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Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo

EMAILPRINTby Rivers Cuomo

Rivers Cuomo reviews
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7.8 User Score:

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Based on 13 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: Geffen

Release Date: 18 December 2007

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock, Indie

Summary

The album by Weezer's frontman features home demos from 1992 to 2007.

What The Critics Said

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90

All Music Guide

Alone will stand as an idiosyncratic gem in his catalog, showcasing him at his eccentric best.

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80

Billboard

Alone is quirky, but also an intriguing glimpse into one artist's creative process.

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72

Pitchfork

If nothing else, Alone reminds us that a lot of those over-ambitious, silly-on-paper ideas often blossomed in Cuomo's hands, and there was more to Weezer in their early days than just crisp power-pop and cute videos.

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70

PopMatters

It’s not perfect, but it never tries to be. It shows Rivers Cuomo disarmed and open, doing what he loves.

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70

Hot Press

For Weezer fans awaiting the next installment, it adds up to a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of Cuomo’s sweet, strange mind.

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60

NOW Magazine

While Alone is a big ol’ mishmash of varying quality, it is, for the time being, the closest any of us will get to Cuomo’s former songwriting charm.

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60

Slant Magazine

For a collection of lo-fi home demos, Rivers Cuomo's Alone, in its better moments, sure does sound at times like a return to form.

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60

Spin

Many emotions clearly still linger, but as a songwriter, he seems to lack the desire that he once had to simply be sincere. [Feb 2008, p.95]

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60

Blender

Some are endearingly autistic... And some are sublimely idiculous. [Mar 2008, p.97]

50

cokemachineglow

White people shouldn’t try to be funky.

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50

Rolling Stone

But interesting the material is not: The tunes feel same-y and undercooked, and without a band to push him along, Cuomo's sad-dude act gets old fast.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club)

The sum of its charms--and there are a few--add up to something for only the most devoted in the Cuomo cult.

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50

Boston Globe

It's safe to say that Alone--a vigorously eclectic but mostly charmless collection culled from more than a decade's worth of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings--is strictly for hard-core fans of the geek-pop underdogs.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes

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