Make Believe
by Weezer
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Weezer bestography
Make Believe is ranked 9th best out of 27 albums by Weezer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Weezer is Weezer (Blue Album) which is ranked number 82 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,144.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Make Believe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Make Believe rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2005 | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 47 Music Albums of 2005 | 46/47 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2005 | 25/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 25 Music Albums of 2005 | 24/25 | 0 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 37 Music Albums of 2005 | 37/37 | 0 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 22 Music Albums of 2005 | 20/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 56 Music Albums of 2005 | 54/56 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2005 | 51/81 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 54 Music Albums of 2005 | 18/54 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 103 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 253 | |||
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Make Believe ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 02:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:15 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 03:30 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 57.4/100, a mean average of 56.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.
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Make Believe forum mentions
Romanelli 07/12/2026 18:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) imacgill 05/10/2024 23:08 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 10/15/2023 13:10 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred CowMake Believe comments
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Fun fact: This album was on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a total of 47 weeks. (Edited)
1. 100
2. 95
3. 95
4. 65
5. 70
6. 90
7. 75
8. 90
9. 55
10. 75
11. 100
12. 55
Okay, look, Make Believe isn't the alt-rock, power-pop, nerdy college rock music we've come to expect from Weezer after their four first records, but it has a soft spot in my heart. This album marks a complete tonal shift for the band, ditching the loud guitars and the youthful energy for a very mainstream, radio-friendly pop-rock with very little personality, structure or variation and loads of generic chord progressions and annoyingly catchy choruses. But I love it.
Beverly Hills is cheesy, but also one of the band's most memorable and catchy singles. Perfect Situation, This Is Just A Pity, Pardon Me and Freak Me Out are stupid, shallow and not the most original in terms of rock music, but I love them all.
There are fewer harmonies and guitars here, but that's not to say these trademark aspects are completely missing. The slightly more polished instrumentation fits River Cuomo's voice better than the abrasive tone of Pinkerton or Maladroit. Then there are some oddities, such as Hold Me, which sounds like a grungy leftover from Pinkerton and feels misplaced on Make Believe.
The album turns repetitive by the end, and a bigger variation in terms of sound and subject matter would have been preferable, but the overall collection of songs is among the most enjoyable the band has put out.
Their worst album. So boring
LebowskiRams TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/05/2019 18:31 | #237145
It has a lot of shortcomings, but that's not to say there aren't good songs on here.
Perfect Situation, Pity, Hold Me, My Best Friend and Haunt You Every Day are awesome. The rest is mediocre to outright ass (Edited)
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