Get
ready to laugh, cry or do both the moment you hear Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo start
rapping on the band’s third self-titled album. That he does so over a song
filled with piano and choral-chanting bombast (no lie) suggests that Cuomo may
have seriously lost his marbles. His hysterically loyal fan base is no doubt
going to be in a mouth-frothing tizzy while debating the merits of this album
online for years.
But
the fact is, the Red Album represents
Cuomo’s most daring work to date. After confining the band to a creative straitjacket
for far too long, Cuomo has finally loosened his grip, even stepping aside for
his band mates to sing le
