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{{Short description|1999 studio album by The Rentals}}

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Seven More Minutes
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[The Rentals]]
| cover        = The Rentals-Seven More Minutes.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = April 13, 1999
| recorded     = 1998–1999
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[power pop]]}}
| length       = 58:17
| label        = [[Maverick Records|Maverick]]
| producer     = [[Matt Sharp]]
| prev_title   = [[Return of the Rentals]]
| prev_year    = 1995
| next_title   = [[The Last Little Life EP]]
| next_year    = 2007
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Seven More Minutes
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Getting By
 | single1date = March 23, 1999<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8g0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=the+rentals+getting+by+modern+rock+tracks+1998&pg=PA19 |title=Billboard |date=1999-03-06 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref>
}}
}}

{{Music ratings 
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r401819}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mirkin|first=Steven|date=May 7, 1999|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1999/05/07/seven-more-minutes|title=Seven More Minutes|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|accessdate=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Hot Press]]''
| rev3Score = 9/12<ref>{{cite web|last=Walshe|first=John|date=July 21, 1999|url=http://www.hotpress.com/The-Rentals/music/reviews/albums/Seven-MoreMinutes/453360.html|title=Seven MoreMinutes|work=[[Hot Press]]|accessdate=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|date=September 12, 2005|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews//1122|title=Seven More Minutes|work=[[NME]]|publisher=[[IPC Media – Inspire (Time Inc.)|Inspire]]|accessdate=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev5Score = 5.9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21321-seven-more-minutes |title=Pitchfork Media review |accessdate=March 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308165905/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21321-seven-more-minutes |archivedate=March 8, 2008 }}</ref>
| rev6 = [[Popmatters]]
| rev6Score = {{rating|7|10|full=Disc Plain yellow dark.svg|half=AwesomeTemplate.svg|empty=Plain Disc 40% grey or 20% black.svg|rating=disc}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Zupko|first=Sarah|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/rentals-seven/|title=The Rentals, Seven More Minutes|publisher=[[Popmatters]]|accessdate=March 15, 2015}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/therentals/albums/album/105334/review/5943950/seven_more_minutes |title=Rolling Stone review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=December 17, 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217090930/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/therentals/albums/album/105334/review/5943950/seven_more_minutes |archivedate=December 17, 2009 }}</ref>
| noprose = 
}}

'''''Seven More Minutes''''' is the second studio album by American rock band [[The Rentals]]. It was released on April 13, 1999, and reached number 23 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Heatseekers Albums|Heatseekers Album]] chart.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=May 1, 1999 |title=Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=bw0EAAAAMBAJ |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=20 |issn=0006-2510 |oclc=732913734}}</ref>

==Background and production==
Beginning in 1995—the same year that ''[[Return of the Rentals]]'' was released—[[The Rentals]]' frontman, [[Matt Sharp]], began to spend a considerable amount of time in Spain, particularly [[Barcelona]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Daley |first=David |date=May 1999 |others=Photograph by Chapman Baehler |title=Bonus Time |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=8yoEAAAAMBAJ |journal=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |issue=69 |page=11 |issn=1074-6978 |oclc=29780650}}</ref> While there, he began to record lyrics and melodies for songs that would appear on this album on a tape recorder while at [[nightclubs]] and parties.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Borzillo |first=Carrie |author-link=Carrie Borzillo |date=March 6, 1999 |title=A Playful Attitude Marks the Return of Maverick's Rentals |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=8g0EAAAAMBAJ |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |pages=14, 19 |issn=0006-2510 |oclc=732913734}}</ref> For "My Head Is in the Sun", Sharp cowrote the song with [[Rivers Cuomo]], whom he had previously worked with while on the band [[Weezer]].<ref name=":0" /> Songs were recorded in Barcelona and [[London]].<ref name=":1" /> The album featured contributions from artists from other bands, which, in addition to Cuomo, included [[Damon Albarn]] of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Miki Berenyi]] of [[Lush (band)|Lush]], [[Petra Haden]] of [[That Dog]], [[Donna Matthews]] of [[Elastica]], and [[Tim Wheeler]] of [[Ash (band)|Ash]].<ref name=":1" /> While [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] the album, Sharp lived in Cuomo's apartment in [[Boston]].<ref name=":0" />

