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Weezer

by Weezer
Released1 April 2016
LabelAtlantic
Popularity61.6
alternative rockpop rockpower poprockgeek rock
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Weezer's self-titled tenth album, better known as the White Album, arrived on 1 April 2016 through Atlantic, the first release on Crush Music. It was also the first of their records produced by Jake Sinclair. It followed Everything Will Be Alright in the End, and kept up that album's run of good reviews while climbing higher commercially, reaching number four on the US Billboard 200 with 49,000 copies sold in its first week.

Musically, it looks back to the band's first two records, Weezer (1994) and Pinkerton (1996), with a nod to the Beach Boys along the way. Rivers Cuomo tried new ways of writing, including a cut-up technique and a spreadsheet of potential lyrics sorted by syllable count and word stress. The songs deal with gender dynamics, modern dating and religious imagery. "Thank God for Girls", "Do You Wanna Get High?" and "King of the World" were the singles, and the album earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.

Weezer: tracklist, credits and charts

10 tracks · 34:11

Tracklist

  1. 1California KidsRivers Cuomo and Dan Wilson3:25
  2. 2Wind in Our SailChesak, Cuomo, Spraker2:54
  3. 3Thank God for GirlsBalzer, Balzer, Cuomo, Goose, Petti3:30
  4. 4(Girl We Got a) Good ThingRivers Cuomo3:26
  5. 5Do You Wanna Get High?Rivers Cuomo3:28
  6. 6King of the WorldRivers Cuomo and Jarrad K3:24
  7. 7Summer Elaine and Drunk DoriRivers Cuomo3:25
  8. 8L.A. GirlzBell, Cuomo, Russell3:30
  9. 9Jacked UpCoffer, Cuomo, Pescod2:54
  10. 10Endless BummerBell, Cuomo, Russell4:15
Produced by
Jake Sinclair, Scott Chesak, Ryan Spraker, Jonny Coffer
Mixed by
Claudius Mittendorfer
Engineered by
Suzy Shinn, Jake Sinclair, Tanner Sparks
Recorded
2015
Label
Atlantic
Length
34:11

Line-up

  • Christopher Wray · synthesizer
  • Brian Bell
  • Rivers Cuomo
  • Scott Shriner
  • Patrick Wilson
  • Scott Chesak · piano · guest
  • Ryan Spraker · piano · guest
  • Alex Goose · organ · guest
  • Jonny Coffer · piano · guest

Singles

  • “Thank God for Girls” · 26 October 2015
  • “Do You Wanna Get High?” · 3 November 2015
  • “King of the World” · 14 January 2016
  • “L.A. Girlz” · 17 February 2016
  • “California Kids” · 10 March 2016

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
US Billboard 200 · 20164
UK Albums Chart · 201624
US Alternative · 20161
US Top Rock Albums · 20161
Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 201610
Irish Albums · 201627
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 201628
New Zealand Albums · 201628
Swiss Albums · 201639
Dutch Albums · 201649
All 14 charts
Austrian Albums · 201651
German Albums · 201651
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 201665
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2016111

From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.

61.6
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
3.9k
ListenBrainz listeners
76k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
8.9k
Deezer fans (all editions)
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz1 April 2016
Wikipedia infobox1 April 2016
Wikidata1 April 2016
Deezer21 August 2026
Apple Music21 August 2026
US release1 April 2016earliest US date
UK / Europe release1 April 2016earliest UK or European date
9 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
1 April 2016XWAtlantic075679912770original
1 April 2016XECrush Music075678665325original
1 April 2016USCrush Music075678665318original
1 April 2016XWAtlantic075679912787original
1 April 2016JPAtlantic4943674230884original
1 April 2016USCrush Music075678665325original
7 October 2016XWCrush Music075679905345deluxe
7 October 2016XWCrush Music075679905338deluxe
14 December 2016JPAtlantic4943674253135deluxe
Cover art sources

itunes · native: native 3000x3000

SourceSizeVerdict
itunes ✓3000×3000native: native 3000x3000
deezer1800×1800native
coverartarchive1400×1400upscaled
fanarttv1000×1000upscaled