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The first release was ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' in 2007, followed by ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' in 2008. Both discs contains detailed liner notes written by Cuomo about the creation of each song. A few days after the release of ''Alone II'', Cuomo organized a [[hootenanny]] at Fingerprints Records in Long Beach, California wherein Cuomo performed vocals for songs accompanied by fans playing instruments. [[Alone II hootenanny|This performance]] was released to independent record stores the following year as ''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' in both CD and DVD formats. A third installment in the ''Alone'' series, ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]]'', appeared as a pack-in CD with the book ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]'' which documents Cuomo's life from the release of ''[[The Blue Album]]'' through the end of the release cycle for ''[[Pinkerton]]'' and includes photographs, essays, and journal entries from that period. | The first release was ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' in 2007, followed by ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' in 2008. Both discs contains detailed liner notes written by Cuomo about the creation of each song. A few days after the release of ''Alone II'', Cuomo organized a [[hootenanny]] at Fingerprints Records in Long Beach, California wherein Cuomo performed vocals for songs accompanied by fans playing instruments. [[Alone II hootenanny|This performance]] was released to independent record stores the following year as ''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' in both CD and DVD formats. A third installment in the ''Alone'' series, ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]]'', appeared as a pack-in CD with the book ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]'' which documents Cuomo's life from the release of ''[[The Blue Album]]'' through the end of the release cycle for ''[[Pinkerton]]'' and includes photographs, essays, and journal entries from that period. | ||
In a [[USTREAM]] chat on [[September 5]], [[2010]] and again in an interview with SPIN magazine[https://www.spin.com/2010/11/rivers-cuomo-theres-so-much-pain-my-voice/], Cuomo hinted that an ''Alone IV'', ''V'' and ''VI'' would be released in the future, with ''Alone IV'' and ''V'' containing more of Cuomo's demos while Alone VI would be cover songs. In the SPIN article, Cuomo was misquoted as saying Alone VI would “just be Rivers songs”. Cuomo later | In a [[USTREAM]] chat on [[September 5]], [[2010]] and again in an interview with SPIN magazine[https://www.spin.com/2010/11/rivers-cuomo-theres-so-much-pain-my-voice/], Cuomo hinted that an ''Alone IV'', ''V'' and ''VI'' would be released in the future, with ''Alone IV'' and ''V'' containing more of Cuomo's original demos while Alone VI would be cover songs. In the SPIN article, Cuomo was misquoted as saying Alone VI would “just be Rivers songs”. Cuomo later reiterated to fans that ''Alone VI'' would consist solely of cover songs. According to fans who attended [[Nerd Night]] around 2013 or 2014, ''Alone IV'' was, at the time, considered as a compilation of demos for already-released Weezer songs [http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/why-were-probably-never-getting-an-alone-iv.51804/#post-1741565]. These installments ultimately never materialized, however. In an interview with Dazed, Cuomo expressed regret over releasing the existing ''Alone'' albums [https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37880/1/rivers-cuomo-on-dark-thoughts-post-malone-being-prolific]: | ||
<blockquote>''I wish I hadn’t, but I did. It’s kind of embarrassing. If you search for my name on Spotify, that’s what comes up. I should put out something more pro also so people don’t think that’s all I do.''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''I wish I hadn’t, but I did. It’s kind of embarrassing. If you search for my name on Spotify, that’s what comes up. I should put out something more pro also so people don’t think that’s all I do.''</blockquote> | ||
In [[2019]], Cuomo has described his more recent writing process as utilizing demos as far back as the early 90s [http://www.alternativenation.net/weezer-admit-imitating-chris-cornell-surprising-song/]: | In [[2019]], Cuomo has described his more recent writing process as utilizing demos as far back as the early 90s [http://www.alternativenation.net/weezer-admit-imitating-chris-cornell-surprising-song/]: | ||