1. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To 2. I'm Your Daddy 3. Girl Got Hot 4. Can't Stop Partying 5. Put Me Back Together 6. Trippin' Down the Freeway 7. Love Is the Answer 8. Let It All Hang Out 9. In the Mall 10. I Don't Want to Let You Go
Disc 2
1. Get Me Some [*] 2. Run Over by a Truck [*] 3. Prettiest Girl in the Whole World [*] 4. Underdogs [*]
Get You Some of Weezer's Best Submitted on: 2009-11-24
Weezer has been one of the requisite Alt rock bands since the early 90s, but for some reason its only been their 00s work that's stuck with me, and then, it's only been the singles. That all changes with Ratitude. Will the album be a non-stop quasi-rock party fest in the name of fun, or will it be just a queezy fest of too much Velveeta cheese?
Highlights Include:
(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
I'm Your Daddy
The Girl Got Hot
Can't Stop Partying
Love Is the Answer
Weezer has never been a serious band, but they're in full-fledged party mode here. Of course, how could they not be here? It has a song called "Can't Stop Partying" with a cameo featuring Lil' Wayne. How could you not know exactly what to expect? In this mode, Weezer is knows the terrain, and they pull it off pretty convincingly. In fact, the only slow track on the album comes as the album closer, and even it's really well done. If you were looking for a party rock album, then by all means, look no further.
Lyrically, the band has never been simpler or cheesier. "In The Mall" is quite literally about being in a mall. It meantions mall food, escalators and elevators, and other mall things, so there's absolutely no depth here. But then again, the album doesn't really reach for any, as it's too busy doing other things. And that's just fine by me.
Overall, if you're looking for a party rock album, some cheese, or you're just a Weezer fan, you should be pretty pleased with what you find. It's sort of a new direction for the band, but it's a direction they should have gone in ten years ago.
Real Score: 4.5/5
In case you got the Amazon bonus track, you'll get "Turn Me Round," which is stylistically a throwback to their earlier years, and in some ways it's the albums best track, even though it's a bonus. It's catchy, and it rocks. What more could you ask for?
If you got the deluxe editon bonus tracks, then your only good pick will be "Get Me Some," which is right at home on the album, but the rest of the tracks remind me of some of Weezer's worst days musically.
Change With the Times Submitted on: 2009-11-23
I have seriously liked every album that Weezer has released. My favorite is the Green album on which I memorized every single song during an 8 hour road trip. Great memories.
Okay, for "Raditude", approach with an open mind and a mischevous attitude. I mean, any band that puts a leaping dog on the cover of their album is kind of a tongue-in-cheek seriousness. The lyrics are going to be meaningful, but in a cheesy, four line stanza rhyming kind of way. The music is going to creative and decent.
My favorite song on this album is, of course, the one that stands out as a love song: "I Don't Wanna Let You Go". But, other than that:
-"I Want You To" has a great beat and high energy. Very catchy with the Red album Weezer feel to it
-"I'm Your Daddy" has hilarious lyrics and again, great vibe.
-"Girl Got Hot" is catchy and I love the line when he says: "The first thing I did when I got up the nerve was say: Hey, baby, what's up?" cuz it's so frickin cute!
-"Can't Stop Partying" has a techno feel to it that I can seriously see playing Weezer at a club. I know, it's weird, but it would work w this song. My DJ friend loves this song because of the bass beat.
-"Put Me Back Together" is another ballad (well, as much as Weezer can do a ballad) and I love this song too.
-"Trippin Down the Freeway" is fun and a great driving song.
-"Love is the Answer" features some kind of tribal woman singing. It's strange and a little disquieting to hear, but... it's interesting in the least.
-"Let it All Hang Out" is cheesy but reminiscent of their old stuff.
-"In the Mall" is also a flash back to their old stuff
-"I Don't Wanna Let You Go" is a stripped vocal song that I love. You can hear Rivers's heart break.
Overall, a great CD, a great buy, and a great addition to their huge CD collection. Better than Red album, not as good as Green album.
Weezer impresses once again! Submitted on: 2009-11-23
Weezer's 7th album, "Raditude", brings a lot to the table. For a very simple description of this album, The Blue Album and Maladroit just had a baby and created Raditude. The catchy popn rock of the Blue album and hard rock aspects of Maladroit really show on this album. I feel like this is their best effort since Pinkerton.
