Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A streamlined version of Weezer

This Weezer record is streamlined. It's like an early Beatles record in many respects: the songs are very short, the melodies are simple, the guitar solos do nothing more than copy the melody line of the verse, and the overall production contains no rough edges. But to listeners who've enjoyed Weezer's previous records, it feels like a step backward. Weezer has always been a band with a lot of quirky charm and charisma, and a big part of that charm had always been those rough edges: the quiet-to-loud dynamics within the songs, the guitar solos inspired by Rivers' days as a young metalhead, the occasional weird background comments, etc. The songs on this record are catchy and kinda fun, but they lack many of those elements that endeared us to this band in the first place. Overall, this record certainly beats most of what passes for alternative rock these days, but it's also a bit of a letdown.