| Weak | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Seaweed |
| Cover: | Weak (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1992 |
| Studio: | Bear Creek |
| Genre: | Punk,[1] grunge |
| Label: | Sub Pop |
| Producer: | Jack Endino |
| Prev Title: | Despised |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Four |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
Weak is an album by the American band Seaweed, released in 1992 on Sub Pop Records.[2] [3] At the time of the album's release, Seaweed was the youngest band on the Sub Pop roster.[4]
"Recall" was a hit on college radio.[5] Weak is singer Aaron Stauffer's least favorite Seaweed album.
The album was produced by Jack Endino.[6] The band shared in the songwriting, which was often a contentious endeavor.[7] The demos were recorded in guitar player Clint Werner's home studio.[8] The album cover was shot at the Capitol Theater, in Olympia, Washington.[9]
The Chicago Tribune called the album "a tuneful tidal wave of loud sound" and "fairly strong (and somewhat bratty) stuff."[10] The Tampa Tribune noted "a brash, punky whirlwind of sound, and lyrics that come from both Stauffer's personal traumas and a young man's angst about the social and political concerns."[11] Trouser Press wrote that "[Wade] Neal and Werner boost the guitars, tangling awesome heaviness into chiming rhythmic work."[8] Spin praised the "growling, fast-paced Gibson SG-ish guitar."[12]
In 1996, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram deemed Weak the band's "guttural masterpiece."[13] AllMusic concluded: "Combining the bottom-heavy throb that would epitomize the Northwest in the wake of Nirvana (Nevermind was released just months before the recording of this album) with a punchy, melodic power punk sound, Seaweed is Tacoma's answer to Superchunk." In 2022, Far Out included Weak on its list of 15 "essential" grunge albums.[14]