10 Most Underrated Rock Music Albums Of The 2000s

10. The Red Album - Weezer

In the Weezer camp of fans, there's always that lingering question of when the band started to downslide. Though it would be pretty easy to put the blame on an album like Raditude for being the point of no return, others feel that 2005's Make Believe was a bit of a mixed blessing, giving them some of their biggest hits while also having some of the most uninspired songwriting from Rivers Cuomo. On the next record though, we at least saw a little bit of course correction.

That's not to say that the Red Album is a knock down drag out masterpiece. Alongside the great singles like Pork and Beans, you do have some of the more cringy songs in the Weezer songbook like Troublemaker and Everybody Get Dangerous. What no one brings up with this album is how risky it is, like when Rivers steps behind the drum kit and lets the rest of the band take the lead on some songs like Scott Shriner's Cold Dark World or Brian Bell's Thought I Knew.

Compared to the lack of ideas on Make Believe, there's a lot more heart behind this record, especially when you hear Heart Songs detailing Rivers' journey to pursue a career in music. The Weezer enterprise may have been heading for a gigantic brick wall after this, but for a few shining moments, this at least looked like a decent next chapter, right?