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Make Believe (Dig)

Weezer - Make Believe (Dig) Audio CD

A fair review of the Weezer "Make Believe (Dig)" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Weezer reviews here, or go back to the Weezer tabs.

Band: Weezer
Title: Make Believe (Dig)
Rating:

Release Date: 2005-05-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Beverly Hills 2: Perfect Situation 3: This Is Such a Pity 4: Hold Me 5: Peace 6: We Are All on Drugs 7: Damage in Your Heart 8: Pardon Me 9: My Best Friend 10: Other Way 11: Freak Me Out 12: Haunt You Every Day

the weez
i think you can pretty much sing along to every song here. . great album.
keep it up weezer.

Simply simple
That said, I did not delude myself into expecting a creative rebirth or return to Blue album form on this album, nor will I on their next. It seems to me that Weezer has gone steadily downhill since their debut, and I am by no means alone in that opinion. Instead, Make Believe is likely Weezer's weakest album to date, but it is not a complete waste of money, as some reviewers have suggested. The production was impressive, as in smooth, but not over-produced. The melodies and instrumentation are halfway decent, but nothing to write home about. The vocals are delivered in the same straight forward manner that Rivers is known for, and again that is nothing mind-blowing, but perfectly sufficent. The only major problem is the lack of interesting lyrics. As the title of this review suggests, the lyrics are simply simple and it seems like the whole album could have been written in the time it takes to listen to it.

Ultimately, there is nothing on this CD that can match any of the 10 from the Blue Album, but that is not saying much considering the Blue Album is, in my opinion, THE most consistent album of all time. The best songs here are "Hold Me", "Peace", "The Damage in Your Heart", "The Other Way", and "Freak Me Out".

I wish I could give it 0 stars.
If you want Weezer, those are your albums. Pinkerton is my favorite album of all time, closely followed by their debut. It breaks my heart to see Weezer putting out this crap.

Cuomo's Celibacy Is Another Victory For The Gene Pool
The other day I was listening to the radio and a My Chemical Romance song came on and I actually suffered through it and kept it on but when Beverly Hills came on their was no such luck, I turned that radio knob to off. Somewhere along the line I realized that Weezer was actually part of the radio that I hate, instead of how they were once one of the few shining spots in the desolate wasteland otherwise known as today's FM radio stations. Maybe it is just nostalgia for the Weezer of old that makes me find Weezer's new stuff better than some of the dregs of modern rock radio today, but seriously Weezer are pretty damn bad now. For a long time I was in denial and looking for excuses for why Weezer turned into what they are. In a sense I am still in denial, I pretty firmly believe that this level of suckitude displayed on Maladroit and now Make Believe is due to his decision to be celibate. Once Rivers was a hip nerd, sexually frustrated, occassionally sad and angry, just like the majority of youth and young adults. Now he's turned into some present day mainstream rock Gandhi, instead of not eating to save and free the people of a repressed country, Rivers chooses to give up sex in the name of something. . . . . probably just for a few more articles in the music magazines every year. Anyway, River's indifference towards intimate acts is not the problem, but his apparent indifference towards two mainstays of good music, decent lyrics and catchy melodies. It's as if his attitude towards romance has carried on through the rest of his life. That, or Rivers finally stopped being turned down by asian girls due to his overwhelming popularity and his now just ready to coast on his reputation. Weezer have finally probably achieved what they've always wanted to, popularity and acclaim, and they've done absolutely nothing with it. Since no obstacles exist anymore, no effort is put in and here we have the result, Make Believe. Make Believe hints at Rivers Cuomo being very self-aware and hopes that the great deal of Weezer apologists currently circling around dozens of message boards today will just `make believe' that this isn't a big pile of. . . . . really bland and cliched music. There really anything of any positive value on this album. One plus I can say is that none of this sounds like rehashed Cheap Trick like on Maladroit, but then again a few of these songs sound like rehased Cars. One would wonder how Rivers ever gets through Harvard U with some of the insipid poetry thrown across Make Believe, the chief violator being the single Beverly Hills, which sounds a bit like a b-side of a b-side of Pinkerton that has been thoroughly ravaged through a cover by a local band consisting of thirteen year old girls. Yep, this album is pretty terrible. Maybe it's a good idea Cuomo chooses not to reproduce.

New direction
One of the reviews of this album made the claim that weezer has 'gone emo. I must contest a point made by a fellow customer/critic on this site. ' I must disagree wholeheartedly with this nonsensical blanket condemnation of Weezer's new direction. I've never been one to analyze too deeply the titles and genres given to pop music. I find it ridiculous how people can engage in arguments of an 'it's not pop-punk, it's power pop,' or 'it's not hardcore, it's metalcore' nature. Having said that, I must briefly engage in such useless palaver by telling you that this CD is very far removed from what most people would consider emo. Make Believe marks the unfortunate maturation of a songwriter whose appeal was that he was immature. Make Believe is not Blue. It is not Pinkerton. It's not anything Weezer has ever done before. It is a collection of pop songs that are, for the first time, pretty much devoid of the infantile, but endearing quirks of one of modern musics musical geniuses. Weezer fans such as myself would enjoy this record a lot more if they could only listen to this album without comparing it to previous Weezer releases. It is catchy, albeit somber at times. It is memorable (I've found myself away from the disc for the past 2 months and have to replay tracks like 'Haunt you everyday'in my head), and it is good. It may not contain the tormented anguish of a very screwed up Rivers, but it certainly does exemplify good pop music.

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