Weezer (Blue album) Deluxe edition (2004)/ Weezer

"Like any other band of the first half of the '90s, Weezer had to produce material to fill out single B-sides. This means that the band had a mess of stray tracks that never have appeared on one of its albums, which made Weezer an excellent choice for Universal's excellent deluxe edition series. This edition has a lengthy second disc, dubbed "Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets," that gathers all of the B-sides from the debut, along with the band's contribution to the DGC Rarities disc, five previously unreleased tracks, and the original album mix of "Say It Ain't So" (which was replaced by the single mix on the album in subsequent pressings). This isn't just of interest to the diehards, since the quality of the material is very high. Thanks to the prolific songwriter Rivers Cuomo, Weezer was one of the handful of '90s alt-rock bands that produced consistently engaging non-LP material. That, along with the fine liner notes, makes this an excellent, even necessary deluxe edition." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)

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