The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo

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Rivers Cuomo's original spreadsheet circa July 24, 2008
Rivers Cuomo's spreadsheet circa October 30, 2010

"The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo" (written, or deliberately stylized, on the spreadsheet as "The 4 and 5 star demos of river como") is a spreadsheet created and maintained by Rivers Cuomo that lists the names of demos he deems of high quality. On July 24, 2008, it was posted on riverscuomo.com, with certain songs designated as songs that either appeared on Alone, Buddyhead's Gimme Skelter compilation, or the then unreleased Alone II. It released the previously unknown track list of Alone II. An updated version of the spreadsheet was again posted on riverscuomo.com temporarily on October 30, 2010 featuring tracks attributed to Alone III.

Analysis

Changes to the Alone II track listing were made following the release of the spreadsheet, with "I've Thrown It All Away", "Bad Girl," "Softies" removed in favor of "Victory on the Hill," "Harvard Blues," "My Brain Is Working Overtime," "Can't Stop Partying," "I Admire You So Much," and "Cold and Damp." All the 2008 spreadsheet entries were conceived or retooled after Geffen wanted more commercial material for The Red Album.[citation needed] The album metadata mp3 tag for this batch of songs is named "Last Ditch Efforts for Album 6".

Key:

Demo available Demo not available
The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo
1 I Wish You Had an Axe Guitar Alone
1991
2 Ain't Got No Words - Fuzz Alone V: Before Weezer
3 The Answer Man - Fuzz Alone V: Before Weezer
4 The Biggest Animal - Fuzz Alone V: Before Weezer
5 Burn Yer Bridges - Fuzz
6 I Can't Forget the Way Alone V: Before Weezer
7 It Holds Me Together Alone V: Before Weezer
8 Spiderbitch - Fuzz Alone V: Before Weezer
9 Why Do We Hurt Each Other Alone V: Before Weezer
10 Crazy Rock n Rollers Alone V: Before Weezer
11 Undone Alone V: Before Weezer
12 Colmusheen Alone V: Before Weezer
1992
13 Little Bag Alone V: Before Weezer
14 Close Your Eyes and Give Me a Kiss Alone V: Before Weezer
15 Make Me a Pallet Alone V: Before Weezer
16 Thief You've Taken All That Was Me Patrick & Rivers
17 The World We Love So Much Alone
18 Paper Face Alone II
19 The Bottle of Wine Song Patrick & Rivers
20 Superman Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
21 Why Are We? Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
22 The Bomb Alone
23 Ooh Alone
24 Say It Ain't So Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
25 Sweet Peepers Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
26 No One Else Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
27 Too Good for Me Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
28 Thrown It All Away Patrick & Rivers
1993
29 I Need Some Touch Patrick & Rivers
30 Comin' Home (Left My Broken Heart in Carolina) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
31 When You're Near Me Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
32 Lemonade Alone
33 If I Fell Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
34 Don't Worry Baby Alone II
35 Punk Rock Girl Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
36 He's My Sweetheart Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
37 Negativland Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
38 Chess Alone
39 Souvenirs, Novelties, Party Tricks
40 Buddy Holly Alone
41 The Purification of Water Alone II
42 Hot Tub Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
43 I Swear It's True
44 Longtime Sunshine Alone
45 Rivers and Karl: album titles recapping - Gramercy Park
46 Tired of Sex Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
47 When You’re Alone Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
48 Victory on the Hill Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
1994
49 Surfer Girl Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
50 Money Makes Me Happy Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
51 Dangling on the End of My String Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
52 I'm on Fire, You're a Liar Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
53 Oh God I'm Hungry Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
54 Clarinet Waltz Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
55 I'll Think About You Alone II
56 Let Me Wash at Your Sink Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
1995
57 Defeat on the Hill Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
58 Walt Disney Alone II
59 I'm So Lonely Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
60 Wanda (You're My Only Love) Alone
61 Come to My Pod Alone II
62 Lisa Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
63 I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
64 Dude, We're Finally Landing Alone
65 Now I Finally See Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
66 1995 Longtime Sunshine Reprise Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
67 1995 Longtime Sunshine Vocals #3 Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
68 Oh Jonas Alone II
69 Please Remember Alone II
70 Oh No This is Not For Me Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
71 She's Had a Girl Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
