Round of 64: (27) Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) vs. (38) Manchester Orchestra - ABMTTS Bracket

Round one is here. 62 years of albums with 2 convenient ties. What album will come out on top? The final batch of the first round.

NOTICE: PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU'VE HEARD BOTH ALBUMS. STOP DOING THIS SHIT.

For this matchup, we start with:

(27) Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)

vs.

(38) Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface

 

a baffling matchup lol. come on.

 

Weezer shouldn’t need to get out of bed for this

 

I really love A Black Mile, but it’s definitely The Weez on this one.

 

2017 was a terrific year for music. This album was okay, but nowhere near the top. Blue, easy

 

Ooh-wee-hoo

 

Easily Manchester

 

Neither of these are all-timers for me. Both are good and I like them. I'd probably pull Manchester off the shelf first, so that gets the vote.

 

it’s maybe their fourth best album

 

I think I'd still say their best. Million Masks gives it a good run though.

 

blue. knock it off chorus.

 

You could make a case for second on a good say. But my logic still stands. I like their 2nd-4th best album better than Weezer's 2nd.

 

which is it loll

 

haha I voted blue. i meant like "knock it off, its way better than black mile."

 

It’s my second favorite ManOrch album. I think A Million Masks is a little better, but I generally feel like they leveled up with those two. Blue is probably my favorite Weezer album though.

 

Went with Manchester Orchestra. I probably hate Weezer with the same passion that Pat hates Rumours

 

You're at least justified

 

it’s not that i hate it so much as i think it’s not that impressive haha. it’s not, like, rhcp haha

it’s easy to find weezer corny now but not liking the blue album is just a bad opinion hahaha

 

Fair enough!

Rivers has always made me super uncomfortable both in his lyrics and just generally as a person. His voice also just kind of like…drags for me. I’m not really sure how else to explain it. And musically they’ve never really excited me.

 

Manchester could write a Weezer album by the end of the week. Weezer could've spent their whole career on one album and still not put out something as good as any MO album.

 

Trying to imagine what Manchester Orchestra's Van Weezer sounds like.

 

MO has been trying to write pinkerton their whole career so, no, they couldn’t lol

 

again, i get not liking the band/rivers. he’s pretty easily the best guitarist/most talented of this scene though.

 

there's no way that's remotely true. he's probably not even the most talented at any given weezer show.

 

wut