I've Got My Hash Pipe (Weezer 'green Album' - Weezer)

Member Name: rleigh

Product:	Weezer 'green Album' - Weezer
Date:	13/02/08 (52 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: All tracks impress, great music to sing along to.

Disadvantages: The album is less than half an hour long, where's the value for money?

Weezer's 2001 release would be their second self-titled album in their career. It was given a green cover and therefore fans of the band have learnt to refer to these albums not by their titles but by their colours. Weezer's first self-titled release was blue and is therefore 'The Blue Album', whereas the 2001 release is luminous green and therefore funnily enough is 'The Green Album'.

It first came to my attention how popular Weezer's 'Green Album' was when my half brother who is more inclined to listening to Hardcore Techno than the rough sounds of Rock was raving on about 'Hash Pipe' at the time of its release. I found it quite strange that he should have such high regard for the track, but nonetheless I understood his love of it entirely as I too was quite a fan. Weezer's 'Green Album' which was released in 2001 is by no means their best but is still an excellent album nonetheless and is one that I very much enjoy listening to. When 'Hash Pipe' used to get played on the radio it was a great cause for amusement. Due to radio censorship policies 'Hash' would be replaced with 'Half' to make 'Half Pipe', something which changed the context of the lyrics entirely and actually meant they made little sense. 'Hash Pipe' was the most successful single release from this album, however the other that did extremely well commercially was 'Island In The Sun'.

In the way of singles, I actually prefer 'Island In The Sun' to 'Hash Pipe' and always have done. It has a great chilled out vibe and I feel that it is just a generally better track all round. Why 'Hash Pipe' outperformed it so overwhelmingly I'm not too sure, perhaps it was because of the ridiculous lyric change that made it stand out so severely. Who knows.

Ten tracks are present on 'The Green Album' and just as is true of their 'Pinkerton' release which also consists of ten tracks; none of the tracks disappoint in any way and all are greatly appealing. It is probably their most commercial sounding album and yet it is still just as vital as all the others. Tracks such as 'Photograph' and 'Glorious Day' spring to mind when I first think of this album, tracks which have had a greatly long lasting and really quite profound effect upon myself. The music is extremely approachable, something that is not true of a lot of the works of Weezer, and everything about this album just seems to fit together perfectly. All the tracks bounce off of one another and not a single one sounds at all out of place.

Weezer are a brilliant band and their 'Green Album' does nothing to dissuade me away from this way of thinking. Every track impresses, and although some may argue that this is no great achievement given that there are only ten tracks on the album, I'd certainly rather listen to an album packed full of ten fantastic tracks than fifteen mediocre ones. 'The Green Album' is excellent and is one I shall be recommending to all, there are plenty of tracks here to keep you occupied and entertained, never will the album disappoint and always it shall enthral. If you've never before given Weezer a listen then make sure you do so right this instance. What's the worst that can happen?

Summary: 'The Green Album' will fit in fantastically well in any music collection.