Geffen Records
2004
Weezer (Blue Album) (Deluxe Edition)
About This Album
Like any other rock band or pop act of the first half of the '90s, Weezer had to produce material to fill out the B-sides of British, European, Asian, and Australian singles (the American singles market having long ago been killed by the record industry). This means that the band had a mess of stray tracks that never have appeared on one of its albums, which made Weezer an excellent choice for an entry in Universal's excellent deluxe edition series, which offers lavish double-disc reissues of classic albums. The deluxe edition of Weezer has a lengthy second disc, dubbed "Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets," that gathers all of the B-sides from the debut, along with the band's contribution to the DGC Rarities disc, five previously unreleased tracks, and the original album mix of "Say It Ain't So" (which was replaced by the single mix on the album in subsequent pressings). For hardcore fans, this is a blessing since it gathers a bunch of rarities in one place, but this isn't just of interest to the diehards, since the quality of the material is very high. Thanks to the prolific songwriter Rivers Cuomo, Weezer was one of the handful of '90s alt-rock bands that produced consistently engaging non-LP material.
Track List

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