72 Blast Off! Alone
73 Who You Callin' Bitch? Alone
74 Superfriend Reprise Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
75 You Won't Get With Me Tonight Gimme Skelter: A Buddhead Compilation
76 What Is This I Find? Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
77 Superfriend Alone
78 1995-04-15 RC After Operation Alone III: The Pinkerton Years
1996
79 Sheila Can Do It
1997
80 Harvard Blues Alone II
81 1,000 Years
82 The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World Alone II
83 Lover in the Snow Alone
1998
84 Cheap Love Alone VI: The Black Room
85 C-9 Average Town Alone VI: The Black Room
86 TKX-91 I Don't Need You Alone VI: The Black Room
87 Crazy One Alone
1999
88 Labrador Alone VI: The Black Room
89 049 Cold and Damp Alone II
90 057 Robinson's May Alone VI: The Black Room
91 092 My Brain Alone VI: The Black Room
92 107 French Pop Alone VI: The Black Room
93 109 Island in the Sun Alone VI: The Black Room
94 113 Always Alone VI: The Black Room
2000
95 168 You Stupid Piece of Shit Alone VII: The Green Years
96 234 No Way Alone VII: The Green Years
2001
97 333 I Admire You So Much Alone II
2002
98 391 Cloudy Day Patrick & Rivers
99 404 I Don't Need You Alone VI: The Black Room TKX-91 1998-08
100 King of Earth Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
101 Perfect Situation Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
102 Turn Me Round Raditude (iTunes Bonus)
Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
103 386 Everybody Let's Rock Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
104 431 I Want to Take You Home Tonight Alone II
2003
105 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
106 Without You
107 I Woke Up in Love This Morning
108 Little Diane Alone
109 I Was Scared Alone II
110 Tell Me What I Want Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
111 Unbreak My Heart
112 580 Gimmie Gimmie
2004
113 395 Everything For Me Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
114 092 My Brain is Working Overtime Alone II
115 578 Purple Flowers Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
116 368 Show Me Who You Are Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
117 556 Stand Up Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
118 622 Love is the Answer Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
119 Beverly Hills Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
120 The Average Person Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
121 621 Me and My Posse Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
122 I Was Made For You Alone
123 532 Where to Start Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
124 397 Everybody Wants a Chance to Feel All Alone Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
125 544 Why Oh Why Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
126 Annie's Song
127 Tomorrow
128 You're My Best Friend Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
2006
129 Unspoken Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
130 Memories Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
131 Bad Girl Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
132 Get Me Mine Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
133 Autopilot Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
134 Shut Your Mouth Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
135 Respect Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
136 The Angel and the One Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
137 The Odd Couple Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
138 Pig Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
139 Piece of the Pie Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
140 My Day is Coming Alone II
141 Miss Sweeney Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
142 Leader of the Pack Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
143 Everybody Get Dangerous Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
144 King Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
145 Here Comes the Girl Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
146 Heart Songs Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
2007
147 618 How Was I to Know Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
148 The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
149 The Greatest Man That Ever Lived Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
150 This Is the Way Alone
151 These Things That You Do Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
152 Run Over By a Truck Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
153 I Don't Wanna Let You Go Alone II
154 My Folks Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
155 Mother Dearest Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
156 Cold Dark World
157 Daydreamer Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
158 My Little Girl
2008
159 Can't Stop Partying Alone II
160 East Coast vs. West Coast Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
161 Softies Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
162 I Want to Be Something Hurley (Deluxe)
163 Who Do You Think You Are?
164 Pork and Beans Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
165 Troublemaker Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years

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