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''Make Believe'' is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on May 10, 2005. Bolstered by the Top 10 hit single "Beverly Hills", the album gave Weezer their biggest chart album peaks yet, hitting #11 in the UK, #1 in Canada, and #2 in the US, where it went gold quickly, and eventually platinum. The song also earned the band their first Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song. Despite this, ''Make Believe'' has received mixed reviews from critics and fans, though it has remained a consistent seller. As of December 2007, ''Make Believe'' has sold 1,215,000 units in the US alone. ''Make Believe'' features the band's first two songs to top the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart, the aforementioned "Beverly Hills" and "Perfect Situation." ==Writing and recording process== As early as spring 2002, and at random points in late 2002 and early 2003, demos for possible use on Weezer's fifth album would be uploaded to Weezer.com's audio/visual page. After some time, the band decided to start from scratch with a fresh group of songs. 28 songs in all were uploaded on the website (and can still be found on various fan sites) yet none made the actual album. This batch of songs is commonly referred to as "The A5 Demos" or "Album 4.5", amongst fans. Rivers Cuomo's discovery of meditation in the three years between this and their previous release, ''Maladroit'' had a great influence on the content of the album. Mainly on "Pardon Me," which was written after a ten day guided meditation course, in which he learned the ancient techniques of Vipassana (Insight Meditation) and Metta (Lovingkindness) which encourages those who practice to "seek pardon from all those who I have hurt in action, speech or thought." He also claimed the title of the album came to him while meditating. ''Make Believe'' marks a return to Cuomo's more personal songwriting style after taking a more distant approach on the previous two albums.〔Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 476〕 An example of this is "The Other Way," which was written for Rivers' ex-girlfriend Jennifer Chiba after her then boyfriend Elliott Smith died. Cuomo said, "I wanted to console her, but I was confused and skeptical about my own motives for wanting to do so, so I wrote that song about that."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Weezer discography: Make Believe: Track By Track )〕 "We Are All on Drugs" was inspired by Cuomo hearing party-goers on Sunset Strip.〔 "Hold Me" was written during a songwriting experiment in which Cuomo fasted for 24 hours and then wrote a song. Producer Rick Rubin told Rivers Cuomo to "write a Billy Joel or Elton John type of song." The result of Rubin's request was "Haunt You Every Day" which is not the first Weezer song to feature piano, but is the first that Rivers wrote entirely on piano. According to Cuomo, Rubin told Tom Petty the same thing and he wrote "It's Good To Be King."〔 As the band was working on the album, they struck a deal to have "My Best Friend" be included in the film ''Shrek 2'' yet this deal was scrapped when the makers of the film didn't think it fit to the timings of the visuals. The Counting Crows song "Accidentally in Love" took the place of "My Best Friend." However, in late 2010, "My Best Friend" was included on the soundtrack to the film "Yogi Bear", and can be heard during the end credits. Hundreds of songs were demoed during the three-year period of making of the album. Despite the abundance of release-able material, to the dismay of many fans, this is the first Weezer album not to feature any b-side releases. Of the notable unreleased material, partial rough versions of "You're the One" and "Love is the Answer" can be heard on the "Making of ''Make Believe''" special feature on the disc's Enhanced CD feature. A cover of Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart" was in consideration for the album and later for a soundtrack, although it would only see release five years later on the ''Death to False Metal'' album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Weezer recording history: Page 15 )〕 Six other ''Make Believe'' era outtakes including three which were contenders for the final album would also see release on various versions of the same album. While deciding on the name of the album, one of the title suggestions given by Patrick Wilson was ''One Thousand Soviet Children Marching Towards The Sun''. Another suggestion was ''Either Way I'm Fine'' (something Cuomo said often during the sessions when discussing changing elements of a song or sound).〔 Ultimately the title of ''Make Believe'' won over his suggestion. ''Make Believe'' is the longest album they have released to date, clocking in at 45 minutes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Make Believe (Weezer album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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