stick a fork in it, it's done.

what is it with these mediocre follow-up albums? can't anyone come up with new ideas these days? take a look at recent examples:

weezer - make believe
not so hot, at times atrocious. where is the blue album when you need it? one reviewer called it "the phantom menace of emo albums". ouch.

oasis - don't believe the truth
i want to cry. i just want oasis to sound like oasis. is that too much to ask? maybe all that pot killed way too many brain cells.

coldplay - x&y
spin gave this record a B+. whoever reviewed it should be shot. all the hype about this album being U2-esque? rubbish.

the white stripes have a new album out, and death cab and ok go have albums on the way. please, oh please, just be good.