Album 5 Demos
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The Album 5 Demos are a collection of songs recorded between 2002's Maladroit and 2005's Make Believe.
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[edit] Overview
The first batch of demos, with some being recorded before Maladroit's release, reflect the band's earliest attempts at a fifth album. These sessions broke a lot of new ground, including Rivers inviting other members to contribute and sing songs, an increased use of keyboards and organs, and reflecting a songwriting style by Rivers which focuses more on storytelling and less on his own feelings. Also, a few SS2K songs were recalled for the sessions. In an AIM chat with Rivers Cuomo on January 8, 2002, Cuomo described the sound of Weezer's fifth album as "a combination of The Green Album and Pinkerton, if that's possible! And some Maladroit. But really it's a new different style."
[edit] Studios
- March 3-8: Westlake Studios (Los Angeles)
- April 21-22: Sunset Sound (Hollywood)
- June-July: Sunset Sound
- July 16: unknown studio in Indianapolis
[edit] Song list
All songs written by Rivers Cuomo except where noted:
- "367"
- "Acapulco" (formerly "Puerto Vallarta")
- "Booby Trap"
- "Fontana"
- "Hey Domingo!"
- "Little Songs"
- "Lullaby"
- "Mad Kow"
- "Mansion Of Cardboard"
- "Misstep"
- "Mo' Beats"
- "Modern Dukes"
- "Private Message"
- "Prodigy Lover"
- "Queen Of Earth"
- "Reason To Worry" (written and sung by Pat Wilson)
- "Running Man"
- "Sacrifice"
- "She Who Is Militant"
- "Superstar"
- "The Organ Player"
- "The Story Is Wrong" (written and sung by Pat Wilson)
- "The Victor"
- "Untenable"
- "Yellow Camaro" (written and sung by Brian Bell)
After the Enlightenment tour, demos for the fifth album resumed at S.I.R. Studios, and carried through 2003. By mid-2003, Weezer began to play exclusively acoustic material before returning to electric, full-band material in 2004.
