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This really made my funny bone tickle when it came out. It's kinda funny cause every song is great but it's not even 30 minutes long. Don't get me wrong, this os a really great album, but it only has 28 minutes of music on it. This is a really good release by the best band ever, but you should also buy all of their ohter albums. Hash Pipe Roks!
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You either love or hate this album, period.
The Good
Every song on this album has a hook and Rivers' guitar solos, though simple, sound awesome!!
The Bad
Almost every song follows the same formula; there's really no variation whatsoever.
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Despite the enormous success of their irresistible candy-sweet debut in 1994, after the commercial and critical failure of their sophomore effort, 1996's dark, heavy, bittersweet "Pinkerton," Weezer packed it in and it looked like they were done for. Then some funny things happened: the Internet brought Weezer fans together, who gradually raised "Pinkerton"'s rep from big failure to huge masterpiece (a reputation it retains to this day), those fans buzzed enough to drag Weezer out of their little four-year vacation, and then Weezer went on a 2000 tour that sold out coast-to-coast. The music biz was shocked. Everything was going so well that finally, after five years of silence, Weezer released their third album (and second eponymous record) in 2001.
To the uninitiated, the "Green Album" is nothing extraodinary. Every song follows the same formula: heavy riff opening, verse, heavy riff, chorus, and repeat. Lead singer and musical mastermind Rivers Cuomo's vocal range is about as small as possible. It's hard-rocking, punkish pop with '60's surf rock influences, and that may not seem like much. But the simple fact is that it's darn good stuff -- everything Cuomo composes is catchy and clever, and no one else is writing pop music this good. Going back to Ric Ocasek, who produced the band's debut, was a wise move. The "Green Album" is definitely the "Blue Album"'s sequel; nothing on here is anywhere near as bitter or as astonishingly personal as on "Pinkerton." The songs are a little tighter and the lyrics a little less personal, which works out well: it sounds like the band is growing, but at the same time, they haven't that changed that much from the Weezer of '90's. For other bands, that might be a problem. For Weezer, that's just what we wanted.
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It took a while, but I finally understand what Weezer was getting at with the Green Album.
Its a total parody of the Blue Album.
Yes, I said a parody.
Think about it, virtually identical cover, same title, same production, same amount of songs... What really tipped me off, though, was that every single song has a solo, and every single solo is a note for note shadow of the vocal melody. Sometimes to the point of only being two or three notes.
I can't think of any other explanation. It sounds like an entire album doing a mock imitation of Weezer's Blue album. Its Weezer making fun of how generic their own music was on the Blue album.
Which is hilarious, honestly. I mean, if any other band put out the Green album, they'd be hailed as genius satirists. Weezer actually does it, and NO ONE gets it. They completely miss the straight faced sarcasm, and for some reason undyingly praise what sounds like 10 songs that were written and arranged in 10 minutes.
Just so funny...
The actual album is okay, but as I said before its super generic. The lyics, the chord changes, the melodies. Its all pleasant enough ("Island in the Sun" in particular is quite enjoyable), but it lacks any and all ambition or creative thought.
And thats EXACTLY the point. Too bad virtually everyone missed the joke.
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I am a big fan of Weezer and this is my favorite album they have released. I have like other songs better, but as far as complete albums this is the best. This is very short, but there isn't a bad song to be found. Everything is catchy and moves along. This is the perfect cd for the car ride home from work. Sure they could have added a few songs, but why add filler for the sake of length. This is what I would call a perfect album from start to finish. Out of the 600 albums I have purchased, this would only be the 4th that I have considered to be great from beginning to end.
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