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''Return of the Rentals'' is the debut album by alternative rock band The Rentals, released on October 24, 1995, through Maverick Records, a subsidiary of Reprise Records. The album features Matt Sharp—Weezer's bassist at the time—on vocals and bass, as well as Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson. Other contributors include Tom Grimley (Moog, production), Petra Haden (violin, vocals), Rachel Haden (vocals), Guy Oseary (album artwork), and Stephen Marcussen (mastering).〔''Return of the Rentals'' booklet and liner notes〕 ''Return of the Rentals'' was well received by critics and produced the successful single "Friends of P.", which peaked at number 7 on Billboard's ''Modern Rock Chart'' and received significant airplay on MTV's 120 Minutes. Despite this, the album never charted. ==Track listing== All songs written by Matt Sharp and performed by The Rentals. #"The Love I'm Searching For" - 3:36 #"Waiting" - 3:13 #"Friends of P." - 3:32 #"Move On" - 4:21 #"Please Let That Be You" - 3:34 #"My Summer Girl" - 3:13 #"Brilliant Boy" - 4:16 #"Naive" - 2:20 #"These Days" - 3:00 #"Sweetness and Tenderness" - 4:22 The "P" in the track "Friends of P." has had multiple theories presented as to its meaning. The actual "P" in the song refers to Paulina Porizkova, the wife of The Cars guitarist Ric Ocasek, who produced the first Weezer album, known as ''The Blue Album''.〔Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55022-619-3 p. 163〕 Paulina made a claim that no one had ever written a song about her, and so Sharp took on the task. Ocasek noted that he found the subject matter of the song a bit odd. Fictitious theories suggest that the subject deals with psychics or the Psychic Friends Network. Finally, some think the "P" is for Patrick Wilson, drummer on the album and also drummer for Weezer. "Please Let That Be You" was originally written by Sharp and Rivers Cuomo as a song called "Mrs.Young", a spiritual counterpart to Weezer's song "Jamie". On one demo, Rivers Cuomo helps Sharp, doing extra instrumentation and backup vocals. At one point, Weezer considered recording both "Jamie" with "Mrs.Young" (later written as "Please Let That Be You" without Rivers Cuomo but instead with Rachel Haden) as its B-side for a single, but this never happened. "Waiting" is featured in the 1996 film ''Joe's Apartment''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Return of the Rentals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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