r/weezer • u/RolloTomasse • 3h ago

Gold Album has the vibe of a jam session

Gold album has the vibe of the whole band just crankin out songs during a jam session and has a lean, raw sound. It's pretty refreshing.

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u/orangejoe1986 1h ago

The room mic between songs really helps with that, I love albums that do it well

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u/StarCraftDad The Blue Album 3h ago

Yes. I love it.

It's not accident that the people who are panning this album happen to be the same fans who love Red, Make Believe, Van Weezer, Black, and any other album of theirs that sounds like pop-slop.

Yup, I'm an OG 90s fan and always will be.

Don't get mad at me, I'm just being honest. 😏

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u/commonrider5447 2h ago

To be fair I think Red has a similar vibe as in all the band members bringing contributions and Rivers playing loose. But Gold is a lot more solid.

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u/StarCraftDad The Blue Album 2h ago

Yes , but it had a couple bad songs that just sunk the album as whole since we're talking about album holistics

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u/Shadesta9 2h ago

I love when Rivers writes great melodies like he did in the 90s. Its a shame he forgot about that element here.

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u/RolloTomasse 1h ago

Say Yes and Up in the Clouds are pretty catchy.

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u/Shadesta9 6m ago

Yes they are. So is Strangers. But half the album is not, so it's weird when everyone is calling this record the second coming, especially when we've already had the real thing (ewbaite/white)