Talk:Extended play

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Initial comments

When two bands are on the same record, it's sometimes called an S/T. What does it stand for? Phlebas 15:03, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

selftitled -darkshyne

They're more commonly called Split records. S/T stands for selftitled, where a band releases an album that has the same name as the band. Mikkel 06:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RIAA Certification

I presume that there is a separate RIAA certification for EP format (this is probably true for other countries as well). Is there any information what a Gold EP or Platinum EP is in terms of sales? Also, is there a separate EP chart still around (there was a separate EP chart in the UK in 1960s). --FreedonNadd 23:55, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

EPs were allowed into the UK singles chart again from November 1967 (just in time for Magical Mystery Tour to get to #2) and the EP chart was scrapped. Restrictions on time, tracks and formatting gradually came in (meaning from the late 90s singles couldn't have more than 3 different tracks). Anything not a single would be counted to the album chart or possibly the budget album chart (many EPs top the budget album chart).Retro junkie (talk) 18:48, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Opeth? Bad example.

"Fans of doom metal or experimental music such as Opeth and Current 93 are very familiar with albums containing a very low track count; indeed, Opeth's eight albums all contain single-digit track counts."

Opeth are a bad example. They are neither doom metal, nor do they have a low track count. A better example would be drone doom metal band Earth. Their second album only has 3 tracks, and the length of it clocks in at over an hour. -- Wraith 17:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Number of tracks

I think it would be more accurate to say that anything more than two tracks is an EP. Example: "They Came for Uranus" an EP with three tracks. -Litefantastic 23:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Defining EP

I took out a bunch of stuff in the Defining EP section that assumed that the number of tracks was the easiest way to determine what was an EP and what wasn't. It had about a half-dozen counterexamples from things that had lengthy songs and there are probably hundreds more. In my experience, length is a much better determinant, though I added a few exceptions. Recury 14:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting other longer product

Surely an EP is ,in the modern sense, just a replacement word for what we would have previously called a mini-album. A standalone product that is not used for promoting a seperate LP or album by the same artist and does not contain tracks that feature on another product.

Punk

I think this article would be well served by examples from punk. For example, the debut album of Minutemen (band) (The Punch Line) was only 15 minutes long, but still considered an album and they did release a number of EPs, which varied from just over 3 minutes to well over 20 minutes in length.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mini Album

Ok so this page is the redirect. However 'mini album', in countries like Japan and (especially) Korea, doesn't have anything to do with extended play LPs. Many new artists (I'm talking pop groups especially here) debut album is called a mini album, which means it has mabye 5 to 7 tracks, being a couple of singles, a bit of filler and a remix or two. I'm thinking that since this isn't something that is both a) widespread and noteworthy and b) not easily included in this article that it might be worth me starting a new article for Mini Album? Caspar esq. (talk) 01:49, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]