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Songs from the Black Hole (hereafter abbreviated as SFTBH) is an unreleased, unfinished Weezer album concept. A space-themed rock opera/musical about singer Rivers Cuomo's apprehension about rock-and-roll stardom, SFTBH was originally envisioned as the follow-up album to Weezer's eponymous debut album but, over the course of songwriting and demoing, the concept was discarded, and the project instead evolved into the album Pinkerton. Several of the songs considered for inclusion on SFTBH ultimately appeared on Pinkerton or were released as B-sides.
Track listings
Tracklist 1
The first recorded track list was compiled by Cuomo from cassette recordings made from late 1993 through late 1994. Some of the songs from this set were later demoed and recorded to ADAT tape by Cuomo and Pat Wilson in February of 1995 at a studio in Hamburg, Germany.
All recordings in this tracklist where the "from" field is left blank were recorded in either the winter of 1994 or February 1995.
| No. | Title | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blast Off!" | February 1995 demo | 1:57 |
| 2. | "You Won't Get With Me Tonight" | 3:29 | |
| 3. | "Maria's Theme" | 0:26 | |
| 4. | "Come to My Pod" | 1:32 | |
| 5. | "This Is Not for Me" | 0:44 | |
| 6. | "Tired of Sex" | December 1993/January 1994 demo | 2:42 |
| 7. | "Superfriend" | 3:30 | |
| 8. | "She's Had a Girl" | 0:55 | |
| 9. | "Good News!" | 0:51 | |
| 10. | "Now I Finally See" | 0:41 | |
| 11. | "Getchoo" | December 1993/January 1994 demo | 3:10 |
| 12. | "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams" | 1995 demo | 2:48 |
| 13. | "No Other One" | July 1994 demo | 2:59 |
| 14. | "Devotion" | July 1994 demo | 3:39 |
| 15. | "What Is This I Find?" | 1:20 | |
| 16. | "Longtime Sunshine" | December 1993/January 1994 demo | 3:15 |
| 17. | "Longtime Sunshine" (reprise) | 1:23 |
- The song "Why Bother?" was also recorded, though its place in this tracklist is unknown.
Tracklist 2
The second version of the track list was assembled by Cuomo and includes some newly-recorded demos, after beginning his semester at Harvard in the fall of 1995, as a "last ditch effort" to salvage the Songs from the Black Hole concept. Ultimately, by the following spring, the concept had been shelved in favor of the concept that would eventually become Pinkerton. The song "Lisa" was recorded as part of this track list, but was not intended for SFTBH.
All recordings in this tracklist where the "from" field is left blank are the same recordings as tracklist 1.
| No. | Title | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blast Off!" | 1:57 | |
| 2. | "Who You Callin' Bitch?" | Fall 1995 demo | 0:46 |
| 3. | "Oh Jonas" | 0:26 | |
| 4. | "Please Remember" | Fall 1995 demo | 0:37 |
| 5. | "Come to My Pod" | 1:32 | |
| 6. | "Oh No, This Is Not for Me" | 0:44 | |
| 7. | "Tired of Sex" | 2:42 | |
| 8. | "She's Had a Girl" | 0:55 | |
| 9. | "Dude, We're Finally Landing" | 0:51 | |
| 10. | "Now I Finally See" | 0:41 | |
| 11. | "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams" | 2:48 | |
| 12. | "Lisa*" | February 1995 demo | 2:48 |
| 13. | "Superfriend" | 3:30 | |
| 14. | "Superfriend" (reprise) | Fall 1995 demo | 0:28 |
| 15. | "You Won't Get With Me Tonight" | 3:29 | |
| 16. | "What Is This I Find?" | 1:20 |
* Not intended for SFTBH.
Other songs
- "You Were a Man" - Unknown when recorded, released as part of Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years