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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Does Size Matter? |
| Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:21:06 -0500 |
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At 09:14 PM 12/16/2003 -0600, Jim Kosmicki wrote:
>Now that I've finally found my copy, the King Radio disc is clearly
>labeled an EP, so I guess it's a moot point, but in my mind EPs are more
>like an extended single, not something that some bands might release as
>a complete disc. Brendan Benson's "Metarie," for example.
>
>After all, 3 minute singles and 10 tracks per album makes for a lot of
>great 30 minutes or less pop albums over the years.
This is why I find the "no EPs" rule to be kind of arbitrary. Mike's
argument last time I brought this up was something along the lines of "It's
a lot easier to make a great EP than a great album," which only makes me
wonder why there aren't more great EPs. Based on what I hear most of the
time, I would say the argument is more like "It's easier to take a killer
20-minute EP and pad it out into a mediocre 40-minute album."
S
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