Everything was alright in the end

by Anthony Todd

The newest addition to Weezer discography, “Everything will be Alright in the End” hit the Itunes store on Tuesday, October 7th to the skepticism of many Weezer fans, hoping and praying that Everything would not end up to be another ‘ehhh’ album like “Raditude” and “Death to False Metal”, released in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Luckily, “Everything” delivered on its promise of returning to its 90’s Weezer roots, and the album is great. “Everything” is basically a big elaborate apology for straying from their fan base with music that just was not up to par with their earlier albums. “Everything” reaffirms that Weezer can still rock, and that even brighter days are ahead for the band.

Weezer breaks no convention with this album, and it is most definitely a “Weezer album” in the fact that it has soaring cliche’ power-pop cords, a little bit of fuzzy feedback, and somewhat cheesy lyrics like Rockin out like it’s ’94 let’s turn up the radio. At this point, Weezer knows who they are, and definitely did not want to experiment like they did on the risky “Red Album”, and decided to go with their classic sound, even going back to Ric Ocasek to produce “Everything will be Alright in the End”, who also produced what many consider Weezers magnum opus “Blue Album”, as well as the wildly popular “Green Album.” Overall, what this album did wrong was not add a song that broke a little ground, even if it turned out it sucked, just a little variation would have been nice.

Overall, I really liked this album, and I think that it delivers very well on its promise of being a “good” Weezer album. My favorite songs on this album were “Lonely Girl,” “Return to Ithaka”, and “Ain’t Got Nobody” because I believe them to be the best written, as well as the most powerful musically. I would give this album 7.5 out of ten because it was awesome but broke no barriers in their sound.

Please Weezer, say it ain’t so

by Jack Vavrinchik

Weezer’s new album “Everything Will Be Alright In The End” doesn’t deserve all of the praise it has received since its release on October seventh. “EWBAITE” was an attempt to return to form.The result? Nothing close.

Rivers Cuomo doesn’t sacrifice any of his creative integrity when songwriting on this album, unfortunately Weezer cannot “return to form” as they would like to without Rivers being a depressed 19-year-old.

Sorry, but nothing Weezer will release will be as good as the “Blue Album” or “Pinkerton” for that matter. To give credit where credit is due, Rivers Cuomo and Weezer don’t really make an album without some kind of redeeming quality. Songs such as “Return to Ithaca” and “Ain’t Got Nobody” are a faint light in the dark that hints at the sounds produced on the “Blue Album”. The song “Lonely Girl” is even eerily reminiscent of the eight minute epic “Only In Dreams” off of the “Blue Album.

It’s hard to accept Weezer’s apology in “Back to The Shack” when the song is riddled with the things that Rivers Cuomo is apologizing for. Lyrics like “Back to the Strat with the lightning strap” and “Kick in the door, more hardcore” are bland and cliche. It’s pretty evident that this album is no step up from Weezer’s second-rate creations of the last 10 years, but hey, at least the cover art is cool

All and all the album was a disappointment, so I’m giving it a 4 out of 10 stars. While Weezer did have some decent tracks on the LP it certainly wasn’t a return to form or even slightly better than their releases over the past 10 years for that matter.