Weezer Issue New Single, Cover Talk Talk, The Band

Weezer Issue New Single, Cover Talk Talk, The Band

They've already pushed the release of Weezer III up by a few weeks "due to popular demand and the intense reaction to the 'Pork and Beans' single" (akin to indigestion, I'd say), and now, Weezer are throwing even more Red Album at us and hoping it sticks.

A digital single for the "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" has made its way to the U.S. iTunes store, and, well, here's a sample lyric: "I've got the money/ And I've got the fame/ You've got the hots / To ride on my plane." So, yeah, pretty much another "Beverly Hills".

We've also caught wind of the extra goodies Polydor have thrown on the Red Album for its June 9 digital/June 16 physical release in the UK. In addition to the ten tracks from the regular old U.S. release, Weezer tackle the Band's "The Weight" and Talk Talk's "Life Is What You Make It". The U.S. deluxe edition, as you know, sports four very different bonus cuts. It, as with the regular edition, is due June 3 from DGC/Interscope.

The Red Album - UK edition:

01 Troublemaker
02 The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
03 Pork and Beans
04 Heart Songs
05 Everybody Get Dangerous
06 Dreamin'
07 Thought I Knew
08 Cold Dark World
09 Automatic
10 The Angel and the One
11 The Weight (UK Bonus Track)
12 Life Is What You Make It (UK Bonus Track)

Posted by Paul Thompson on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:30pm