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Title: Some very catchy songs...
Review: Don't like Rivers Cuomo (seriously the guy is a misanthrope with an Asian fetish) and not a big Weezer fan, but barring "My Name is Jonas", "Surf Wax America", and "No One Else," the material on the original Blue album is relatively excellent. Very catchy songs that will stick in your head for days. The one disagreement I have with many other reviewers is that this is an upbeat peppy, album. Interviews with the Cuomo will reveal the same. I'd say about half of the songs here relay quite a bit of sadness, disillusionment, and heartbreak (which make them better than the throwaway lyrics on some other songs). This album is more sludge metal-pop than punk-pop (which I can't stand today).The additional material on this album- some of it is worthy like "Suzanne" and "Jamie," but other tracks seem added just for curiousity factor. Check out the Deluxe edition of Slanted & Enchanted as a model for how additional material on reissues should be done.
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