i love weezer but most of the songs on this album are atrocious🕺💃

Gud

I love Weezer and I first heard this album back when it came out and I hated it but the more I listen to it the better it sounds. People say it’s unoriginal but really it’s like the alternified all the songs it’s just really amazing. I don’t like the original no scrubs but they made it better. I overall love rivers’ voice and it’s nice hearing some new sounds I would definitely recommend you buy this if you want originality or just hear a good band jam to other bands’ songs. (Btw people hate the way they did mr blue sky but I loved it.

What a fun jam out album to listen to!! Nice throwback songs!! Obviously it’s not their own music but who cares!!!

NSP did it first, and NSP did it better.

Why do every wannabe sacks of crap. You idiots stole MrBlueSky from Electric Light Orchestra. SHAME ON YOU!! But then ruined it. I never want to hear this TREACHERY again for the rest of my LIFE!!

I like it

Trash compared to the original. Just buy the original ones.

If cover albums are your thing then get it. Love everything but stand by me. No scrubs is hilarious. If you don’t like song covers then don’t buy it. I’d say the originals are still better but this isn’t as bad as people make it out to be

idk who needed to hear a cover of already great songs. they sound like a watered down version of the originals. please stop.

TALENTLESS HACKS TO DO A COVER JUST LIKE ORGINAL!!!

FMBIIJR

I’ve always loved Weezer! I use to tease the un-be-weezers that they needed to be more open minded. But weezer is kind of an acquired taste. Listening to these covers by Weezer that are spot on blew my mind a little because I didn’t really care for these songs when they first came out. I kinda turned my nose up a little like those were to mainstream. But now however many years later I listened because it’s Weezer duh it’s going to be good and it is. I realized I guess I wasn’t as open minded as I thought I was. Thanks for the lesson and for blowing my mind ✯

No need to be so critical of this record. Is it perfect, no. But it's just a good time. I don't think it's exactly meant to be anything "deeper" than what it is, they're not trying to reinterpret or redo anything with these songs. Just sit back and enjoy.

These guys have no business trying to cover Black Sabbath, they should stick to recording their own lame music.

LOVE IT!!! 🥳 Bestest review of anything ever. Cracked me up.

Crazy this made an album by 2019. I had seen them cover this back in 2002 live and had been waiting to see when this was going to get released.

I am just amazed how well they covered songs from the 80’s, of course my generation! Great Job Weezer!

I really enjoyed their rendition of Africa! I also like their version of Mr. Blue Sky better than the original. Keep up the good work Weezer!

I get people wanting to hear a new take on a classic and it appears Weezer stuck closely to the original versions. However, some times trying to put a new spin on things doesn't always work. See Metallica's version of Die Die My Darling, Rob Zombie covering the Ramones (I try to burn that from my memory) or Danzig doing A Girl Like You with his mumbled lyrics. At the very least, I found the songs on this album to be OK but not something I HAVE to have.

This album is a great album off covers they are perfectly made

Why cover legendary songs if you are already a legend? Whatever, it’s much better than the black album

Their song selection is awesome and the way they do them is also awesome. I have been a hardcore Weezer fan for a long time and this album is awesome. Love you Weezer!

Totally done with Weezer and their turns into the unexpected. Totally done.

Hello

The song Africa blast

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Genius.

Weezer + classics = priceless

One of the better cover albums I ever heard.

Was already a fan

This made me like me Weezer even more

Great mix of songs..

My kids even love it...they ask me to replay songs

All the time. While we’re driving

The album is fun, silly and a joyous homage to musical peers that they must have listened to at some point in their youth. No one can say, other than the band members, how this selection of songs influenced their own personal craft. However, to say it’s boring is ignoring the fact that these lads could have easily twisted the knife on all of them but chose to remain faithful to the recipe that made them great. What this is is a sonic love letter and we get to hear it. It makes me respect them more. Bravo gents!

Get over it, don’t listen to it

And it’s kinda nice

(Srsly, no scrubs??? I’m ded.)

I have always loved Weezer. They take me back to a time before kids and bills and the adult life in general. I love this album!

John is there

What was the iTunes reviewer smoking when he thought Weezer covered "I'm A Believer" for the Shrek soundtrack? Even the aboriginal tribes of Australia know it was Smash mouth.

Awesome.

Love the album, but don't know who wrote the description. Weezer was not on the Shrek soundtrack, that's Smashmouth. Do your job better.

The album is solid, but the review stating they covered "I'm a Believer" on Shrek is off... This album is better than any Smash Mouth album.

Was hoping for a real weezer twist, but something’s should just be left alone. I really did enjoy Africa which is why they received the stars at all.

Not sure what people are getting all worked up about. My first listen through, my impression was “80’s cover songs with feedback.” But through each following play-through, I realized how Rivers and the gang were really showing their musical chops. Being able to capture the original essence of songs is a lot harder than it sounds, and I found myself impressed with the level of musicianship displayed in the song arrangements. While I wouldn’t have minded a more “Weezer-like” take on some of the pieces, they’re fine to listen to. That “Take on Me” cover is pretty awesome, as well as the video for it.

Enough, Weezer defenders; the band peaked decades ago and this album is just more proof of their lack of creativity.

Instead of doing an interesting cover, they did a whole album of uninteresting, by the numbers takes on good songs. Nothing all that different or good, and the songs aren’t even offensively bad... but why bother? You’d be better off listening to the originals.

I mean, why not cover other songs from wholly different genres than pop/rock? Such a wasteful studio production.

I love it!!!

Weezer have become Spinal Tap

All of these covers are just lame

So chill

Why would anyone ever buy, let aone listen to this? Some great songs they have chosen, but one is not sure if it's an homage, a mockery , a sly nod to irony, Weezer thinking that they are slumming it by playing such "silly" songs. I would rather be in a crowded bar listening to a good cover band than Weezer doing this and doing it poorly.

A silly idea and album.

I think it’s cool they went for it and made something that I enjoy listing too

why

Dogears42 are you serious. Hahahaha. I can’t imagine you Mcdonalds Yelp review.

The Bigmac was big, but lacked the over tone and rich beef flavor of the waygu burger I ate at Mooo...

Pretty sure they made this album for themselves. We are just lucky enough they put down on wax.... I’m mean digitally recorded.

Any album with sweet dreams is amazing

This was a cool album...but some songs I didn’t think were fit for Weezer...

But I see a lot of 1 stars, and I don’t agree with those people...it’s a great album! Loved all of the songs!

This is a disgrace. When that sang Africa it sounds horrible. How could anybody even listen to that 🤮

I don't get all the critics who complain these covers sound like the originals. It's actually very DIFFICULT to sound like 10 or so different bands. This is not lazy, and anybody who's ever tried to do a cover knows how difficult it is to do it well. If you don't approximate the original in some way, people note how far short it falls and then gripe about that.

All these “covers” sound just like the originals. They didn’t even try to make them their own. What’s the point?

I love the iTunes reviewers who act like they’re writing for rolling stone. Get over yourselves. This album is a blast.

What’s the point of doing a cover song, if it sounds exactly like the original? The entire album was recorded and mixed very well - but so uncreative.

Kudos to Weezer for trying to take on some ambitious material. However, they reached too far and came up short. Almost all of the original artists that they cover have a much better vocal range, and key moments in the songs consistently come up flat. The post production mastering also leaves a lot to be desired. The dynamic range is noticeably compressed and there are countless distortions caused by the mastering.

They barely even did anything to make these unique...like paranoid sounds the exact same. Where’s the effort? Seems like a quick cash grab...

Rivers.

Come. On.

Little to no effort put into any of this.

1/10 would hit.