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* ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | * ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|"No One Else" is the jealous-obsessive asshole in me freaking out my girlfriend and "The World Has Turned" is the same asshole wondering why she's gone.|[[:File:Weezer- | {{Rivers Cuomo quote|"No One Else" is the jealous-obsessive asshole in me freaking out my girlfriend and "The World Has Turned" is the same asshole wondering why she's gone.|[[:File:Weezer-03_zpsde6a4a50.jpg|press kit]] for ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''''}} | ||
{{Comp elements|song=No One Else|key=E|bpm=138|timesig=4/4}}[[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote "No One Else" about a former girlfriend named Petra.<ref>"No One Else" ''Riverpedia''. 22 September 2020. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'' https://web.archive.org/web/20210722123508/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/No%20One%20Else</ref> The song is first known to have been demoed to 8-track by Cuomo in August of [[1992]].<ref name="rechist3">[[Recording_History_-_Page_3|Weezer Recording History - Page 3]]</ref> It was attempted by [[Weezer]] the same month during the sessions for [[The Kitchen Tape|Weezer's second demo]] (The "Kitchen Tape"), but remained unfinished. The song was first played live on [[September 15]], 1992 at [[Weezer concert: 09/15/1992 - Los Angeles, CA|a show at Coconut Teaszer]] in Los Angeles. In describing the show, [[Karl Koch]] noted that the song "started to steer the band in a previously invisible direction."<ref name="rechist3" /> "No One Else" is notable for being the only track on ''The Blue Album'' played in standard tuning; all other tracks were recorded a half-step down. | {{Comp elements|song=No One Else|key=E|bpm=138|timesig=4/4}}[[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote "No One Else" about a former girlfriend named Petra.<ref>"No One Else" ''Riverpedia''. 22 September 2020. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'' https://web.archive.org/web/20210722123508/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/No%20One%20Else</ref> The song is first known to have been demoed to 8-track by Cuomo in August of [[1992]].<ref name="rechist3">[[Recording_History_-_Page_3|Weezer Recording History - Page 3]]</ref> It was attempted by [[Weezer]] the same month during the sessions for [[The Kitchen Tape|Weezer's second demo]] (The "Kitchen Tape"), but remained unfinished. The song was first played live on [[September 15]], 1992 at [[Weezer concert: 09/15/1992 - Los Angeles, CA|a show at Coconut Teaszer]] in Los Angeles. In describing the show, [[Karl Koch]] noted that the song "started to steer the band in a previously invisible direction."<ref name="rechist3" /> "No One Else" is notable for being the only track on ''The Blue Album'' played in standard tuning; all other tracks were recorded a half-step down. | ||
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The original 8-track demo of "No One Else", recorded solo by Cuomo, was first made available to fans on [[November 7]], [[2020]], when the song was among hundreds leaked through the then-unfinished [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]]. Cuomo made the song available for one-time purchase a few days later upon the launch of the storefront on [[November 11]], whereupon an anonymous user purchased it. The song was made available for purchase to all later that month, on [[November 22]], when it was made available as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''. | The original 8-track demo of "No One Else", recorded solo by Cuomo, was first made available to fans on [[November 7]], [[2020]], when the song was among hundreds leaked through the then-unfinished [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]]. Cuomo made the song available for one-time purchase a few days later upon the launch of the storefront on [[November 11]], whereupon an anonymous user purchased it. The song was made available for purchase to all later that month, on [[November 22]], when it was made available as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''. | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
===Official releases=== | ===Official releases=== | ||