Blue Album [VINYL]

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Grow, Kory (March 18, 2022). "Are Weezer a Band for All Seasons? Their new EP Spring Suggests … Maybe?". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 20, 2022. Review: Weezer-The Blue Album (Deluxe Edition)". Blogcritics Magazine. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008 . Retrieved September 4, 2007. The SZNZ concept was first revealed by Rivers Cuomo in an interview in January 2021. [9] Cuomo stated that he wanted the Spring album to feature a "Happy, chill, stress-free" theme, later expressing a desire for an "acoustic, breezy" song in a similar vein to "Island in the Sun." [10]

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a b Valania, Jonathan (October 2, 2014). "EXCERPT: The Complete Oral History of Weezer". Magnet. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018 . Retrieved May 22, 2019. Additional Recording at The Village, Los Angeles, CA and THreshold Sound & Vision, Santa Monica, CA In naming Weezer the 26th best album of the 1990s, Pitchfork summed up the album's critical recognition: Inside the album booklet, Cuomo pays tribute to his past metal influences with a photo taken in the group's garage on Amherst (this same garage would be featured in the "Say It Ain't So" music video). A poster of Judas Priest's album British Steel is featured on the left side of the photo, while on the right a Quiet Riot concert poster is displayed. The Deluxe Edition features additional photographs of the band and hand-written lyrics for each song. [28] Promotion [ edit ]

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "SZNZ: Spring Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic . Retrieved March 30, 2022.British album certifications – Weezer – Weezer". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved November 15, 2021. Offiziellecharts.de – Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 May 2016. Pappademas, Alex (April 2004). "Rhapsody in Blue". Spin. Vol.20, no.4. pp.87–88 . Retrieved November 16, 2015. Blue Album era releases (1992–1995)". Weezer.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010 . Retrieved August 31, 2007. The Blue Album was released on May 10, 1994. [33] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) just under seven months later on December 1, 1994, and was certified platinum by the RIAA on January 13, 1995. The Blue Album was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA on August 8, 1995. The album was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA on November 13, 1998. The album peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard 200. [34] As a single, "Undone – The Sweater Song" peaked at No. 35 on the UK Top 40, and "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So" peaked at No. 12 and No. 37 on the UK Top 40 respectively. [35] In the U.S., "Buddy Holly" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. [36]