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-'''''Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997''''' is a compilation album by [[Weezer]] frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]].  It is the third entry in the [[Alone Series]] following [[2007]]'s ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' and [[2008]]'s ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''.  The title "Alone III: The Pinkerton Years" was announced in an [[August 19]], [[2010]] posting by [[Rivers Cuomo]] on the [[weezer.com]] forums.  On the release date of ''[[Hurley]]'', during the 98.7 radio event "Breakfast With Weezer", Cuomo stated that ''Alone III'' would come out in December 2010 and would contain the rest of the unreleased ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. He later posted on his Facebook account that it had been green-lighted and would hopefully be released in January 2011. During a "[[Nerd Night]]" in September 2011, [[Sarah C. Kim]] stated that the album should be released in November.  The album was finally released [[December 12]], 2011.
+'''''Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997''''' is a compilation album by [[Weezer]] frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]].  It is the third entry in the [[Alone Series]] following [[2007]]'s ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' and [[2008]]'s ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. It has, to date, only been included as a CD insert included with the (now out-of-print) book ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''.
+==Overview==
+The title "''Alone III: The Pinkerton Years''" was announced in an [[August 19]], [[2010]] post by [[Rivers Cuomo]] on the [[weezer.com]] forums.  On the release date of ''[[Hurley]]'', during the 98.7 radio event "Breakfast With Weezer", Cuomo stated that ''Alone III'' would come out in December 2010 and would contain the rest of the unreleased ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. He later posted on his Facebook account that it had been greenlit and would, hopefully, be released in January 2011. During a "[[Nerd Night]]" in September 2011, [[Sarah C. Kim]] stated that the album should be released in November.  The album was finally released [[December 12]], 2011.
-Cuomo had played several of the demos on his USTREAM before the CD was released, including [[I'm Lonely On A Saturday Night]], [[I'm on Fire, You're a Liar]], [[Getchoo]], [[Susanne]], [[Waiting On You]], and [[Now I Finally See]].
+Though the album's subtitle suggests that it contains songs between the years 1994 and 1997, this range actually only applies to the accompanying ''Pinkerton Diaries''. The songs featured on the CD range from 1993 to 1996.
-Contrary to rumor, Rivers' demo of "Devotion" was never part of the tracklist for the album.
+Cuomo played several of the demos on [[USTREAM]] before the CD was released, including [[I'm Lonely On A Saturday Night]], [[I'm on Fire, You're a Liar]], [[Getchoo]], [[Susanne]], [[Waiting On You]], and [[Now I Finally See]].
+Contrary to rumor, Rivers' demo of "[[Devotion]]" is not known to have been considered for inclusion on the album.
 ==Track listing==
 #[[I'm So Lonely]] - 0:19