''Seven More Minutes'' is the second studio album by American rock band

The Rentals The Rentals are an American rock band fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp. Sharp has been the only consistent member since the group's inception. The band's best selling single is "Friends of P" (1995). The Rentals released two albums, ''Return of t ...

, released on April 13, 1999 and features numerous guests, including

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(of that dog.; also appeared on

' first studio album, ''

Return of the Rentals ''Return of the Rentals'' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Rentals, released on October 31, 1995, through Maverick Records and Reprise Records. The album features Matt Sharp—Weezer's bassist at the time—on vocals ...

''),

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(of

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(of Lush),

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(of

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), Kevin March, and

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(of Blur). The album reached number 23 on the ''

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chart.

Theme

''Seven More Minutes'' was written by

Matt Sharp Matthew Kelly Sharp (born September 22, 1969) is an American songwriter and musician. Until 1998, he was the bassist for the alternative rock band Weezer, which he cofounded in 1992. He appears on their first two albums, the ''Weezer (Blue Album ...

while in

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. There is a constant theme on the album about a Spanish girl he met there: *"Getting By" mentions "a girl who lives off the coast of Spain" *"She Says It's Alright" mentions the line "she says it's alright that you don't speak the language" *"Barcelona," which is about the

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and has the line "My sweet angel, Barcelona, hide me safely, give me shelter" *"Say Goodbye Forever", ("Your place is so much different than mine, It's so calm and peaceful") This song was written before Return of the Rentals. *"The Man with Two Brains" ("The Europeans say...") Additionally, CD artwork is based on photographs taken in Barcelona. La Rambla appears on the CD sleeve and images of

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and

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in the booklet and cover.

Track listing

Album background

A well-known bootleg called ''Little Russell Street'' features many of the demos and early mixes of songs from this album, all original songs by Matt Sharp except "My Head Is in the Sun", co-written by

Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing v ...

lead singer Rivers Cuomo. Two tracks, however, were salvaged from earlier Rentals releases: * "The Cruise" (which features

) is a reworking of the song "So Soon" (featuring

), previously released as a b-side for the "Friends Of P" single. It was penned in honor of Timothy "Speed" Levitch's 1998 documentary film The Cruise. * "Barcelona" is a reworking of "California", the very first Rentals song.

Performers

*Matt Sharp - Bass guitar, vocals *Rod Cervera - Guitar *Jim Richards -

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*Kevin March - Drums

Additional musicians

- vocals on "Big Daddy C." * Petra Haden - vocals on various tracks. *

- vocals on "The Cruise" * Donna Matthews - vocals on "Must Be Wrong" and "Say Goodbye Forever" *

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- vocals on "Barcelona" and "My Head Is in the Sun" * Tim Wheeler - guitars on "Overlee" and "Hello, Hello" * Danny Frankel - percussion on "Hello, Hello" * Sharon McConochie - main vocals on "The Man with Two Brains"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 albums The Rentals albums Maverick Records albums