The discography of the alternative rock band The Rentals consists of four studio albums, one soundtrack album, one compilation album, one benefit album, five extended plays and 24 singles.
Albums
Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figuresTitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSalesUSUSHeat.Billboard Top Heatseeker Albums positions: Return of the Rentals: Seven More Minutes: Lost in Alphaville: Return of the Rentals Released: October 31, 1995 Label: Maverick/Reprise Format: CD, CS—19US: 96,000 Seven More Minutes Released: April 13, 1999 Label: Maverick Format: CD, CS—23 Lost in Alphaville Released: August 25, 2014 Label: Polyvinyl Record Co. Format: CD, CS, LP, DD2003 Q36 Released: June 26, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: LP, DD——"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Soundtrack albums +TitleDetails The Midnight Society Soundtrack (a Matt Sharp / Nick Zinner Score) Released: October 31, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: LP, DD
Compilation albums
+TitleDetails Songs About Time Released: June 16, 2010 Label: Self-released Format: 4xLP, 4xCD, DD
Benefit albums TitleDetailsResilience (AKA Songs About Time: Chapter Four: Tokyo Blues [Instrumental]) Released: April 12, 2011 Label: Ernest Jenning Record Co. Format: CD, LP, DD
EPs TitleDetailsThe Last Little Life EP Released: August 14, 2007 Label: Boompa Format: CD, DDSongs About Time: Chapter One: The Story of a Thousand Seasons Past Released: April 7, 2009 Label: Self-released Format: CD, LP, DDSongs About Time: Chapter Two: It's Time to Come Home Released: July 7, 2009 Label: Self-released Format: CD, LP, DDSongs About Time: Chapter Three: The Future Released: October 20, 2009 Label: Self-released Format: CD, LP, DDForgotten Astronaut- a Q36 Special Feature Released: March 31, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: DD
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title YearPeak chart positions AlbumUSUSAirplay USModern "Friends of P." 19958249 7 Return of the Rentals "Waiting" 1996—— —"Getting By" 1999———Seven More Minutes"Sweetness and Tenderness"(new version) 2007———The Last Little Life EP"Colorado"2008———Songs About Time: Chapter One "Thought of Sound"2014———Lost in Alphaville"1000 Seasons"———"Elon Musk Is Making Me Sad"2017———Non-album single“Spaceships” 2019———Q36"Forgotten Astronaut"———"9th Configuration"———"Breaking and Breaking and Breaking"———"Invasion Night"———"Nowhere Girl" 2020———"Great Big Blue"———"Conspiracy"———"Above This Broken World"———"Teen Beat Cosmonaut"———"Another World"———"Information (and the Island in the Sky)"———"Machine Love"———"Goodbye Steve"———"Shake Your Diamonds"——— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Demo albums For The Ladies (Early Rentals Session) Excellent Stocking Stuffer (demos and rough mixes) Little Russel Street (Seven More Minutes rough mixes and demos)
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