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"'''Sweetness and Tenderness'''" is the last track on both [[The Rentals|The Rentals']] debut album, "''[[Return of the Rentals]]'' | "'''Sweetness and Tenderness'''" is the last track on both [[The Rentals|The Rentals']] debut album, "''[[Return of the Rentals]]''." A rearranged version appears on the band's [[2007]] EP "''[[The Last Little Life]]''." | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Sweetness and Tenderness" is a slow ballad that concludes "''Return of the Rentals''." | "Sweetness and Tenderness" is a slow ballad that concludes "''Return of the Rentals''." The song ends with an unlisted "hidden" track: a short, violin-based instrumental, backed by the same 'space' noise that is featured on the album's opening track, "[[The Love I'm Searching For]]". The song was later re-recorded for 2007's ''[[The Last Little Life EP]]''. It is significantly longer at 6:27. | ||
The song was later re-recorded for 2007's ''[[The Last Little Life EP]]''. It is significantly longer at 6:27. | |||
The song's lyrics ("You're just a viewer, cold and distant") reference the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan Gary Numan] song "Conversation" from the 1979 album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pleasure_Principle_(Gary_Numan_album) The Pleasure Principle]'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_d-IQg9Z3s&t=49]. | |||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[Matt Sharp]] - vocals, bass, synth, extra guitars | |||
*[[Cherielynn Westrich]] - vocals | |||
*[[Rod Cervera]] - guitar | |||
*[[Tom Grimley]] - synth | |||
*[[Petra Haden]] - violin, harmony vocals | |||
*[[Patrick Wilson]] - drums | |||
==Audio== | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:Rotrlyrics sweetnessandtenderness.jpg|thumb|right|256px|Lyrics and chords from therentals.com ca. 2005]] | |||
<poem>I need to figure this out | <poem>I need to figure this out | ||
And find where my place is | And find where my place is | ||