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The upcoming sixth studio album by Weezer is expected to be released sometime in Spring 2008. Rick Rubin has been named as the producer of the album.^[1]. Unlike past Weezer records, all four members will contribute songwriting and lead vocals.

It is possible that the song "Pig," by Rivers Cuomo, which leaked as a demo in April 2007, could appear.

Early recording and speculation

The record's songs were recorded throughout Spring and Summer 2007 and recording was completed in October. Karl Koch has written that the album's recording process was "very cool," and "very fresh."

Half of the album was recorded during the Spring of 2007 with Rick Rubin overseeing production. At the beginning of the album's creation each Weezer member asked themselves what they wanted to get out of the album. With that in mind, they set out to record.

The recording of this album was finished on October 18, 2007^[2].

In a Rolling Stone interview, Rivers Cuomo said that the sixth album would be due in April 2008^{[citation needed]}.

On November 7th, a made-up release date of April 22nd, 2008 was posted on the hoax site albumsix.com. Later on November 19th, that hoax site (which the band's official website weezer.com previously mentioned had no official affiliation with the band) announced a made-up name for the album called "Tout Ensemble." Shortly after, Koch posted on the official Weezer website that Tout Ensemble was not the name of the new album.

The album has been confirmed to be mixed by Rich Costey.

In the first podcast released on www.riverspodcast.com Rivers mentioned playing drums on two songs on the new album.

Songs

Rumored

"Pig"

Likely

"Daydreamer" - described in the liner notes to Alone as an "epic, 6-minute, symphonic type of art song." "This is the Way" was written as a more straightforward counterpart; although the band originally selected "This is the Way" for the album's tracklist, Rivers persuaded the others to include "Daydreamer" instead. This song was most likely recorded by the band and is expected to appear on the new album.

Other songs mentioned by Cuomo in recent years

"East Coast or West Coast"
"Piece of the Pie" [1]
"Our Time Will Come"
"Heart Songs" [2]

Personnel

Brian Bell - guitar, vocals
Rivers Cuomo - guitar, vocals, drums
Scott Shriner - bass, vocals, Korg R3 synthesizer^[3]
Patrick Wilson - drums, vocals, guitar^[4]
Rick Rubin - producer
Rich Costey - mixer

References

^ Thompson, Paul. "Rivers Cuomo Dishes on New Weezer LP, Alone Demos". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
^ http://www.weezer.com/community/news_comment.asp?ParentAssetID=1602681&ArtistID=479&Start=&FullStory=Y&type=
^ "Keys for the Weez". Korg. 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-11-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Cuomo Keen On Archival Releases, New Weezer CD". Billboard. 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2007-12-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Thompson, Paul. "Rivers Cuomo Dishes on New Weezer LP, Alone Demos". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2007-10-25.

[2] ttp://www.weezer.com/community/news_comment.asp?ParentAssetID=1602681&ArtistID=479&Start=&FullStory=Y&type=

[Korg-3] "Keys for the Weez". Korg. 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-11-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Billboard-4] "Cuomo Keen On Archival Releases, New Weezer CD". Billboard. 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2007-12-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 In a [[Rolling Stone]] interview, Rivers Cuomo said that the sixth album would be due in April 2008{{Fact|date=December 2007}}.
-On November 7th, a made-up release date of April 22nd, 2008 was posted on the hoax site albumsix.com.  Later on November 19th, that hoax site (which the band's official website weezer.com previously mentioned had no official affiliation with the band) announced a made-up name for the album called "Tout Ensemble."  Shortly after, Karl posted on the official Weezer website that Tout Ensemble was not the name of the new album.
+On November 7th, a made-up release date of April 22nd, 2008 was posted on the hoax site albumsix.com.  Later on November 19th, that hoax site (which the band's official website weezer.com previously mentioned had no official affiliation with the band) announced a made-up name for the album called "Tout Ensemble."  Shortly after, Koch posted on the official Weezer website that Tout Ensemble was not the name of the new album.
 The album has been confirmed to be mixed by [[Rich Costey]].