Hurley by Weezer (New Album Review)

     I am sorry that it took me a week to get a review of Hurley up on my blog, but trust me, it took a week for me to figure out whether or not I liked the album.

    Lets face it, Weezer has been in a major downward spiral and after the release of their last album Raditude, I thought all was completely lost for the band.  I can see Raditude as the type of album that would break-up a band.

    And then I hear on their Twitter that they are releasing Hurley just 10 short months after Raditude and to top it off they are using that fat guy (I am sorry, I mean big-boned) from Lost as their album cover.   It almost seemed like this album was going to be a joke.  

     So I plugged my iPhone into my iHome and played the album.

     The first song was "Memories." It started off slowly with soft music in the background, and I thought to myself, "Oh great! Another power pop piece of crap. Thanks for wasting my $11.99 Weezer!" 

     But then Weezer came out of the speakers and slapped me in the face. All of the instruments came together with a crash. It was a beautiful crash. The song was good.  I was completely blind-sighted.  It reminded me of, dare i say it.... Old Weezer.

     Then the next song came, and that was good. It continued on like this throughout the album.

      But back to the reason why it took me so long to do an album review. It is because I didn't know if the album was good because I was expecting another Raditude or because it is actually good.  The answer is the latter.

    With the exception of songs like "Where's My Sex" and "Smart Girls" the album was really good.  And it isn't like those songs are bad, they are actually very clever, but they do not fit in such a serious album. (and Hurley is a very serious for a band like Weezer)

     Also, the Deluxe version is useless. I bought it on iTunes and the Webisode was just random, the song "All My Friends Are Insects" is more like a nursery rhyme than a song, and if I wanted to listen to "Viva la Vida," i would listen to the billions of different covers that have already been done.

     The actually album is great though. I still wouldn't compare it to "The Blue Album" or "Pinkerton," but it seems like Weezer is headed back to that direction again.

     Overall, it is definitely a record I will listen to over and over again. So buy it and let me know what you think.

Favorite Tracks: "Memories"   "Ruling Me"   "Trainwrecks"   "Unspoken"