Strange that they didn't throw Rosanna on there, since it was already done before they released Africa.

Yea, I saw the email last night but didn't read it close enough to see the exclusive first 100 order offer. I wish I hopped on that.

I really like Weezer, and their cover of Africa, but their No Scrubs cover is horribly bad. So bad, it's trending on Twitter of how much people hate that track specifically. I like this reaction to the also mediocre Take on Me cover

I haven’t gotten a chance to listen to the album yet, but yeah I kind of thought a song like No Scrubs seems like a weird choice for them to cover. The rest of the songs seem like they mostly somewhat fit the Weezer style. They do weird things as a band at times.

I will never understand the love the Africa cover gets. It's no better than I've heard 1000x at a bar from a cover band. I've sampled most of tracks, and I feel that way about them as well.

Bring on the Black Album.

Covering "Paranoid" is kind of a lazy choice for a Sabbath song, I wish they would have chosen something a bit more adventurous.

They need to be stopped. No matter the cost.

Brian Bell bought a DVD off of me on eBay last year.

The address.

They covered the most covered songs of all time, and sound bored doing it.

Did it say

Brian Bell
Guitarist For Weezer
Beverly Hills, CA
"That's where I want to be!"
Gimme, Gimme.

Otherwise, any old Brian Bell from LA could have bought it from you.

I have sold some guitar pedals back in the day to musicians on eBay. Back when eBay was really the only way to find that stuff.

These covers are boring. It sounds like they took the original tracks and just put new vocals on top. I like covers that bring something different to the song. Why would I listen to these over the originals.

^Agreed. Gave the album a listen this morning and wasn't impressed.

I was listening to Umphrey's McGee's Zonkey album just prior to this, and it's literally the polar opposite. One bastardized multiple songs into a singular entity to mixed success (weirdly hooked on Frankie Zombie), this one took zero risks and appropriately has no payoff.

I wouldn’t say it’s a bad album but I do agree it’s a bit bland. It’s a literal cover album and like was mentioned they didn’t really add any of their own style to the songs. The weird thing is that I’ve heard them cover songs where they do infuse a bit of their style more into the songs. It feels like they just did this fast to get something out, which I’m not sure why when they have an album coming soon anyways. Unless they wanted to capitalize on their cover of Africa being popular.

Kind of a boring record. Other than a few flourishes they do little to nothing with each tune. Listened once, I won't be listening again.

Miami Vice?

That would be cool if they were fans.

I'm all for covers albums, but did they have to choose songs that have already been covered to death?
Great covers already exist for Take on Me by Reel Big Fish & Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson. Paranoid, Stand by Me & Billie Jean have been covered a thousand times by a thousand other bands.
AND WHERE IS ROSANNA?

It’s like aliens listened to an hour of classic rock and pop radio and then tried to reproduce everything they heard as closely as possible.