1 | Memories | Lyrics/Info | 3:14 |
2 | Ruling Me | Lyrics/Info | 3:29 |
3 | Trainwrecks | Lyrics/Info | 3:21 |
4 | Unspoken | Lyrics/Info | 3:00 |
5 | Where's My Sex? | Lyrics/Info | 3:28 |
6 | Run Away | Lyrics/Info | 2:55 |
7 | Hang On | Lyrics/Info | 3:33 |
8 | Smart Girls | Lyrics/Info | 3:10 |
9 | Brave New World | Lyrics/Info | 3:56 |
10 | Time Flies | Lyrics/Info | 3:46 |
Produced by Cuomo and Shawn Everett (Raditude, Phantom Planet, Ozomatli), Hurley is a high-energy rock album that wastes no time with the first single "Memories," an impassioned look at nostalgia with fast tempo, buzzing guitar riffs and killer hooky chorus. Subsequent songs include soon to be fan favorites "Ruling Me," "Trainwrecks," "Hang On" and "Brave New World." Rivers picks up the acoustic guitar on the reinvented power ballad "Unspoken" and the raw Sixties influenced, Mac Davis co-written "Time Flies." The classic Weezer sound is reignited with songs like "Smart Girls," "Run Away" and the quirky "Where's My Sex?" Fueled by a newfound sense of independence, Hurley finds the band making some of the most powerful and adventuresome music of their storied career.
"We all felt that the really intense, raw emotional side of Weezer is what's going to make everyone the happiest at this moment," Cuomo told Los Angeles Times.
"Weezer's become a totally kick ass live band, and when we were making Hurley you could just hear the sound of people going into the studio, pressing 'Record' and rocking," Cuomo says. "There's just an insane amount of energy on songs like 'Where's My Sex' or 'Memories.'" (SPIN.com)
In 1992, Weezer had their first practice session in Los Angeles. Over the course of the next year, the group played the club scene, ultimately …