Last month Weezer released their newest album to the world and so I had to check it out. I have since given it a few plays in my car and on my iTunes. Overall I am very pleased with the album. Rivers Cuomo, the lead singer, has a serious talent for putting together some very catchy tunes while at other times mixing music and lyrics very well.

Weezer - Raditude

My favorite on the song is ‘Can’t Stop Partying’ which features an unlikely partner Lil Wayne from the rap scene. The song is basically an anthem for party goers and I was brought back to my hay days in college. After that ‘(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To’ is a great song above falling in loveand dealing with that whole new and sometimes awkward stages of a new relationship. ‘The Girl Got Hot’ is a fun song about a dude who passed up on a girl who eventually got hot.

Those songs are the highlighted singles and rightfully so. However the whole album from start to finish is 35 minutes of great music. The only complaint is that its a very short release which I would guess that after releasing all the music they have, they probably set up a pretty high standard for what to put out, and to add 4-5 extra songs that weren’t very good would have just done more harm that good.

Weezer has a great album on its hands when compared to music in general in my opinion. However if you compare this album to some of their others, and I would leave it out of the top 3 for sure. But its like trying to pick out a favorite top shelf alcohol. They are all great, but some float the boat for different folks.

Here is ‘Can’t Stop Partying’ that Weezer did with Chamillionaire filling in for Weezy.  I like live music, even in this setting.