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:''This page is for the first Alone album. For the Alone series, see [[Alone (series)]]''. | :''This page is for the first Alone album. For the Alone series, see [[Alone (series)]]''. | ||
'''''Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo''''' is a compilation album | '''''Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo''''' is a compilation album which was released on [[December 18]], [[2007]], consisting of demos recorded by Rivers Cuomo spanning from [[1992]]-[[2007]]. The album was the first of many released in the Alone series. | ||
==Overview== | |||
==Song selection== | ''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: | 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: | ||
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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." | 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." | ||
==Rivers' opinions== | ===Rivers' opinions=== | ||
When asked if there were embarrassing moments Rivers said, "Yeah, like hearing me rap on "[[The Bomb]]", so many out of tune vocals, ...uh...y'know... I wish I'd done a different chord progression in part of the verse of "[[Lemonade]]", [but] I like preserving it as it is." | When asked if there were embarrassing moments Rivers said, "Yeah, like hearing me rap on "[[The Bomb]]", so many out of tune vocals, ...uh...y'know... I wish I'd done a different chord progression in part of the verse of "[[Lemonade]]", [but] I like preserving it as it is." | ||