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''Weezer'', also known as ''The Red Album'', is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on June 3, 2008. Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee both produced parts of the album, with the band producing a handful of tracks themselves. Like the group's 1994 debut album ''Weezer'', other band members contributed to songwriting. This is the first and, so far, the only Weezer album to feature lead vocals from all four band members. The album also features more musical experimentation in comparison to their previous efforts, especially shown in such songs as "Dreamin'", "The Angel and The One" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived". Two official singles were released from the album—"Pork and Beans" and "Troublemaker"—with both becoming relatively successful modern rock songs. The video for the former also became the most-watched video on the internet the weekend following its release. Additionally, an unconventional Hootenanny Tour replaced the traditional rock concert tour to promote the album. Despite this, the album proved to be less successful than their previous album, ''Make Believe'', failing to be certified Gold. ==Background== After the platinum success of their fifth album ''Make Believe'', the band once again was put on hiatus. Frontman Rivers Cuomo returned to Harvard University to complete his education. He ended up graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Cuomo also married Kyoko Ito on June 18, 2006, a woman he had known since March 1997. He proposed to her in Tokyo shortly before Christmas of 2005. The wedding was held at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu and was attended by over a hundred people, including six of the seven members who played in Weezer (Mikey Welsh was not in attendance) as well as notables Justin Fisher, Kevin Ridel and Rick Rubin. Meanwhile, members Patrick Wilson and Brian Bell appeared in the 2006 film ''Factory Girl'' playing John Cale and Lou Reed respectively and contributing a cover of the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" for the film. Also during this time, Bell formed a new side-band called The Relationship while Wilson started work on material for the next Special Goodness album. He also had a second child, Ian Patrick Wilson, with his wife in early 2008. The band announced in June 2007 that recording sessions for the album would begin in July. In December 2007, Cuomo released ''Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo,'' which featured home demos that Cuomo has recorded from 1992-2007. It was also during this time that a mysterious website called ''albumsix.com'' began gaining attention.〔 The website gave false information about the album such as the album title would be ''"Tout Ensemble"'' (French for "All Together") and a fake release date. The website fooled several news outlets such as Pitchfork Media and ''Rolling Stone''. The website was later revealed to be a hoax by some fans. Band historian/webmaster Karl Koch stated on Weezer's official website: 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「Weezer (2008 album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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