Monday, October 30, 2023

Weezer - The Black Album (2004)

 


1. Mr. Taxman
2. Listen Up
3. High Up Above
4. Saturday Night
5. Zep Jamb
6. We Go Together
7. How Long?
8. Broken Arrows
9. Don't Pick on Me
10. Your Room
11. Living Without You
12. Change the World (Edit)
13. Ain't Got Much Time
14. Serendipity
15. Porcupine 
Bonus Track - Sandwiches Time (Edit)

In 2004, Weezer were working on their fifth album which was officially released as Make Believe in 2005. I listened to a bootleg of demos from around this time called Unchained Melody and thought that there was only half an album of good material worth using. I think if Weezer did release an album this year, it should be of demos they recorded for Maladroit in 2002, similar to the Homecoming album. They recorded 31 songs but only used 13 of them, meaning there are 18 to choose from. I cut out a couple songs only cause I liked most of the material. 

They also said they were going to follow up their Green Album in 2001 with a Black Album, but instead they released Maladroit and didn't release a Black Album until 2018. The cover fits with this era of all four members being featured on the front. Living Without You was released as an international bonus track on Maladroit. I also edited out 30 seconds from the intro of Change the World and then I included Sandwiches Time as a bonus track. This is an edited version that combines the official version with falsetto vocals with the alternate version with regular vocals. For this I used the alternate vocals as a base and the falsetto vocals on the choruses. 

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