Music : Weezer (Green Album)

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- ;afjkasdpofjsd
i like weezer alright but hash pipe and island in the sun were the only two songs i liked on this entirely too short album. the rest sounded like filler to me. their blue album was better.

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- Beware of CD errors
Hash Pipe is occasionally mis-burned on copies of the Green Album so when you get your copy, make sure Hash Pipe is greater than 3 minutes long. Otherwise...talk about a brilliant album.

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- Joyous Little Record.
I've had this CD for several years and am only now taking the time to mention it but the Green Album is an even and invigorating release. It's short but it raises your blood pressure a little bit with every listen. I find it arousing and elevating which are emotions that all of us can use in the course of the day. I'd have to rate it slightly ahead of Maladroit on the Weezer scale--a good buy.

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- Nice, but the synapses are already there
Weezer know what you like because you have heard it before. I guess in a way I would give this 3 1/2 stars. It really is just a continuation of their debut. They could package the two discs together and you really wouldn't be able to tell they were done 7 years apart.

You get it with the first listening, instantly enjoyable. But that often means it will get old fast and this one does. They take the best of power pop and they do it well. I can't recommend the disc as a whole but there are some songs worth downloading.

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- 100% Fun
There has been much debate among critics and fans alike as to which Weezer album is the best. Although not often cited as Weezer's best, the Green Album arguably offers the goods more than any of their other albums in the category of basic rock n' roll fun. This by and large is because the melodies on the record are of the highest order. The melodies here not only are more consistent than those heard on the other Weezer albums, but superior to just about any album released in the last decade. While some might dismiss the album as nothing original, very few artists carry out the pop/punk style as good as Weezer. Catchy pop/punk songs such as the ones demonstrated here will never go out of fashion. In fact, the album often reminds one of a distorted Beatles.

The lyrics generally are more straightforward and love song oriented than on other Weezer albums, but they're not devoid of the occasional clever line, such as "you'll play it so monastic that you blow it" in Photograph. All of the songs on the Green Album are abundant in their pop hooks, and usually fall under the three minute mark. By the standards of the last decade, ten songs and twenty-eight minutes represent an extremely short running time, but there is not a single wasted note to be heard anywhere on the disc. This is refreshing in the era of digital recording, an era known to utilize click tracks and longer running times. These practices have not often resulted in punchy and attention grabbing music, even if plenty of fine material has been released. The decision to cut back on certain prevailing excesses of the time, (in addition to the catchy melodies), has actually caused the Green Album to stand out favorably in its era. When all is said and done, each of the five Weezer albums have moments and songs worthy of praise, but arguably no Weezer record is as much fun as the Green Album.

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