On May 15, 2001, “Geffen” label released the self-titled, third Weezer studio album. It was recorded December 2000-January 2001, at “Cello Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Ric Ocasek The album was certified 2 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 2 x Platinum in New Zealand by “RMNZ”, and Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.
Personnel:
- Rivers Cuomo – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Brian Bell – guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Mikey Welsh – bass, backing vocals
- Patrick Wilson– drums, percussion
- Ric Ocasek– backing vocals
- Karl Koch – backing vocals
- Ken Allardyce – engineer
- Femio Hernández – engineer assistant
- Carlos “Loco” Bedoya – engineer assistant
- Alan Sanderson – engineer assistant
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
- Vladimir Meller – mastering
- Atom Willard– drum technician
- Chris Bilheimer – art direction
- Marina Chavez, Karl Koch – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Rivers Cuomo.
- Don’t Let Go
- Photograph
- Hash Pipe
- Island In the Sun
- Crab
- Knock-down Drag-out
- Smile
- Simple Pages
- Glorious Day
- O Girlfriend