If you want a fun album to listen and sing along to, this is it. Their first single "I Want You To" will remind you, with its quirky and endearing lyrics, of one of their first big hits, "Buddy Holly". "I'm Your Daddy" and "The Girl Got Hot" are fun, catchy pop rock songs. "Can't Stop Partying", although a bit too experimental for some hardcore Weezer fans, is mainly a hip hop song but with rock elements to it. It's still fun to listen to, and although I'm not a big Lil Wayne fan...he nails his verse and adds something special to the song.
"Put Me Back Together" is one of the strongest tracks on the album. Rivers Cuomo is one of the few songwriters that can make a simple lyric like "When I fall down, you put me back together" into a great chorus with lots of emotion. Slow start to the song, but great build up and finish.
"Trippin' Down the Freeway" is my favorite on the album and possibly the best lyrically/instrumentally. Awesome guitar solo with that classic Weezer sound makes this song one that ranks up with some of their best. He talks about the struggles of a relationship but how the two want to persevere and be together forever.
"Love is the Answer" is, for most fans, a bit too experimental. It took awhile for this song to grow on me but it definitely has. The unique Indian singing in it is not usually found on a Weezer album but they make it work. If there had to be a so-called "weakest track" on this album, this would be it.
"Let It All Hang Out" and "In The Mall" are very blue-like in the lyrics and overall sound. I mean come on, lyrics like "Get change for tokens and a pretzel and coke" and "Take the elevator to the escalator ride it down and start again!"...again, Weezer brings their quirky, catchy lyrics and makes it work.
And finally, the album closer, "I Don't Want To Let You Go" is a beautiful way to end the album. For those who love the song, check out the first version of it on Cuomo's "Alone II" solo album...I actually prefer that version to this one, but still a great song. The lyrics on this one can be looked at as simple, but it's honesty and melody really make it special.
The bonus tracks are definitely worth it. "Get Me Some" is a big hard-rock type of song that shows of Cuomo's shredding ability. "Turn Me Round" is a decent catchy song, sounds like a Green b-side. "Run Over By A Truck", "The Underdogs", and "The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" are all great listens as well. For those who bought the Japanese edition of the deluxe album, Weezer covers the Partridge Family's "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" and does a fantastic job doing so. For all you Pinkerton fans out there, this song sounds like a b-side from that era.
Again, this is Weezer's best since Pinkerton. If you haven't picked this album up yet, you really need to do it.
Return to Blue Album fun. Submitted on: 2009-11-22
I am shocked by the amount of bad reviews on here. Of all their releases since the legendary Blue Album, I have never yet had one grab a hold of me instantly like this one. And I think that is because it is really a full circle return, 10 songs and everything, to those early days. Tight, poppy, background vocal laden songs with hard crashing guitar choruses following the soft main lyrics. The first six songs were akin to watching a guy in the homerun derby hit the first six pitches out of the park. Can't Stop Partying will be a massive hit, I am calling it now.
Nice return to form Submitted on: 2009-11-21
Let me state upfront that I've been a fan since the first hour (saw Weezer in concert here in Cincinnati on the "Pinkerton" tour"), and I was quite disappointed by last year's "Red Album", which to me sounded like an unfocused effort. I was rather surprised to hear that only a year later, Rivers Cuomo & Co. was already preparing their next studio, the band's seventh.
"Raditude" (10 tracks; 35 min.) starts off with an immediate attention-grabber, "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To", better than anything on the Red Album, and we're off to the races. The next couple of tracks, "I'm Your Daddy" and "The Girl Got Hot", are both up-tempo tracks in the classic Weezer vintage, just great. The only fumble on this album is the next track, "Can't Stop the Partying", with a misplaced guest appearance by rapper Lil Wayne, it just feels completely out of place. Mid-tempo "Put Me Back Together" finishes out the first half of the album. The second half starts off with a biting "Trippin' Down the Freeway", then followed by for me the best track on the album, "Love Is the Answer", featuring plenty of middle-eastern musical themes, but it somehow works great. The last true highlight is "Let It All Hang Out", which starts out with an ear-splitting electric guitar solo for a second or two, only to be then joined by the rest by the band and this is another classic Weezer track. In all, this is a great return to form for Weezer after last year's disappointment.
This "deluxe" edition comes with a second CD consisting of 4 tracks (16 min.). "Get Me Some" is an arena-sized anthem that would've fitted nicely onto the album proper; piano-based "Run Over By a Truck" feels like a thow-away, a song that doesn't go anywhere; "The Prettiest Girl In the Whole WIde World" is a mid-tempo ballad as only Rivers can write them, this one's a keeper too; "The Underdog" closes this out with a whimper. But for the extra couple of bucks, the "deluxe" edition is the way to go.
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