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Make Believe | 
 enlarge | Artist: Weezer
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  343 reviews
Sales Rank: 3633
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000452012
UPC: 602498812884
EAN: 0602498812884
ASIN: B000850JP8
Release Date: May 10, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Beverly Hills | | • | Perfect Situation | | • | This Is Such a Pity | | • | Hold Me | | • | Peace | | • | We Are All on Drugs | | • | The Damage in Your Heart | | • | Pardon Me | | • | My Best Friend | | • | The Other Way | | • | Freak Me Out | | • | Haunt You Every Day |
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Taking three-years between albums has made Weezer grow slower and more sober. But on its fifth disc the Los Angeles quartet is no more secure about its place in the world than it was a decade ago in longing tunes like "The World Has Turned And Left Me Here." Singer Rivers Cuomo, still struggling with adolescence at 34, is all apologies. "All I have to do is swing and I'm the hero/ But I'm a zero," he sings on "Perfect Situation," and "I am terrified of all things/ Frightened of the dark," on the lighters-aloft power ballad "Hold Me." The band, meanwhile, keeps things from getting too heavy by punctuating the songs with a familiar rush of bouncy new-wave melodies and fizzing power-pop riffs resulting in the hair-flinging metal of the future D.A.R.E. theme song and album high-point, "We Are All On Drugs." --Aidin Vaziri
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 Make Believe that this is a good album. November 8, 2008
I can't completely dimiss this album as trash, as it has a few songs that are decent. Namely, "Perfect Situation", "This is Such a Pity", "The Other Way" and "Haunt you Everyday" but that's it. Songs like "Freak Me Out" and "We are All on Drugs" are just awful, I always have to skip them if they come up in a shuffle. I would just delete them but I'm a weezer completionist so I gotta have everything they make. I'm a fan of blue and pinkerton over the rest, as a lot of people are, but I'm open to any songs they currently make. I think the red album is astoundingly better than Make Believe, especially the bonus tracks that should have been included in the original mix that many will probably never hear. This is Weezer's weakest album, though it has its moments so I couldn't give it a one star rating. I think it's still worth getting used, but if you're someone who actually likes the song "We Are All on Drugs" then you'll probably love this album and 5 star it -_-.
 These guys are great October 3, 2008
Starting with "Beverly Hills," and continuing with the other tracks on this great CD, WEEZER delivers highly enjoyable songs both musically and lyrically. Their thoughtful, smart interpretation of the words with instinctive musicality make them consistent winners.
Got Some of it Back August 31, 2008
Thank the geekish rock gods for this one. The Blue Album: Amazing. Pinkerton: Amazing. We all know what happened after that... Dispite some very good individual tracks on The Green Album and Maladroit, they clearly didn't showcase what Weezer could do (I really liked both cd's, to be honest). Make Believe really re-raised the bar, with great tracks like, Perfect Situation(one of my favorites), Hold Me, and We are all on drugs. The second half of the cd is a little weaker, but still catchy. If you dont have this, get it. If you're one of those "Hey I only like Pinkerton and the Blue album fans", get over it. Those two are amazing, hands down the best Wezzer has to offer, but those days are over. We might still blow our car speekers to them, but Wezzers moved on. Oh, and once again this is a great cd =]
Really Cool July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Weezer is back! This album is a great little break between Maladroit and TRA. It is so soft it seems more like an intermission for me between two rockin albums. Just because its an intermission doesnt mean it doesnt rock songs like Hold Me Perfect Situation and Peace are all really good. [...]
Underwhelming July 3, 2008
I remained one of Weezer's bigger defenders through Maladroit, but Make Believe really has me questioning whether Weezer will ever be a relevant and exciting band again.
For those of you not familiar with Weezer's history, here is a rundown: Their first album was a massive hit with a combination of geeky charm and sunny guitar-rock hooks. Their second album was panned by fans and by critics after its release, but it gradually grew a following after time until it was considered a classic about five years after its release. Meanwhile, Weezer had been on the down-low, but decided to come out of their retirement in the wake of their growing legion of fans. The next album contained a few hits but was dismissed by some as a shallow. Similar criticism grew with their next album; people missed the charm, honesty, and quirk of the first two albums. I remained in the growing minority who appreciated Weezer's material and held high hopes for the coming release.
Unfortunately, Make Believe is a step in the wrong direction for the band. Blazing guitar hooks are less prominent than ever and interesting lyrics are essentially nonexistent. From the perspective of Weezer's career, it falls flat; no song matches Dope Nose or Hash Pipe, let alone Buddy Holly or El Scorcho. Even giving the album a fair chance on its own, it doesn't really work. It's too polished to be good alt-rock, too whiny to be good pop, too bright to be good emo.
The best songs on the album are charming on the best of days and annoying on the worst of days. Beverly Hills has its creative moments and a winning chorus, but grows old quick. Self-consciousness and doubt about crushes is a long-recurring theme with songwriter Rivers Cuomo, but when he approaches the topic in Perfect Situation, it just feels tired, in spite of the memorable soaring vocal riff. The best song on the album might be We Are All on Drugs, which rocks hard and shows actual thought on the part of the band.
Weezer displays a new approach and sound on this album that really has the potential to work could work. I would embrace this polished, new-wave feel if only they could write good songs to go along with it. But nearly every track is a snoozer, and so the album and the sound come across as snoozers, too.
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