With the release of the surprisingly strong Hurley from those crazy pop-rockers Weezer, it's a delight to see Rivers Cuomo and company back in the public eye. Sure, everyone likes to come down on their more recent material - say, everything after their self-titled "Green Album" in 2001 - for being overly polished and lacking the depth of their excellent first two records, but the fact that Cuomo can pen so many catchy pop hooks on a single album is admittedly stunning. And this year, the band's longtime home Geffen Records (which Weezer only recently left for indie label Epitaph earlier this year) will release a deluge of material revisiting some of the more prolific years in the band's career.
We've known about the planned titles for awhile: both a long-discussed compilation of unreleased material, Death to False Metal (previously titled Odds and Ends), and a deluxe edition of 1995's monumental Pinkerton are planned for a November 2 release, while another volume in Rivers Cuomo's home demo series - Alone III: The Pinkerton Years - is also planned for an as-yet undetermined future release.
Details have now come out for the Pinkerton reissue, which will feature all the relevant B-sides from the era as well as a few long-requested unreleased tunes. Check out the track listings after the jump. (Annotation comes courtesy of the insanely devoted Weezerpedia.)
Weezer, Pinkerton: Deluxe Edition (DGC/UMe, 2010)
Disc 1: Original LP, B-sides and more
- Tired of Sex
- Getchoo
- No Other One
- Why Bother?
- Across the Sea
- The Good Life
- El Scorcho
- Pink Triangle
- Falling for You
- Butterfly
- You Gave Your Love to Me Softly
- Devotion
- The Good Life (Radio Remix)
- Waiting on You
- I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams
- The Good Life (Live Acoustic)
- Pink Triangle (Radio Remix)
- I Swear It's True *
- Pink Triangle (live acoustic)
Disc 2: Demos and Alternates
- You Won't Get with Me Tonight
- The Good Life (Live at Y100 Sonic Session) *
- El Scorcho (Live at Y100 Sonic Session) *
- Pink Triangle (Live at Y100 Sonic Session) *
- Why Bother? (Live @ the Reading Festival - 8/23/1996) *
- El Scorcho (Live @ the Reading Festival - 8/23/1996) *
- Pink Triangle (Live @ the Reading Festival - 8/23/1996) *
- The Good Life (Live at X96 KXRK-FM, Salt Lake City - 6/5/1997)
- Across the Sea (Piano Noodles) *
- Butterfly (Alternate) *
- Longtime Sunshine *
- Getting Up and Leaving *
- Tired of Sex (Tracking Rough) *
- Getchoo (Tracking Rough) *
- Tragic Girl *
Disc 1, Tracks 1-10 from original LP (DGC DGCD-25007, 1996)
Disc 1, Tracks 11-12 from "El Scorcho" U.K. CD single - Geffen GED-22177, 1996
Disc 1, Tracks 13-15 from "The Good Life" U.K. CD single - Geffen GFSTM-22202, 1996
Disc 1, Tracks 16 and 19 from "The Good Life" AUS CD single - Geffen GEFDM-22202, 1996
Disc 1, Track 17 from "Pink Triangle" promo CD single - DGC, 1996
Disc 1, Track 18 and Disc 2, Track 12 intended for cancelled "Pink Triangle" CD single - DGC, 1996
Disc 2, Track 1 from Buddyhead Presents...Gimme Skelter - Nettwerk, 2003
Disc 1, Tracks 2-4 possibly released on Y-100 Sonic Sessions promo compilation, 1997
Disc 2, Track 8 from X96 More Cheap Live promo compilation, 1998
All tracks marked * are previously unreleased
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