city burials

I have their first album, and enjoy it immensely. Do you think I would feel the same about Pinkerton?

Pinkerton is personally my favorite of the two (and of Weezer's albums overall), but it's pretty different. musically it's way looser, more raw and abrasive, and less playful. Rivers' lyrics on that album are also way more deeply personal (at times a bit too personal if you catch my drift) and often negative, with a lot of frustration and disillusionment. he really poured his heart and soul out into the words.

 

still, it does have the Weezer trademarks from their first album like catchy hooks, a sense of humor (albeit more tongue-in-cheek and self-deprecating than before) and fuzzed-out guitars, so it's not a total departure.

 

I do definitely recommend checking it out, just don't expect to enjoy it for the same reasons as you do the blue album.

I just want to say that you are spot-on and that it's an incredible album. And that you make some incredibly thorough and convincing recs.