Weezer

Weezer's debut LP from '94 was a surprising vital-sounding group of pop songs led by a buzzing guitar and Rivers Cuomo's occasionally silly (yet hard not to sing along to) lyrics. "Undone-The Sweater Song" and "Buddy Holly" were alt-radio hits and managed to bridge the gap between the Pixies and the aftermath of Nirvana. Ric Ocasek's production adds the perfect pop gloss.

Wafting out of countless college dorms, "Undone – the Sweater Song" seemed only the
latest in slacker sloth: Above an ambience of beer-bash chitchat, a sad sack wails forlornly
(the title "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" just about sums the album up). But these
four young survivors of the Los Angeles club wars can no doubt handle the mixed blessing
of a novelty hit. Weezer's Rivers Cuomo is great at sketching vignettes (the Dung... More >