Monterey Jack
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Released | 2020 | |
| Recorded | 1992-1993 | |
Monterey Jack is a cassette compilation by Rivers Cuomo, featuring demos recorded from 1992 through 1993. The cassette's existence became known when a photo of it was featured in the liner notes for Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo. Songs from the compilation were listed on the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com in 2020. A majority of the demo was released as part of the digital compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years on November 22, 2020, with some songs later released on Patrick & Rivers on December 9, 2020.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Simply State" | Rivers Cuomo | 1:32 |
| 2. | "The Purification of Water" | Cuomo | 2:53 |
| 3. | "The Bottle of Wine Song" | Cuomo/Patrick Wilson | 2:36 |
| 4. | "Why Can't You Be There?" | Cuomo/Wilson | 1:53 |
| 5. | "Why Do We Hurt Each Other?" | Cuomo | 2:56 |
| 6. | "Sweet Peepers" | Cuomo | 1:26 |
| 7. | "No One Else" | Cuomo | 3:10 |
| 8. | "I Dropped the Bomb" | Cuomo | |
| 9. | "Too Good for Me" | Cuomo | 1:26 |
| 10. | "Superman" | Cuomo | 2:11 |
| 11. | "Why Are We?" | Cuomo | 2:44 |
| 12. | "Say It Ain't So" | Cuomo | 1:24 |
| 13. | "Please Pick Up the Phone" | Cuomo | 3:23 |
| 14. | "Ooh" | Cuomo | 0:47 |
| 15. | "He's My Sweetheart" | Cuomo | 0:43 |
| 16. | "Punk Rock Snippet" | Cuomo | 0:29 |
| 17. | "Lullaby for Wayne" | Cuomo/Wilson | 3:17 |
| 18. | "I've Thrown It All Away" | Cuomo/Wilson | 2:54 |
| 19. | "I Need Some Touch" | Cuomo/Wilson | 3:57 |
| 20. | "Comin' Home (Left My Broken Heart in Carolina)" | Cuomo | 2:39 |
| 21. | "When You're Near Me" | Cuomo | 0:30 |
| 22. | "Jamie" | Cuomo | 4:36 |
| 23. | "Because" | John Lennon/Paul McCartney | |
| 24. | "Lemonade" | Cuomo/Wilson | 2:31 |
| 25. | "If I Fell" | Lennon/McCartney | 2:20 |
| 26. | "Don't Worry Baby" | Brian Wilson/Roger Christian | 2:58 |
| 27. | "Punk Rock Girl" | Cuomo | 2:15 |