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As | As ''Make Believe'' was being written, [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers]] was leaving most of his songs to the band to work on as he returned to Harvard. While away, the band brought back several songs that Rivers had slowly forgotten about such as [[Freak Me Out]] and [[The Damage In Your Heart]]. As the album continued to be recorded, several tracklists, A-Lists and B-Lists were written, recorded, re-worked and re-recorded. | ||
While the album grew, several songs slowly fell off until Rivers finally had a somewhat clear idea of where he saw Weezer's next album heading. He tentatively was calling the album "''Either Way, I'm Fine''". However, shortly before ''Make Believe'' was finalized and mixed, the band expressed that they saw a new direction for the album. | While the album grew, several songs slowly fell off until Rivers finally had a somewhat clear idea of where he saw Weezer's next album heading. He tentatively was calling the album "''Either Way, I'm Fine''". However, shortly before ''Make Believe'' was finalized and mixed, the band expressed that they saw a new direction for the album. | ||
Said [[Karl Koch|Karl]], | Said [[Karl Koch|Karl]], | ||
''"Clearly, things were shifting rapidly. After practically forgetting about the recordings from Cello in 12/03, a group listening session with Rick revealed that they loved some of those recordings after all, and in fact m slew of the fall '04 work was tossed in favor of the | ''"Clearly, things were shifting rapidly. After practically forgetting about the recordings from Cello in 12/03, a group listening session with Rick revealed that they loved some of those recordings after all, and in fact m slew of the fall '04 work was tossed in favor of the earlier work. Of course, most of the old recordings had never had their proper overdub and final vocal work done on them, so the band got busy in Rick's home studio (and possibly another LA location) in February, hammering out what was needed to be finished. | ||
Geffen Records was talking a spring release, so the final masters would have to be handed in by early March at the latest - not much time! (Not to mention the artwork, title, etc, all of which was under way by this point too). With less than a month to go, new recording sessions happened at a blistering pace, and the tracklist was STILL not finalized yet. Even at that late point, more changes were being made, such as the re-introduction of "The Other Way" In addition to other tracklist changes. | Geffen Records was talking a spring release, so the final masters would have to be handed in by early March at the latest - not much time! (Not to mention the artwork, title, etc, all of which was under way by this point too). With less than a month to go, new recording sessions happened at a blistering pace, and the tracklist was STILL not finalized yet. Even at that late point, more changes were being made, such as the re-introduction of "The Other Way" In addition to other tracklist changes. | ||