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{{Hatnote|This page is for the early album concept which would eventually turn into Maladroit. For other uses of "The Black Album", see [[The Black Album (disambiguation)]]''}}
'''''The Black Album''''' is the name jokingly given to an unmastered set of demos recorded by [[Weezer]], recorded between [[October 21]] and [[November 10]], [[2001]] at [[Steakhouse demos|Steakhouse Studios]] and [[Cello Demos|Cello Studios]] for the band's planned fourth album (that would eventually become the [[2002]] album ''[[Maladroit]]''). 

==Overview==
As described by [[Karl Koch]] in the [[Recording History - Page 13#10/21/01 through 11/10/01 Steak House/Cello demos|Recording History]]:
{{Karlify|Interspersed with a bunch of shows and other business, a new set of album-preparing demos was recorded, starting at the Steakhouse studio, and concluding at Cello Studios. (Cello details below). As can be seen, a lot of work was done, which resulted in what was tenatively called weezers next album at the time. Indeed the final product was jokingly referred to as "The Black Album" on the rough cd's, a reference to Weezers 'color' albums and Metallica's and Princes "Black Albums" (Jay-Z's wasnt out yet). The final mixes do stand together as a 12 song album quite nicely, but work continued into 2002, eventually arriving at the bands 4th album [[Maladroit]].}}
Most of the songs would be attempted again during the sessions for ''[[Maladroit]]''.

==Track Listing==
As of [[November 5]], [[2001]], the early album's tracklist consisted of:
{{Track listing
| title1          = [[My Weakness]]
| note1           = re-recorded for ''Maladroit'' as "[[Seafaring Jamb]]"
| title2          = [[Change the World]]
| note2           = re-recorded for ''Maladroit''
| title3          = [[The Dawn]]
| note3           = 
| title4          = [[Ain't Got Much Time]]
| note4           = aka "Get Me On the Line" - re-recorded for ''Maladroit''
| title5          = [[We Go Together]]
| note5           = re-recorded for ''Maladroit''
| title6          = [[Fall Together]]
| note6           = re-recorded for and released on ''Maladroit''
| title7          = [[Diamond Rings]]
| note7           = aka "Anything But Love"
| title8          = [[Your Room]]
| note8           = re-recorded for ''Maladroit''
| title9          = [[Living Without You]]
| note9           = re-recorded for and released on international editions of ''Maladroit''
| title10         = [[So Low]]
| note10          = aka "Take Back The Love" - re-recorded for ''Maladroit''
| title11         = [[Faith in the Light]]
| note11          = aka "Everybody Depends On a Friend"
| title12         = [[Do You Want Me To Stay]]
| note12          = re-recorded for and released on ''Maladroit'' as "[[Love Explosion]]"
}}
The following songs were unlikely to have been finished during the Steakhouse/Cello Studios demo sessions, however were still included as part of the 11/5/01 tracklist:
{{Track listing
|title13         = [[Cygnus X-1]]
|note13          = aka "Smiths Jamb"
|title14         = [[Place the Blame]]
|note14          = re-recorded for and released on ''Maladroit'' as "[[Space Rock]]"
|title15         = [[As The Day Goes By]]
|note15          = aka "[[Flat Tire]]" - released in 2020 as part of ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''
|title16         = [[Porcupine|I Wanna Be With You]]
|note16          = aka "Spend Some Time" - re-recorded for ''Maladroit'' as "[[Porcupine]]"
|title17         = [[C'mon Lets Go]]
|note17          = aka "It's Only Rock n' Roll" - re-recorded for ''Maladroit'' as "[[Serendipity]]"
|title18         = [[Slave]]
|note18          = re-recorded for and released on ''Maladroit''
}}

==See also==
*[[List of studios Weezer has recorded at]]

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