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 ''The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo'' leaked online on [[December 12]], 2007. When released, it opened with sales of 14,000, and debuted at #163 on the Billboard Top 200. The album also topped the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
+==Song selection==
+Certain songs immediately came to Cuomo's mind when picking songs for this demo compilation.  When deciding on the track listing, Cuomo listened to a great deal of his past recordings. He described choosing the songs to be very difficult. However, he knew very early in the process to include "[[Blast Off!]]" and other tracks from the aborted ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' because of the well-known high demand from fans for these songs. "I knew 'Blast Off' and some of these other ''Songs from The Black Hole'' had to be on there, because for years Weezer fans have been wanting to hear these songs, and I knew if I put out the album without these songs on there, they would hunt me down and kill me." Cuomo also considered releasing the entire ''Songs from the Black Hole'' album, but felt it wasn't right considering most of the songs have been released anyway, either as songs on ''[[Pinkerton]]'' or otherwise:
+"I thought about it for a long time.  I thought maybe I should release it as ''The Black Hole'' and put the demos in the right order, but like I said, it was never finished, so it wouldn't really stand up, like it wouldn't be a very good listen... It was a very tough decision, but in the end I concluded that this is the best possible CD I could put out, given all the material I have. This is the best listen and this is what I want to give to the world."
+Cuomo then added, "It was really tough to pick the songs.  And I think there's at least one more good CD I could put out with these songs."
+Cuomo was unsure of adding some songs.  Namely "Lemonade" because it was 'very early in [his] career' and also "The Bomb", but Rivers also said, "Given all the material I have, this is the best listen."
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-==Song selection==
-Certain songs immediately came to his mind when picking songs.  When deciding on the track listing, Cuomo listened to a great deal of his past recordings. He described choosing the songs to be very difficult. However, he knew very early in the process to include "[[Blast Off!]]" and other tracks from the aborted ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' because of the well-known high demand from fans for these songs. "I knew 'Blast Off' and some of these other ''Songs from The Black Hole'' had to be on there, because for years Weezer fans have been wanting to hear these songs, and I knew if I put out the album without these songs on there, they would hunt me down and kill me." Cuomo also considered releasing the entire ''Songs from the Black Hole'' album, but felt it wasn't right considering most of the songs have been released anyway, either as songs on ''[[Pinkerton]]'' or otherwise:
-"I thought about it for a long time.  I thought maybe I should release it as ''The Black Hole'' and put the demos in the right order, but like I said, it was never finished, so it wouldn't really stand up, like it wouldn't be a very good listen... It was a very tough decision, but in the end I concluded that this is the best possible CD I could put out, given all the material I have. This is the best listen and this is what I want to give to the world."
-Cuomo then added, "It was really tough to pick the songs.  And I think there's at least one more good CD I could put out with these songs."
-Cuomo was unsure of adding some songs.  Namely "Lemonade" because it was 'very early in [his] career' and also "The Bomb", but Rivers also said, "Given all the material I have, this is the best listen."
 == See also ==