Weezer

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
4LP/10"/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Three decades after one of the quirkiest, catchiest rock albums of the '90s, Weezer will celebrate their self-titled debut with a box set packed with unreleased demos, studio and live material.  Known the world over as "The Blue Album" - one of six self-titled albums the band has issued with color-coded covers - the debut will be reissued as a 3CD set or vinyl equivalent spanning four LPs, a 10" EP and a 7" single. Both physical (and all digital) formats come with 40 bonus tracks that trace the band's evolution from 1992 to just after the album's release in 1995: rough early practice tapes and rehearsal recordings, live performances from the band's early club days in Los Angeles (as well as a BBC session ahead of their first European tour), and - for the first time in its entirety - the complete release of the band's Kitchen Tape, a much-treasured set of 1992 demos. (Three tracks from said tape were first released on a 10th anniversary deluxe edition of the album in 2004; that 2CD set included all the released B-sides and a few pre-production recordings which are not replicated here, with the exception of "Jamie," included on a compilation issued by the band's label DGC and featured here as part of a longer pre-signing session cut at Loyola Marymount University in 1993.) The box features an assortment of extra goodies, including four lithographs, a poster of the band in KISS-adjacent makeup, stickers, a 12-sided die and an enamel pin. Longtime band archivist/historian Karl Koch has penned new liner notes for the collection.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.