10 Most Divisive Albums In Rock Music History
4. The Red Album - Weezer
One of the main goals that you hope for when crafting an album is having some level of consistency throughout the record. Even though every song might have their own unique identity, having them play off one another to make a coherent whole is what makes the art of the album so magical. And if there's one tone to describe Weezer's 3rd entry into the color spectrum, it would be lopsided as all hell.
There's a part of me that doesn't really want to be harsh on this album, considering that it has some of the greatest Weezer singles of the modern age like Pork and Beans on it. Looking back on the actual album though, there are a lot of sore spots in the track listing, like the opener Troublemaker trying to go for big and brash but just coming off like a dork trying to pump himself up.
Then again, there are a lot of risks that the guys take on this record that they should be given credit for, like the longer songs like The Angel and the One and The Greatest Man That Ever Lived, and even tracks where Rivers relinquishes vocal duties and lets the rest of the group sing songs of their own. When you have to slog through songs like Everybody Get Dangerous though, you're not exactly looking at the most solid collection of songs though.