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On March 16, 2022, Weezer released the lead single, "A Little Bit Of Love". [12] On March 16, Cuomo used his game, Weezle (a Weezer-themed spin on the popular web game Wordle), to preview snippets of the forthcoming Spring songs. [13] Weezer ranked 294th greatest album by Rolling Stone magazine". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020 . Retrieved February 25, 2021. published by E.O. Smith Music (BMI) and R-Rated Music (ASCAP), administered by EMI April Music Inc (ASCAP) Weezer rehearsed 15 songs in New York in preparation for the Electric Lady Studios recording sessions. Four songs from this rehearsal would not be attempted for the album: "I Swear It's True", "Getting Up and Leaving" (which would both later appear on the deluxe edition of the band's second album Pinkerton), and a reprise version of "In the Garage". Another song, "Mykel and Carli", an ode to two women who ran the Weezer fanclub, was recorded. Weezer later recorded another version of "Mykel and Carli" as a B-side for the single " Undone – The Sweater Song", with close friend of Cuomo, actor and songwriter Karl Koch, which is also included on the album's deluxe edition. [14]

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Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994". Guitar World. July 14, 2014. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014 . Retrieved July 14, 2014. In naming Weezer the 26th best album of the 1990s, Pitchfork summed up the album's critical recognition: A "deluxe edition" of the album was released on March 23, 2004, including the original album and a second disc, Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets, containing B-sides and rarities. [37] As of December 2007, the "deluxe edition" had sold 86,000 copies. [38] The second disc is also available separately.