{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Rented World | type = studio | artist = The Menzingers | cover = The Menzingers - Rented World.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2014|4|22}} | recorded = 2013 | venue = | studio = | genre = Punk rock<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="APunk"/> | length = 41:29 | label = Epitaph | producer = Jonathan Low | prev_title = On the Impossible Past | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = After the Party | next_year = 2017 | misc = {{Singles | name = Rented World | type = studio | single1 = In Remission | single1date = March 3, 2014 | single2 = I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore | single2date = March 31, 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, Pennsylvania, in October 2013 with producer Jonathan Low (Venice Sunlight, Restorations).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/53153/the-menzingers-recording-new-lp |title=The Menzingers recording new LP |publisher=Punknews.org |date=October 3, 2013 |accessdate=2014-05-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/698/Rented_World#albdesc |title=Epitaph Records: The Menzingers – Rented World |date=22 April 2014 |publisher=Epitaph Records |accessdate=2014-05-05}}</ref>
==Release== "In Remission" was released to radio on March 3, 2014.<ref name=FMQB>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=40076|title=FMQB Airplay Archive: SubModern Rock|publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated|accessdate=October 31, 2016}}</ref> "I Don't Wanna Be an Asshole Anymore" was released to radio on March 31, 2014.<ref name=FMQB/> ''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/54696/videos-the-menzingers-i-dont-wanna-be-an-asshole-anymore |title=Videos: The Menzingers: "I Don't Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore" |publisher=Punknews.org |date=April 22, 2014 |accessdate=2014-05-05 }}</ref> Between mid-February and early April 2015, the band went on tour with Taking Back Sunday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/taking_back_sunday_announce_tour_with_letlive._the_menzingers|title=Taking Back Sunday announce tour with letlive., the Menzingers|work=Alternative Press|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc|author=Sharp, Tyler|date=November 10, 2014|accessdate=November 20, 2017}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings |MC = 74/100<ref name="Meta2">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/rented-world/the-menzingers|title=Rented World Reviews|author=|publisher=Metacritic (CBS Interactive)|accessdate=2014-05-05}}</ref> | rev1 =Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rented-world-mw0002629486|title=Rented World – The Menzingers|author=Heaney, Gregory|publisher=Allmusic (Rovi Corporation)|accessdate=2014-05-05}}</ref> | rev2 =AbsolutePunk | rev2Score = 9.0/10<ref name="APunk">{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3697740|title=Menzingers, The – Rented World – Album Review|author=Nassiff, Thomas|publisher=AbsolutePunk (Buzz Media)|date=April 22, 2012|accessdate=2014-05-05}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev3Score = 9/10<ref name="Exc">{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/menzingers-rented_world|title=The Menzingers – Rented World|author=Schreurs, Jason|publisher=Exclaim! (Ontario, Inc)|date=April 18, 2014|accessdate=2014-05-05}}</ref> | rev4 = PopMatters | rev4Score = 7/10<ref name="Pop">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/181023-the-menzingers-rented-world/|title=The Menzingers: Rented World|author=Rubsam, Robert|magazine=PopMatters|date=April 24, 2014|accessdate=2014-05-05}}</ref> |noprose=yes }} The album was included at number 22 on ''Rock Sound''{{'}}s "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.<ref>Bird, ed. 2015, p. 26</ref> The album was included at number 25 on ''Kerrang!''{{'}}s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerrang.com/26297/top-50-rock-metal-punk-albums-2014/|title=The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014|work=Kerrang!|author=Emily|date=March 18, 2015|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>
==Track listing== All songs written by The Menzingers {{Track listing | title1 = I Don't Wanna Be an Asshole Anymore | length1 = 3:04 | title2 = Bad Things | length2 = 3:19 | title3 = Rodent | length3 = 3:18 | title4 = Where Your Heartache Exists | length4 = 3:35 | title5 = My Friend Kyle | length5 = 3:17 | title6 = Transient Love | length6 = 5:06 | title7 = The Talk | length7 = 2:16 | title8 = Nothing Feels Good Anymore | length8 = 3:58 | title9 = Hearts Unknown | length9 = 3:04 | title10 = In Remission | length10 = 3:42 | title11 = Sentimental Physics | length11 = 2:47 | title12 = When You Died | length12 = 4:03 }}
==Personnel== '''The Menzingers''' *Tom May – guitar, vocals *Joe Godino – drums *Greg Barnett – guitar, vocals *Eric Keen – bass
==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (2014) !Peak<br /> position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Vinyl Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-05-10/vinyl-albums|title=Vinyl Albums : May 10, 2014|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |}
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'''Sources''' {{refbegin}} * {{cite journal|editor1-last=Bird|editor1-first=Ryan|title=Top 50 Albums of the Year|journal=Rock Sound|date=January 2015|issue=195|publisher=Freeway Press Inc.|location=London|issn=1465-0185}} {{refend}}
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