Sharp said that a goal of his with ''Seven More Minutes'' was to make the album more universally accessible than its predecessor, which he said had been "on the [[Geek|geeky]] side of things".<ref name=":1" /> While he said that both of the albums were personal reflections of his life at the time that he was writing them, this new album was more grand in scale.<ref name=":1" /> Concerning the use of [[Synthesizer|synthesizers]], which were featured heavily in both albums, Sharp said that he had wanted to utilize them in a less "[[New wave music|new wave]]" style with ''Seven More Minutes''.<ref name=":0" />

== Release and promotion ==
The album was released on April 13, 1999.<ref name=":1" /> "Getting By" was released to rock radio stations several weeks earlier, on March 23.<ref name=":1" /> [[Maverick (company)|Maverick]], the [[record label]], said that they would be utilizing [[mailing lists]] for fans of The Rentals, Weezer, and bands whose members were featured in the album in order to promote the album.<ref name=":1" /> Additionally, they would be distributing [[Cassette tape|cassette]] [[Sampler album|samplers]] of some of the songs at concerts for bands that they believed would have a similar fanbase for The Rentals.<ref name=":1" /> Prior to the album's release, Sharp said that he planned to do a [[concert tour]] to promote the album.<ref name=":1" /> Sharp said that, while his commitment to Weezer had limited his ability to promote ''Return of the Rentals'', he would be more active in this album's promotion.<ref name=":1" />

== Critical reception ==
David Daley of ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly]]'' gave the album a positive review, calling it "more cohesive and daring than their debut, but with just as much [[kitschy]] new wave fun".<ref name=":0" /> Miles Raymer of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' also spoke positively of the album, saying it was "almost shockingly raw and honest".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raymer |first=Miles |date=October 24, 2014 |title=The Rentals' Matt Sharp talks new record and living in Weezer's shadow |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/10/24/the-rentals-matt-sharp-weezer-lost-in-alphaville/ |access-date=October 22, 2025 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[About Inc.]] |issn=1049-0434 |oclc=21114137}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing   = [[Matt Sharp]], except where noted
| title1        = Getting By
| length1       = 2:52
| title2        = Hello, Hello
| length2       = 4.17
| title3        = She Says It's Alright
| length3       = 3:59
| title4        = The Cruise
| length4       = 4:04
| title5        = Barcelona
| length5       = 4:04
| title6        = Say Goodbye Forever
| length6       = 3:56
| title7        = Overlee
| length7       = 5:31
| title8        = Big Daddy C.
| length8       = 3:20
| title9        = Keep Sleeping
| length9       = 3:43
| title10       = The Man with Two Brains
| length10      = 4:39
| title11       = Must Be Wrong
| length11      = 4:30
| title12       = Insomnia
| length12      = 1:56
| title13       = It's Alright (Reprise)
| length13      = 1:09
| title14       = My Head Is in the Sun
| writer14      = {{hlist|Sharp|[[Rivers Cuomo]]}}
| length14      = 4:41
| title15       = Jumping Around
| length15      = 5:36
| total_length  = 58:17
}}

{{Track listing
| headline      = Japanese Bonus Track
| title16       = The Great Bank Robbery
| length16      = 6:39
| total_length  = 64:56
}}

==Personnel==
*Matt Sharp - vocals
*Rod Cervera - electric and acoustic guitars
*Jim Richards - [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]] and [[ARP synthesizer|ARP]] synthesizers; piano on "She Says It's Alright" and "My Head Is in the Sun"; trombone on "She Says It's Alright"
*Kevin March - drums

===Additional musicians===
* [[Damon Albarn]] - 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"
* [[Maya Rudolph]] - 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"<ref>[http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-697054-1232084914.jpeg] {{dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=69f987f1-ca0b-4b26-9275-602a3d14f75b|name=Seven More Minutes}}

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