Topic: Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (Read 7750 times)

Zemoth · « **on:** 20 Dec 2007, 06:17 »

Rivers is one of the only reasons I still have hope in the music industry, but thats just the horrible fanboy inside me talking.
It seems though that this album seems a little half baked compared to lets say, The Pixies demo compilations.
I love every second of this album but there is this bitter feeling somewhere.

Am I wrong? Other thoughts on the album? etc.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 06:29 »

Superfriend's on it, right?

*heads off to find a torrent*

Zemoth · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 08:07 »

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Trackers for the 85.2Mb one

Hell yes superfriends

Johnny C · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 08:10 »

A friend of mine picked this up, I think.

The early demos I'm excited for, the recent ones not so much. The last record was so incredibly awful.

valley_parade · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 08:18 »

But the A5 demos were so, so good.

Anyway. Digging this right now. I totally forgot about "Longtime Sunshine", such a good song.

Thrillho · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 09:59 »

The demos for Album 5 shat all over the actual album, though I do like it a lot.

I need to buy this tomorrow.

Christophe · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 14:12 »

nooooooo

I refuse to entertain a Weezer relapse, I refuse to revisit my ATNW days...

That being said, Blast Off has always kicked ass. Who knows, I might idly download this some day.

Joseph · « **Reply #7 on:** 20 Dec 2007, 22:00 »

I love this compilation. If it could count as an album, it'd be one of my favourites of the year. Plenty of fantastic songs, even the newer ones. As has been said, the A5 demos were great, so I really believe the band has somethings still going for them, and I'm looking forward to the album that they're putting together for next year.

valley_parade · « **Reply #8 on:** 24 Dec 2007, 06:53 »

Quote from: tommydski on 20 Dec 2007, 15:18

As has already been said, those Album 5 demos from a couple of years previously were some truly great songs. They would have made a really interesting double album.

What the fuck happened?

Rivers went back to Harvard to finish up his degree between the A5 demos and the actual album.

I'm blaming Harvard.

yossarian07 · « **Reply #9 on:** 24 Dec 2007, 15:18 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 24 Dec 2007, 06:53

Quote from: tommydski on 20 Dec 2007, 15:18
As has already been said, those Album 5 demos from a couple of years previously were some truly great songs. They would have made a really interesting double album.

What the fuck happened?

Rivers went back to Harvard to finish up his degree between the A5 demos and the actual album.

I'm blaming Harvard.

Hah. Who goes to harvard and becomes a professional musician? I've got a friend who refuses to listen to Weezer just because of that.

Thrillho · « **Reply #10 on:** 24 Dec 2007, 17:31 »

Uh, your friend is a dick.

yossarian07 · « **Reply #11 on:** 24 Dec 2007, 21:07 »

I just downloaded it. I'm digging "Lover in the Snow"

Kai · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 Dec 2007, 09:12 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid on 24 Dec 2007, 17:31

Uh, your friend is a dick.

Seconded

Somebody YSI this.

valley_parade · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 Dec 2007, 08:13 »

Uploading as we speak, Kai.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 Dec 2007, 16:58 »

Does anyone else get the feeling that this release is a desperate stab at indie cred/old Weezer fan cred after a good three albums of populist crap?? I mean, in retrospect, the Green Album isn't completely terrible, but it is kind of the beginning of the end, right??

Joseph · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Dec 2007, 17:37 »

I couldn't care less about whether it's a stab at "cred" or not. I only care that it's a collection of really great songs. I'm happy enough with that.

Johnny C · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 Dec 2007, 01:03 »

It's not really a cred-grab. These songs have all been floating around for years and Cuomo was in whole or in part responsible for that. It's more a way to collect them all.

valley_parade · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 Dec 2007, 07:03 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 28 Dec 2007, 16:58

Does anyone else get the feeling that this release is a desperate stab at indie cred/old Weezer fan cred after a good three albums of populist crap?? I mean, in retrospect, the Green Album isn't completely terrible, but it is kind of the beginning of the end, right??

I actually like Maladroit more than I do the Green Album.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 Dec 2007, 08:03 »

Well, I guess I was wrong again.

Johnny C · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 Dec 2007, 11:44 »

There's a definite difference between the gleeful embrace of populist rock music embodied by the first record and the callous shallow garbage on Make Believe though.

Johnny C · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 Dec 2007, 22:48 »

Well yeah, for you to be able to verify that statement you'd have to sit through Make Believe once.

valley_parade · « **Reply #21 on:** 30 Dec 2007, 07:04 »

I did that once.

I was really bored.

pentaen · « **Reply #22 on:** 27 Nov 2008, 13:43 »

i sure hope nobody puts up a media fire link, and i really hope nobody puts up a mediafire link to the follow up album too.....

Patrick · « **Reply #23 on:** 27 Nov 2008, 15:39 »

MAN YOU ARE SUCH A FUCKER TOMMY

Thrillho · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 Nov 2008, 05:19 »

Note to self: Bum a review copy of this.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (Read 7750 times)

Zemoth

Zemoth

yossarian07

yossarian07

ScrambledGregs

ScrambledGregs