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9.1
69809
9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
Doesn’t just transport us to Weezer’s younger days — it ushers us into their future. And for the first time in a while, it’s looking pretty bright
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8.0
69810
8.0 |
DIY
They create one almighty aural comfort blanket
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8.0
69833
8.0 |
Mojo
Mid-life crisis never sounded so appealing. Print edition only
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8.0
69903
8.0 |
Q
A perfectly calibrated record. Print edition only
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8.0
69937
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
For the first time since 2001, Weezer reunite with the Cars' Ric Ocasek, who produced the beloved Blue and Green albums, and who helps land Everything on the same loud, bright power-pop-metal planet
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8.0
70038
8.0 |
All Music
There's a sense that Weezer made another record of massive, hooky rock not only because that's what the fans want but because they know it's what they do best
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7.5
70070
7.5 |
A.V. Club
From the monster-riffed opener “Ain’t Got Nobody” to the Pinkerton-worthy infatuation ode “Da Vinci,” the band hasn’t sounded this sharp in over a decade
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7.4
70143
7.4 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Lets face it. Rivers' lyrics are just as bad as they've always been, the band's sense of pop-song structure is still the backbone of every track, but that doesn't matter when everyone is having fun
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7.3
70134
7.3 |
Paste Magazine
EWBAITE has sludgy, downstroked guitars. Skillful Cuomo guitar solos. A few wonky synth lines. Yeah, this is Weezer doing early Weezer
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7.0
70030
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
A band too content to watch most of its career in the rearview mirror
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7.0
70181
7.0 |
PopMatters
There will be scores of fans that will say this is the best Weezer album in years, but the truth is much deeper than that: even with its flaws, this is easily the best album Weezer has released in over a decade
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7.0
70286
7.0 |
NME
It’s no ‘Pinkerton’, but Weezer, finally, are back on track
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7.0
70615
7.0 |
Under The Radar
As an exercise in nostalgia, it's perfectly accomplished
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7.0
69811
7.0 |
The Music
It’s a fun foray and their strongest album in ages, though still far from their best
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6.5
69920
6.5 |
Pitchfork
Everything could be accepted for what it is and be held to a more manageable standard: how good does a Weezer album have to be before it can be considered actually good? As it turns out, about this good
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6.0
69916
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
In spite of its moments of charm, it’s a far cry from being either a fun retreat into 20 years ago, nor is it any indication that Weezer's reputation will be in better health 20 years from now
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6.0
69963
6.0 |
The Guardian
Fans may see this album as a return to form, but probably only in part
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6.0
69980
6.0 |
Exclaim
There are stumbles, but given the band's history, they feel minor
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6.0
70020
6.0 |
Uncut
Pitched as a reward to the faithful. Print edition only
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6.0
69814
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Weezer, having abandoned past experimentations, quite contentedly (and professionally) bang out comforting power pop/metal ditties, based around the squawking guitar and mellifluous vocals of Rivers Cuomo, backed up by the pounding drums of Patrick Wilson
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6.0
70652
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
It should take more than an unsuccessful return-to-form record to shake one’s faith in any institution as perplexing, enduring, or sublime as Weezer
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6.0
70033
6.0 |
The Skinny
EWBAITE chugs hard and whines with its heart on its sleeve, and while they’re longer in tooth, the unstoppable Weezer still say it like it is
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6.0
70060
6.0 |
musicOMH
That last suite is just a perfect series of rock out tunes. So maybe, even with faults innate and self-inflicted, just maybe, everything will be alright in the end
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6.0
69934
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Ultimately though, that title looks like it’s going to come back and bite them, because ‘Everything Will Be Alright In The End’ simply doesn’t live up to it’s reassuring name
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5.8
70084
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Without a doubt better than anything the band has released in the past 10 years, but it’s not a great Weezer album – not by a stretch
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5.5
69812
5.5 |
The 405
Weezer-by-numbers can still produce satisfactory pop, but it's hard to find complete consistency with it
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5.0
69924
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Overall this record feels like a pocket in time and the breeze of nostalgia is welcome in parts but is wholly unsatisfying
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4.0
69813
4.0 |
Earbuddy
There’s one song, only one, that sounds like Weezer is taking a risk and trying something new, and that’s “Cleopatra”. Everything else though, is melody-heavy, user-friendly, middle school frat rock
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4.0
69829
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
Cuomo has come up with three lyrical themes and none of them justify the assertion that an “album just gets better the longer you let it grow”
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4.0
70294
4.0 |
Beardfood
Everything's boring in the end
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2.5
69850
2.5 |
Crack
An embarrassing, self- deprecating mess that’s crying itself to sleep over a career that’s maintained about as much forward trajectory as a wingless aeroplane
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