Everything Will Be Alright in the End (acronymed as EWBAITE) is the ninth studio album by the rock band Weezer, released on October 7, 2014. It is Weezer‘s only album released by Republic Records, and the third and final Weezer album produced by Ric Ocasek, who previously produced the Blue Album (1994) and Green Album (2001).
Everything Will Be Alright in the End departs from the electronic pop production of Weezer‘s previous two albums, Raditude (2009) and Hurley (2010), returning to a sound more reminiscent of the band’s earlier albums. The lyrics deal with singer Rivers Cuomo‘s relationship with his father figures, fans and women.
The album received positive reviews and became the most acclaimed Weezer album since Pinkerton (1996). It is the band’s fifth album to peak in the Billboard 200 top five, reaching No. 5 and selling 34,000 copies its first week. The album was supported by three singles: “Back to the Shack“, “Cleopatra“, and “Da Vinci“. As of early 2016, the album had sold 100,000 copies in the U.S.
Tracklist:
- Ain’t Got Nobody
- Back to the Shack (Cuomo, Jacob Kasher)
- Eulogy for a Rock Band (Cuomo, Daniel Brummel, Ryen Slegr)
- Lonely Girl (Cuomo, Joshua Berman Alexander)
- I’ve Had It Up to Here (Cuomo, Justin Hawkins)
- The British Are Coming
- Da Vinci (Cuomo, Alexander)
- Go Away (featuring Bethany Cosentino) (Cuomo, Cosentino)
- Cleopatra
- Foolish Father (Cuomo, Patrick Stickles)
- The Futurescope Trilogy: I. The Waste Land
- The Futurescope Trilogy: II. Anonymous
- The Futurescope Trilogy: III. Return to Ithaka
Credits:
Weezer
Rivers Cuomo: lead guitar, lead vocals, keyboard, synth, piano
Patrick Wilson: drums, additional vocals, percussion
Brian Bell: rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboard, synth
Scott Shriner: bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboard
Additional musicians
Daniel Brummel: keyboard and piano on “Eulogy For a Rock Band”
Bethany Cosentino: guest vocals on “Go Away”
Bobb Bruno: additional guitar arrangements on “Go Away”
Patrick Stickles: guitar on “Foolish Father”
Production
Ric Ocasek: producer
Samuel Bell: engineer
Shawn Everett: additional production and engineering
Chris Owens: assistant engineer
Vanessa Wormer: assistant engineer
Alex Williams: assistant engineer
Tom Lord-Alge: mixing
Eddie Rendini: assistant mixing engineer
Ted Jensen: mastering
