Happy Thursday! Weezer have dropped a new covers album, and we’re not quite sure how to feel about it.
The release comes complete with their iconic – and highly-demanded – version of ‘Africa’, alongside some new covers of TLC, Michael Jackson, Black Sabbath, a-ha, and more.
Listen to Weezer (The Teal Album) below via Crush/Atlantic, or purchase it through velcro wallets.
Rivers Cuomo and the gang have clearly been busy boys – today’s surprise ten-track release comes despite the band gearing up to release a new album of original material, The Black Album, on March 1st.
Fan reactions to the record have been mixed, to say the least.
https://twitter.com/golddtatt/status/1088324559688744961
As your local Weezer apologist, I have no idea how to feel about this https://t.co/5uAVoV1pbT
— liamthemusicreviewer (@liamthemusicguy) January 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/ira/status/1088317064681447424
Weezer (The Teal Album) tracklist:
01 Africa (Toto)
02 Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears for Fears)
03 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (The Eurythmics)
04 Take On Me (a-ha)
05 Happy Together (The Turtles)
06 Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
07 Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra)
08 No Scrubs (TLC)
09 Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
10 Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
