The Rentals - 1999 - Seven More Minutes (320kbps) KindMetalRG

Description

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Styles:

* Alternative Pop/ Rock
* Indie Rock

Artist:

The Rentals



Album:

Seven More Minutes



Tracks:

1. (00:02:52) The Rentals - Getting By
2. (00:04:18) The Rentals - Hello, Hello
3. (00:04:00) The Rentals - She Says It's Alright
4. (00:04:04) The Rentals - The Cruise
5. (00:04:05) The Rentals - Barcelona
6. (00:03:56) The Rentals - Say Goodbye Forever
7. (00:05:32) The Rentals - Overlee
8. (00:03:21) The Rentals - Big Daddy C.
9. (00:03:43) The Rentals - Keep Sleeping
10. (00:04:39) The Rentals - The Man With Two Brains
11. (00:04:31) The Rentals - Must Be Wrong
12. (00:01:57) The Rentals - Insomnia
13. (00:01:10) The Rentals - It's Alright (Reprise)
14. (00:04:42) The Rentals - My Head Is in the Sun

Playing Time.........: 00:52:49
Total Size...........: 111.10 MB

NFO generated on.....: 10/27/2006 9:25:53 AM

Rating (Stars Of Five):

3

Review:

Somewhere between the surprise success of The Return of the Rentals and the draining tour for Weezer's second album, Pinkerton, the Rentals became more than a side project for Matt Sharp. He wound up leaving Weezer and devoting himself to the Rentals, setting out to record their second record in London in late 1996. With the exception of Kevin March, who replaces Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson, the supporting band remains the same on Seven More Minutes as it does on the debut, but there's a major difference here. Where The Return of the Rentals was a kind of kitschy new wave tribute, Seven More Minutes is designed to prove that this is a real band, capable of all kinds of styles and sounds. To that effect, Sharp lined up an impressive list of guest artists to flesh out the sound even more. Not a bad idea in theory, but there's a problem that a record boasting cameos from Damon Albarn, Donna Matthews, Miki Berenyi and Tim Wheeler feels something like a Brit-pop hangover. To Sharp's credit, he throws out enough different styles to keep such impressions from solidifying, but that has a countereffect of making the record sound too diffuse, especially on initial plays. With repeated spins, several songs -- the dynamic opener "Getting By," the exuberant "Barcelona," the jangling "She Says It's Alright" -- catch hold, but the whole project never really jells. It may have been done as a lark, but The Return of the Rentals had a breezy sense of fun that gave it coherence. Seven More Minutes proves that the Rentals are more than just a side project, but it finds them searching for a distinctive identity when, ironically, they had one when they were just a side project.

Release Date:

Apr 13, 1999

Label:

Warner Bros

Bitrate:

* 320kbps

File format:

* mp3

Formed In:

1994

Bio:

The Rentals were the new wave-influenced project of singer/songwriter Matt Sharp, former bassist for power pop favorites Weezer. Born in Arlington, VA, on September 22, 1969, Sharp co-founded Weezer in 1992, and in the months to follow, the band emerged as one of the most popular up-and-coming acts on the Los Angeles club scene; their self-titled debut LP appeared on Geffen two years later, becoming a major hit thanks their smash single and video "Buddy Holly." During the spring of 1994, Sharp mounted the first Rentals studio session; assembling a roster including Weezer drummer Pat Wilson, that dog. violinist Petra Haden, vocalist/keyboardist Cherielynn Westrich, and guitarist Rod Cervera, subsequent dates yielded the group's 1995 debut, Return of the Rentals, which notched a hit with the infectious "Friends of P." Sharp returned to Weezer to record the band's acclaimed 1996 follow-up, Pinkerton, but announced his exit from the lineup in February 1998; the second Rentals album, Seven More Minutes, followed a year later.

Additional Artist Information:

Group Members

* Patrick Wilson
* Petra Haden
* Rod Cervera
* Jim Richards
* Matt Sharp
* Cherielynn Westrich

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See Also

* that dog.
* Weezer
* Petra Haden


Influenced By

* Silicon Teens
* The Cars
* Devo

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