It is also the first studio album not to be released on The Echo Label, and also their first since 2002's Comfort In Sound not to feature drummer Mark Richardson, who left the band the previous year.

Before the band headed to the studio they invited Ben's Brother drummer Karl Brazil to help the band on drums alongside Mexicolas drummer Tim Trotter, who appears on the Renegades EP track "Time Goes By" alongside the album tracks "White Lines" and "Down to the River".

Max Raymond of MusicOMH however suggested that "Renegades, quite unexpectedly, is one of the best British rock albums you will hear all year".

Will Dean of BBC Online did not praise the album giving it a mixed response by at first giving "White Lines" high approval before saying keeping each track to 3 minutes makes it look like the band are making excuses before slating the lyrics of "City in a Rut" and duration of "Barking Dogs".

Hall of Fame, with the positive review the magazine gave the album, being part of the reasons for why they were inducted.

All tracks are written by Grant NicholasIt was released in Japan by Victor Entertainment on 30 June 2010, and in the rest of the world through Big Teeth Music on 5 July 2010.

In late 2012, the album was released on vinyl for the first time via the online Feeder shop vendor Recordstore.

This was released as a double gatefold allowing the vinyl of "Generation Freakshow" to be included in the package, which was also sent to the buyer.