Weezer (White Album)

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Studio album by
Weezer
ReleasedApril 1, 2016
Recorded2015
Genre
Length34:05
Label
Producer Jake Sinclair
Weezer chronology
Everything Will Be Alright in the End
(2014)		Weezer
(2016)		 Pacific Daydream
(2017)
Self-titled albums chronology
Red Album
(2008)		White Album
(2016)		 Teal Album
(2019)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."California Kids"Cuomo, Dan Wilson 3:25
2."Wind in Our Sail"Cuomo, Scott Chesak, Ryan Spraker2:53
3."Thank God for Girls"Cuomo, Alex Goose, Michael Balzer, Alex Balzer, Bill Petti3:30
4."(Girl We Got A) Good Thing"Cuomo3:25
5."Do You Wanna Get High?"Cuomo3:27
6."King of the World"Cuomo, Jarrad Kritzstein 3:24
7."Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori"Cuomo3:25
8."L.A. Girlz"Cuomo, Brian Bell, Luther Russell 3:29
9."Jacked Up"Cuomo, Jonathan Coffer, Hugh Pescod 2:53
10."Endless Bummer"Cuomo, Bell, Russell4:14
Total length:34:05
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Prom Night"Cuomo3:34
Digital Deluxe Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."I Love the U.S.A."Cuomo, Sam Hollander [63] 3:09
12."Jacked Up" (Remix) (feat. Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums and Nadya of Pussy Riot)Cuomo, Coffer, Pescod, Michael Fitzpatrick, Nadya Tolokonnikova 2:56
13."Friend of a Friend"Cuomo [64] 2:58
14."Fake Smiles and Nervous Laughter"Cuomo [65] 3:26
Weezer Fan Club Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Last Days of Summer"Cuomo2:35

Personnel

Weezer

Additional musicians

Production [66]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [67] 28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [68]
[69] 		51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [70] 65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [71] 111
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [72] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [73] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [74] 51
Irish Albums (IRMA) [75] 27
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [76] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [77] 39
UK Albums (OCC) [78] 24
US Billboard 200 [79] 4

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