Album Rating: 3.5

@Rowan5215 Totally agree. Pop Rock tendencies/movements came and go, but you can always count on Rivers Cuomo to deliver catchy pop melodies despite the sound of around it. Whether is geek rock, emo, electro-synth or chamber pop, the man is one of the last great songwriters coming from the late 20th century. Of course his lyrics can become tired after a while, because most of it deals with adolescent subjects, but still its better than 99% of what come through radio, mtv, vh1, or whatever might be the main music discloser these days.

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He brings in all kinds of professional songwriters these days to help come up with this streamlined mass appeal garbage. So yeah, no.

So aoty?

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

basically

This band is the Jason Voorhees of pop punk bands. Just won't fookin die!

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"He brings in all kinds of professional songwriters these days to help come up with this streamlined mass appeal garbage. So yeah, no."



wow. this is shocking information. absolutely unheard of in pop music

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Also a shockingly dumb comment.

Album Rating: 1.5

"when the chips fall right they are probably the best pop songwriters in the entire game"

not sure this means what you thought it meant

>Also a shockingly dumb comment.

on your part? yeah

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great thread

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What was dumb about my comment?

Album Rating: 3.5

tbh the singles were the best tracks, the rest is quite meh

bringing in songwriters defeats the entire purpose/appeal this band ever had, which was the personal lyrics and unashamedly corny personality of Cuomo.

I think Cuomo actually wants to be a pop superstar unironically

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This was a borderline miserable experience for me. First, Weezer sold this as their metal album - there's maybe four songs that fit the billing. Two, nearly all the melodies are as bland and tasteless as the worst Weezer albums since the late 2000's. Third, super bland production.



On a positive note I noticed not everything has quantized perfectly, there's moments where Patrick Wilsons drumming is slightly not perfect.



I only gave Van Weezer one spin, which is unacceptable for writing reviews or even forming a true opinion on said album - That said, Van Weezer makes The Father of All Mother Fuckers look brilliant.

Album Rating: 3.5

Though I must say that Rivers making a banger (!) out of Pump it up into me / Please daddy, please daddy is pretty cool lol



This is what they are: dorks. And this is a nostalgic, juvenile album. I honestly think Sowing was too harsh in his review.

What's with these homies dissing Weezer? Why do they gotta front?

imagine unironically thinking Weezer writes the best pop songs “in the game”

maybe if the game is Candyland

Album Rating: 1.5

The game is 「chips are down」 the establishment is pop, our hero? Music criticism!