This is Such a Pity", "Hold Me", "Perfect Situation" and "We Are All On Drugs" (or in other words, all of the radio singles). Everything else is just not worth listening too, IMO. I own every album and most of their CD singles and I love the first 4 albums (Maladroit is quite good, after a few listens), with my favorites being Blue and Pinkerton. Green is very pop, but still rocking.Lets hope their new album in 2008 will be better than this one. I was honestly expecting more out of them, especially with Rick Rubin producing...maybe they should have had Ric Ocasek produce it instead.3) Make Believe - Aptly titled [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I purchased this album on the strength of Weezer's earlier albums and for that i was greatly disappointed. "Beverly Hills" is a catchy tune but pales in comparison to tunes like "Buddy Holly," "My name is Jonas," and the "Good life" from earlier works. It is closer akin to "Island in the Sun" than any of those and this can be said for the whole album. Weezer's ability to write great catchy hooks with some catchy lyrics that are very radio friendly has been the band's banner for some years. So whats the problem with "make believe"? Well for starters its pretty empty. Its short like all of Weezers albums seem to be, (With the exception of Maladroit) but the other albums seem to be filled to the brim even though they run only 30 or so minutes long. The earlier albums are like a can of soda that is shaken up and waiting to spew forth as soon as a person opens it. In other words this album is missing the energy, heart, and determination of earlier works. Heck it's not a bad album but its just not as good as those either. However, that being said i'm not one to compare everything to a band's greatest works and as a stand alone album "make believe" is a good listen and any fan of poppy guitar rock should pick it up. However, the songs are standard bubble-gum issue and easily forgotten.4) Mediocre-- skip it [Rating: 2 out of 5]
It's not horrible. Just like Chek cola isn't horrible. It's just not Coke. For a band that's had such depth and creativity (see Blue Album and Pinkerton) this is a comparatively weak effort. Most of the tracks (Peace, Pardon Me, Perfect Situation, Hold Me, etc) seem sincere and open, which is a step in the right direction, but they're overworked, dull, and a bit whiny. They just aren't catchy or interesting. Other tracks (Drugs, Beverly Hills) just seem like halfhearted, blatant attempts at hit singles. I think 'The Other Way' is the only really good song on here. I think they tried, for the most part, but Weezer seems kind of lost. Spend your dough on Pinkerton and the 2 disc version of The Blue Album, not on this.5) Fair to Middlin' [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I have been listening to this album for the last few weeks so I could really get a feel for it. It's not bad and there are a few great songs. But as I am listening to my blue album, it reminds me how different the albums are. Every single song stands out incredibly on the Blue Album, whereas in Make Believe, they all kind of mush together. I'm a little disappointed, but hopefully they will come out with something better in the future....one can hope