Rented World

Rented World
Studio album by The Menzingers
Released	April 22, 2014
Recorded	2013
Genre	Punk rock, heartland rock
Length	41:29
Label	Epitaph Records
Producer	Jonathan Low
The Menzingers chronology
On the Impossible Past (2012) Rented World (2014)

Rented World is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band The Menzingers.

Recording

The band entered Miner Street Recordings, the first time the band recorded in Philadelphia, PA, in October 2013 with producer Jonathan Low (Venice Sunlight, Restorations).^[1][2]

Release

Rented World was released through Epitaph Records on April 22, 2014. The band released a music video for "I Don't Wanna Be an Asshole Anymore" on the day the album was released.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
AbsolutePunk	9.0/10[6]
Exclaim!	9/10[7]
PopMatters	7/10[8]

The album was included at number 22 on Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.^[9] The album was included at number 25 on Kerrang!'s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list.^[10]

Track listing

All songs written by The Menzingers

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Don't Wanna Be an Asshole Anymore"	3:04
2.	"Bad Things"	3:19
3.	"Rodent"	3:18
4.	"Where Your Heartache Exists"	3:35
5.	"My Friend Kyle"	3:17
6.	"Transient Love"	5:06
7.	"The Talk"	2:16
8.	"Nothing Feels Good Anymore"	3:58
9.	"Hearts Unknown"	3:04
10.	"In Remission"	3:42
11.	"Sentimental Physics"	2:47
12.	"When You Died"	4:03

Personnel

The Menzingers

• Tom May – Guitar, Vocals
• Joe Godino – Drums
• Greg Barnett – Guitar, Vocals
• Eric Keen - Bass

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Vinyl Albums[11]	1

References

Citations

1. "The Menzingers recording new LP". Punknews.org. October 3, 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
2. "Epitaph Records: The Menzingers - Rented World". Epitaph Records. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
3. "Videos: The Menzingers: "I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore"". Punknews.org. April 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
4. "Rented World Reviews". Metacritic (CBS Interactive). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
5. Heaney, Gregory. "Rented World - The Menzingers". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
6. Nassiff, Thomas (April 22, 2012). "Menzingers, The - Rented World - Album Review". AbsolutePunk (Buzz Media). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
7. Schreurs, Jason (April 18, 2014). "The Menzingers - Rented World". Exclaim! (Ontario, Inc). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
8. Rubsam, Robert (April 24, 2014). "The Menzingers: Rented World". PopMatters. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
9. Bird, ed. 2015, p. 26
10. Emily (March 18, 2015). "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014". Kerrang!. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
11. "Vinyl Albums : May 10, 2014". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

Sources

• Bird, Ryan, ed. (January 2015). "Top 50 Albums of the Year". Rock Sound (London: Freeway Press Inc.) (195). ISSN 1465-0185.