Are you sure about the release date of Pinkerton you say in your article?

Yeah, the date is wrong. But anyways, great article. I thought Red Album was a decent comeback from Make Believe...but even songs like Troublemaker and Everybody Get Dangerous were simply retarded. I mean, "everybody get dangerous, everybody get dangerous! Boo ya!" ?? Those songs may have been cool when I was in 5th grade. This album will by far be their worst....but it'll sell the most...because there are more lame music-listeners in this world than not.
I've already heard the rumors, but I just hope other bands don't start following in Weezer's shoes, like KOL.

R.I.P. Weezer.

Well, for the most part this is fine, however the bit about Rivers using "homies", what is wrong with that? It's not like it's the first time he has used homies, look at Buddy Holly, one of their best songs, in which the first line is "What's with these HOMIES dissin my girl". What makes Raditude different so that the use of the word homies is now a problem.
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i just dont understand this world anymore.... how can razzthekid say that this album will be their worst by far when he hasnt even heard it? everyone needs to stop drinking the haterade and give it a chance. i bet that this reviewer had his mind made up before he even heard it, just like 90% of the prople who read these things

This album does suck, I've listened to it and it's terrible. The songs are so generic it hurts.

I've been trying to like Weezer's newer albums, and as much as I hate to jump on the elitist bandwagon, I gotta agree that some of the tracks are painfully generic. I'm not going to start hating them anytime soon just because of this, but the Red album will most likely be the last Weezer my iPod will ever see...

If you do not enjoy Weezer, you have no soul. This is clearly a great album. Go back to your torrent sites and download your piss poor, boring Coldplay discography, haters.

This album is actually very good... incredibly poppy and tongue-in-cheek the entire way. I'm not sure whether or not the reviewer understands this...
It would seem he takes Weezer more seriously than Weezer does.

With lines like "How to justify I'm Your Daddy..." I just do not think that Mr. Kornhaber "gets it." That isn't to say that it's a deep album, or easy to not "get," but the title of the album alone sets the tone and the music is consistent to that tone throughout.

"I Don't Want to Let You Go" mirrors the lyrics of "Butterfly" in no way whatsoever. What it does mirror, is Butterfly's chord progression... it is a finished cut off of one of Rivers' solo albums that, honestly, was arranged to kinda sound like a Pet Sounds-ish Beach Boys ballad.... it is a good song, but, of course, to each their own.

Finally, accusing an artist of insincerity is a dangerous game. There is a way of being sincere without breaking down and crying on a record. Being sincere is nothing more than being true to your feelings, and Raditude sounds like Rivers is having a great time with life right now.

Thanks Jonnyhero for sticking up for Rivers! He is clearly having fun with what he does. Their are a million dark, brooding, "no one understands us" bands out there who take themselves way too seriously. It's a nice change of pace to listen to some escapist pop even though it may be cheesy. I am a long time weezer fan who loved the blue album and pinkerton but you can't expect them to put out albums that are exactly the same everytime. Bands and artists change, sometimes not necessarily for the better but at least their music isn't stagnant and it's better than most the stuff they play on pop radio these days.

jonnyhero likes weezer. alot. maybe since way back. maybe not.
i remember weezers first album, great. weezers second took time, but ended up greater. THIS is the weezer many of us know. since then, we've been wondering what happened? NONE of the subsequent albums are the weezer we know. and don't tell us we don't get it. as fans of music we know what we like. what jonnyhero is talking about is unconditional fandom. appreciating the artists music as it comes, regardless if its no where near the quality or similarity of its prior efforts.
we get it. weezer lost it. probably on purpose. they choose that direction. i get it. they chose quantity over quality. (more younger fans in exchange for those fans who got them to where they are.) happens in music all the time.
its easier and it pays the bills. we get it. what i don't get, and haven't in long time is a new weezer album.

Pinkerton is sorta whatever for me. I really like the Green Album. Maybe I'm the only one, but I like that, Maladroit, and some of the Red Album. (And the first one of course) But man, I really hate everything I've heard on this one so far. The review seems to want to divide Weezer's fans up into Pinkerton vs. everything after, but I don't fall into that category at all. Just wanted to say that there are some people who like other Weezer things, but also do not like this album, and these people are not people who held Pinkerton up as some perfect album and felt betrayed by Rivers ever after. I just think the new songs kinda suck. And I like Troublemaker just fine.

I think the last poster is the first one to get it. I'd say pretty much everyone concedes the first two albums are the best; they are catchy and clever and have a lot of depth. I think parts of each subsequent album are really good, and parts of them are forgettable at best. But, really, what makes Pinkerton and Blue special is that albums like that don't come along very often. Don't tear the band apart because they made two amazing albums and then couldn't replicate. That's two more great albums than lots of bands make. Besides, it's hard to be angst-ridden and dark when you're an uber-millionaire with legions of fans and a supermodel wife. Would you prefer that Rivers feign those emotions and write songs that are insincere to appease that crowd? I think those would be the lamest songs of all. Yeah, they have plateaued, but it doesn't make them horrible people or a horrible band. I read an interview with Rivers in which he basically admits that, yes, it is very difficult for him not to be content with his life right now, so he doesn't have much to say, but he is still writing songs because he enjoys. And so...we get a shallow album. I wish it was Pinkerton too, but I can live with this.

This is easily the worst album of the year.

We are lucky they are still making music. An album comes with a, wait for it, a tour! Weezer is a fantastic live band. If you have not been to one of Weezer's concerts you need to go.

Great review.

too many critics, not enough fans in music today.

weezer's been a pop-rock group since conception (buddy holly; undone went highly unnoticed). if you want blue or pinkerton, listen to blue or pinkerton. i can see if you don't like can't stop partying if you don't party. i party. i want you to is a perfect pop song. put me back together should definately get some attention. out of the 10 official album tracks (minus deluxe and extras), i really only like a little over half, like the red album. this album should be rated higher than green and make believe at least even if you just want to hate it.

Listening to raditude makes me want to kill myself. Im so embarrassed listening to this absolute garbage that i almost feel the need to throw away their good albums. It ruined weezer for me.

You're really not a true Weezer fan unless you hate them for something or another.

Here is my review of this album for anyone who may be interested. It sounds like Weezer.

And I happen to like Weezer.

weezer and it's weezy!!!! can't stop partying!!!! you'll catch me in VIP!!!!!

break out the goose!!!

first i gotta put my kids to bed.

weezer definitely isn't about being deep and sincere right now. maybe they are trying to make an important point by being really sarcastic? but i think it's really all in fun.
i mean they're even selling weezer snuggies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXqHfHN9dJs

Im a =w= fan from the start. Blue album was amazing, didnt like pinkerton. pinkerton became amazing, didnt like green. green became amazing, didnt like maladtroit. maladroit was amazing, didnt like make believe....so on so forth.
Buy it, hate it, listen to it, love it. complain about the next album and repeat.