 The album was well received by critics . Rolling Stone praised the album in their year @-@ end review , saying " Weezer 's Rivers Cuomo is great at sketching vignettes ( the Dungeons and Dragons games and Kiss posters that inspire the hapless daydreamer of ' In the Garage ' ) , and with sweet inspiration like the waltz tempo of ' My Name Is Jonas ' and the self @-@ deprecating humor of lines like " I look just like Buddy Holly / And you 're Mary Tyler Moore " , his songs easily ingratiate . " Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was less complimentary and awarded the album a " neither " rating . 
