I started this last blog series this past year and well, why not give it go with my favorite band to love and hate, Weezer. On this post, I added the "Guilty Pleasure" category for albums and songs that I particularly find myself perplexed that I actually enjoy. It does not apply to every album.
As always, here are my overly-detailed definitions of terms:
Best - this is obvious, what I think is the best track on the album in terms of composition and what it sets out to do.
Worst - also obvious, although, this definitely has more bias in it than "Best", it should be noted that this song may or may not even be "bad".
Overrated/Underrated - This is completely subjective but I am basing this category off of "hard-core" Weezer fans. It may or may not align with the broader public's opinions. Also, the Underrated category acts as another way for me to shoehorn one of my favorites into the list. Finally, if I place a song in the overrated category, it doesn't mean it's a bad song, it just means it's overrated. No more, no less.
Favorite - My personal favorite, not always the best track. It's the song I most connected with or have a special memory associated with. Again, also another way for me to shove a song I really like onto the list.
So with that out of the way, here we go:
Blue Album
This was by far the easiest album to do this activity on.
Best: Say it Ain't So
Worst: Surfwax America
Overrated: Only in Dreams
Underrated: The World Has Turned And Left Me Here/Holiday
Favorite: The World Has Turned And Left Me Here
Pinkerton
Best: Across the Sea
Worst: Why Bother?
Overrated: Falling for You
Underrated: Butterfly
Favorite: Across the Sea
Green Album
Best: Island in the Sun/O Girlfriend (this is not cheating, it's my blog and my rules, stop judging me)
Worst: Crab (I kinda even like this dumb song)
Overrated: Smile
Underrated: Glorious Days
Favorite: Simple Pages
Worst: Possibilities (one of Rivers Cuomo's laziest songs recorded for an album).
Overrated: Burndt Jamb
Underrated: Keep Fishin' (radio edit only)
Favorite: Slave
Best: The Other Way
Worst: My Best Friend (If I could list this twice, I would).
Overrated: Haunt You Everyday
Underrated: This is Such a Pity/Hold Me
Favorite: The Other Way
Best: The Angel and the One
Worst: Cold Dark World
Overrated: Pork and Beans
Underrated: Dreamin'
Favorite: The Angel and the One/Ms. Sweeney (Ms. Sweeny is on the "Deluxe Edition, sue me)
Best: I Don't Wanna Let You Go
Worst: Love is the Answer
Overrated: None
Underrated: (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
Favorite: Prettiest Girl In the Whole Wide World (Deluxe Edition, again)
Guilty Pleasure: I'm Your Daddy (I know, gross, right?)
Best: Blowin' My Stack
Worst: Losing My Mind
Overrated: None
Underrated: Autopliot
Favorite: Blowin' My Stack
Best: Run Away
Worst: Where's My Sex?
Overrated: Unspoken
Underrated: Run Away
Guilty Pleasure: Smart Girls (there, I said it and no, I'm not proud of it either).
Favorite: Ruling Me
Best: Foolish Father
Worst: Back to the Shack
Overrated: Ain't Got Nobody
Underrated: I've Had It Up To Here / Eulogy for a Rock Band
Favorite: Foolish Father
Best: Wind in Our Sails
Worst: Thank God For Girls
Overrated: Thank God For Girls
Underrated: (Girl We Got A) Good Thing
Favorite: Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori/Jacked Up
Best: Feels Like Summer
Worst: Get Right
Overrated: Sweet Mary
Underrated: Feels Like Summer
Favorite: Weekend Woman
Guilty Pleasure: Mexican Fender (I am legitimately embarrassed that I like this song)
Best: Aloo Gobi and Dead Roses
Worst: All My Favorite Songs
Overrated: Numbers
Underrated: La Brea Tar Pits
Favorite: Playing My Piano/Mirror Image (I can't disconnect these two).
Van Weezer
Best: Shelia Can Do It (the Homie version is still a hundred times better).
Worst: Hero
Overrated: 1 More Hit
Underrated: None thus far
Favorite: I Need Some of That (it's dumb, I get it, but what can I say? I like it).
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