Weezer add exclusive cover versions to album as UK release brought forward

Artists:
Weezer »

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 21 comments 18:19 May 14th, 2008

Has the new Weezer album leaked yet? Us law-abiding childer at DrownedinSound wouldn’t know, but what we do now know is that the UK version of Weezer’s self-titled new 'red' album will come with two exclusive tracks.

As well as the addition of those tracks – covers of ‘Life is What You Make it’ by Talk Talk and The Band’s ‘The Weight’ – the release date has been dragged forward by three weeks.

So, now these tracks will arrive in the UK digitally on the 9th of June and physically on the 16th:

‘Troublemaker’
‘The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)’
‘Pork And Beans’
‘Heart Songs’
‘Everybody Get Dangerous’
‘Dreamin’
‘Thought I Knew’
‘Cold Dark World’
‘Automatic’
‘The Angel And The One’
‘The Weight’
‘Life Is What You Make It’

The US release dates have also shifted in the last couple of days – moving from the 24th to the 3rd of June.

Wow! Hot newwXpiXXX:

Got news? Email us at newsdesk@drownedinsound.com

Watch: Weezer - '(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To' 22 Oct 16:50
Spotifriday #20 Side I: This Week on DiS as a playlist 16 Oct 12:01
Rivers Cuomo to team up with Katy Perry 15 Oct 09:38
Weezer reveal totally rad tracklisting for new album 18 Sep 10:10
If You're Wondering: Weezer confirm new single and album deets 18 Aug 12:33
Green Day and Björk do, Weezer don't: studio update 14 Oct 15:17
Weezer world records: new video does five things never done before 08 Oct 15:17
Play your food: Japanese blogger makes edibile albums 08 Sep 12:03

Weezer

View profile

From the archive

You should:

Tweet This or

Share on Facebook

Comments

- Post a new comment on this article

i want a tache

immediately

blackheadline | 14 May '08, 18:24 | X | Reply

...

the new album is simultaneously exciting, hilarious, inpsiring and shite.
i dunno what to make of it yet.
i love some of the stuff about it, but man some of those lyrics and hard to believe.
still better than pretty much anything they've done since pinkerton. apart from maybe a few songs on tba and a couple on maladroit. worth checking out.

mark1800 | 14 May '08, 18:32 | X | Reply

^ me too

i nearly burst a blood vessel when trying to force facial hair growth.

poptimusgrime @blackheadline | 14 May '08, 18:37 | X | Reply

I trust that we're also getting the 4 tracks announced

for the 'deluxe' edition too:

11. "Ms. Sweeney"
12. "Pig"
13. "The Spider"
14. "King"

Alex-in-Ciderland | 14 May '08, 18:58 | X | Reply

You mean tga?

danger @mark1800 | 14 May '08, 19:10 | X | Reply

i hope so

is the deluxe edition iTunes only though?

sierraleone @Alex-in-Ciderland | 14 May '08, 20:20 | X | Reply

it dont look

that way, i thought i read that was just for the itunes release? or sumthin?

fistyness @Alex-in-Ciderland | 14 May '08, 20:21 | X | Reply

I'm a bit confused by the whole thing now to be honest........

I have bought albums on iTunes a few times, but only if they've been available in the form of those 256 kbps downloads.

There is no way on earth I'd buy a Weezer album as a download though, there are some bands whose albums I need to own in the physical form and Weezer are one one of them.