Hurley (Deluxe Version) [Extra tracks]

Weezer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Epitaph
• ASIN: B003YWUTK2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,724 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Weezer return to their indie rock roots on Hurley, their first release on Epitaph and the start of a new chapter in the band's storied career. In many ways, Weezer have always been the unlikeliest of pop rock bands, earning major radio and video play for leftfield singles like "Undone The Sweater Song" and "Buddy Holly," songs that hardly seem calculated to become radio hits. It is exactly this "uncalculated" quality that the band returns to on their eighth album. Hurley is as warm and embracing as the glowing smile on actor Jorge Garcia's face that graces the cover, as ragged and endearing as fan favorite Pinkerton, as bold and hooky and open as "Pork and Beans." In other words, Hurley is in the classic tradition of the best Weezer albums, clever and confessional and quirky and hugely sing along.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Progress?, September 15, 2010

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William F Cherry (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hurley (MP3 Download)

I was pleasantly surprised with this album from Weezer. The last album that i owned from Weezer was the Red Album which nothing really made me want to continue listening to that cd. Then came Ratitude which i didn't buy because of a couple listens and didn't find anything worth the money. Once they stepped away from the big record label they stepped back into the days of Pinkerton, The Blue Album, and The Green Album. This just sounds like a natural progression from their first three records.

If you liked the Weezer that released Beverly Hills, Pork and Beans, or Troublemaker then this will be a dissapointment to you as a new Weezer fan. If you appreciate their old albums then this is a nice pickup because it is a glimpse into the past. Hopefully they keep it up.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 33 min of mediocrity, followed by a Coldplay cover "bonus" track, November 29, 2010

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Dave212 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hurley (MP3 Download)

The album is fairly average and similar to past albums it's short.

Track number 12 is a "bonus track" cover of Viva La Vida, which sounds just like Coldplay, except it's Weezer playing it. I feel bad for these guys, covering tracks of songs that just recently came out to fill out a full length album...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Weezer's "Lost" Album, October 2, 2010

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hurley (Deluxe Version) (Audio CD)

I guess it is getting too easy to be Weezer these days. Come up with an infectious guitar riff, write some seriously oddball lyrics, and let Rivers sing in his geeky lost-boy voice. While he's still one of the best at this game, he is also beginning to sound seriously old-hat about it. A song as lame as "Memories" also contains a killer hook and a great line about "when Audioslave was still Rage," all while going for the nostalgia quotient for the fans who were on-board back when the first album shocked everyone.

"Hurley" is a 50/50 Weezer album, about the same as "Maladroit" or "Make Believe" in my Weezer rankings. In fact, two of the best songs are the bonus tracks, the soccer team anthem "Represent," and (of all things) the kids' show "All My Best Friends Are Insects." Frankly, given Rivers' childlike view of the world at times, writing a song for "Yo Gabba Gabba" about bugs with a serious buzzing guitar seems like a natural. As opposed to "Smart Girls," which just sounds forced. (As a point of reference, I thought "Where's My Sex" to be amusing, too.)

At least they're still trying to reinvent their wheel. "Unspoken" sounds like they're going for maturity without the cheese, and "Time Flies" could be this year's "Good Riddance/Time of Your Life." Good for them.

PS - "Hurley" succumbs, badly, to the loudness wars. The darn thing is compressed to within an inch of its life.