Rivers Cuomo - Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
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Artist: Rivers CuomoEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Music Label: Geffen Records
Soundtracks:
- Ooh
- The World We Love So Much
- Lemonade
- The Bomb
- Buddy Holly
- Chess
- Longtime Sunshine
- Blast Off!
- Who You Callin' Bitch?
- Wanda (You're My Only Love)
- Dude We're Finally Landing
- Superfriend
- Lover In The Snow
- Crazy One
- This Is The Way
- Little Diane
- I Wish You Had An Axe Guitar
- I Was Made For You
Music reviews of Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Music Review: Discarded Flaws and Gems
Rating: 4 Stars
Anyone who is a Weezer fan should get this cd just for the glimpse it offers into the creative process of Rivers Cuomo. Complete with liner notes by the artist himself, we get a collection of songs that range from discarded gems like "Superfriend" and "This is the Way" to playful nonsense of "Lemonade" and "Chess." After listening to this release, I'd have to say that most of the songs were rightly left off of Weezer's official releases as they benefit more from this low key format even more than many fans might suspect. There's something about envisioning the songwriter alone in a room with just his guitar, some equipment, and the song that makes it a more personal listening experience. While not quite as bleak or anywhere as good as say Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, this collection is comparable in that it really conveys the craft of the songwriter without letting the loudness of the music overpower the songs.
This collection does have its flaws. Cuomo's lyrics have always had a tendency to rely heavily on cliches and generic phrases. Much like with the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, his talent really is his natural instinct for time changes and melody rather than with lyrics. There are times I listen to Weezer and wish that for just one album Cuomo would try to ditch his lyrical comfort zone, but if you're a Weezer fan these songs are written in the same manner as all his other songs so you probably don't mind.
We also get a glimpse of what the imfamous Songs from the Black Hole album might have sounded like if it had really taken shape. Certainly an ambitious project that probably needed some further refining, the songs represened here from that project are "Blast Off," "Who You Callin' B***?" "Dude, We're Finally Landing" and "Superfriend". "Longtime Sunshine" was once thought to be part of that project as well. "Blast Off / Who You Callin ..." and "Superfriend" are real highlights in this collection, but the plot of this concept album seems a litttle muddled so it was probably for the best that they recorded Pinkerton which turns out to be my favorite Weezer album.
Overall, I'd say the real gems in this collection are "Blast Off / Who You Callin'", "Wanda (You're My Only Love)", "Superfriend", "Lover in the Snow", "Crazy One", "This is the Way", and "I Was Made For You". Some other songs would certainly be interesting for hardcorefans, but for the most part prove pretty disposable like "Ohh", "Lemonade" and "Chess". Cuomo's liner notes certainly enahnace the listening experience.
Description of Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
ALONE THE HOME RECORDINGS OFRIVERS CUOMO - FIRST TIME MADE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE!WEEZER's frontman & songwriter / visionary Rivers Cuomo releases a very special album of home demos. "Buddy Holly" became a Weezer song, while others remained in his personal vault. A true treasure chest for Weezer fans and fans of great Modern Rock songs.
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