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

The Rentals The Rentals is 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 Petra Haden (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 voca ...

''), Donna Matthews (of

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), Miki Berenyi (of Lush), Tim Wheeler (of Ash), Kevin March, and

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

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'' Heatseeker Albums chart.

Theme

''Seven More Minutes'' was written by

Matt Sharp Matthew Kelly Sharp (born September 22, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Until 1998, he was the bassist for the Rock music, rock band Weezer, which he co-founded in 1992. He appears on their first two albums, the ''Weezer (B ...

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 Spanish city 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 El Raval 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

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lead singer Rivers Cuomo. Two tracks, however, were salvaged from earlier Rentals releases: * "The Cruise" (which features Miki Berenyi) is a reworking of the song "So Soon" (featuring Petra Haden), 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. * Miki Berenyi - 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