The Rentals are not Weezer, nor do they sound like =W= in any way, shape, or form. The Rentals was formed and fronted by =W= bassist Matt Sharp, and that's where the connection ends.
Apparently I was asleep in 1995 and missed the breakout hit single Friend of P from their debut album Return of the Rentals, but better late than never. A co-worker said to me in December of 2006, Check out "Friend of P" and I did, then went a step further than my co-worker did - I checked out the rest of what The Rentals had to offer. Man oh Man, did I strike it rich!
I randomly collected as many song titles as I could find and burned them on one CD, and after many repeated listenings, I never could tell which was from their first album, and which were from their second - it was all great, and it all sounded like it was recorded in one time period.
The second album, Seven More Minutes has some real gems - She Says Its Alright is my favorite, with Getting By and Say Goodbye Forever near the top as well.
From their first album, aside from Friend of P, there's Please Let That Be You, The Love I'm Searching For, Move On, and especially, Sweetness And Tenderness as the stand-out songs.
There's a Rentals song called California that wasn't on either album, but I managed to find it somehow, and it also is a real gem. For some reason, they remade the song on their 2nd album and called it Barcelona, which is not so great.
Do yourself a favor and check out one or both of these wonderful albums - you won't be disappointed. The music is unique (mog?), and it has male and female vocalists for a real ear-candy experience.
Apparently I was asleep in 1995 and missed the breakout hit single Friend of P from their debut album Return of the Rentals, but better late than never. A co-worker said to me in December of 2006, Check out "Friend of P" and I did, then went a step further than my co-worker did - I checked out the rest of what The Rentals had to offer. Man oh Man, did I strike it rich!
I randomly collected as many song titles as I could find and burned them on one CD, and after many repeated listenings, I never could tell which was from their first album, and which were from their second - it was all great, and it all sounded like it was recorded in one time period.
The second album, Seven More Minutes has some real gems - She Says Its Alright is my favorite, with Getting By and Say Goodbye Forever near the top as well.
From their first album, aside from Friend of P, there's Please Let That Be You, The Love I'm Searching For, Move On, and especially, Sweetness And Tenderness as the stand-out songs.
There's a Rentals song called California that wasn't on either album, but I managed to find it somehow, and it also is a real gem. For some reason, they remade the song on their 2nd album and called it Barcelona, which is not so great.
Do yourself a favor and check out one or both of these wonderful albums - you won't be disappointed. The music is unique (mog?), and it has male and female vocalists for a real ear-candy experience.
