Audio CD review:
Weezer - Weezer - Deluxe Edition

Weezer - Weezer - Deluxe Edition

Band: Weezer Title: Weezer - Deluxe Edition Rating: Release Date: 23 March, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: My Name Is Jonas 2: No One Else 3: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here 4: Buddy Holly 5: Undone-The Sweater Song 6: Surf Wax America 7: Say It Ain't So 8: In the Garage 9: Holiday 10: Only in Dreams 11: Mykel and Carli 12: Susanne 13: My Evaline 14: Jamie 15: My Name Is Jonas 16: Surf Wax America 17: Jamie 18: No One Else 19: Undone-The Sweater Song 20: Paperface 21: Only in Dreams 22: Lullabye for Wayne 23: I Swear It's True 24: Say It Ain't So

Editoral Review rock boom, a band whose initial multi-platinum success (spawning the successful singles "Buddy Holly," "Undone," and "Say It Ain't So" and high-profile videos by Spike Jonze in its wake) was arguably its most ironic aspect. Weezer was one of the unlikeliest success stories of the post-Nirvana alt. Indeed, the band's geek-appeal was refreshingly organic, a charm that came sharply into focus on leader Rivers Cuomo's painfully sincere, slice-of-loser-life songs and the energetic, pop-grunge confections the band concocted around them. This deluxe, double-disc edition of one of the '90s key rock albums treats the original collection's 10 tracks to a new, 24-bit digital remastering, as well as insightful liner notes and the reproductions of the songs original, often scrawled lyric sheets. But it's the second disc that will hold the greatest appeal to Weezer fans, gathering 14 tracks that encompass import b-sides and outtakes that include winsome, affectionate odes ("Mykel and Carli," "Suzanne," "Jamie") aimed at everyone from the band's friends to its label personnel and lawyer. Other highlights include the oddball barbershop quartet exercise "My Evaline," several live and acoustic cuts from the album's tour as well a handful of insightful, previously unreleased home and studio demos. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Weezer discography, or go back to the Weezer tabs