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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The rules...really... |
| Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:06:44 -0600 |
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This is where the distinction is arbitrary -- I think generally an LP
consists of around 10 songs or so, and clocks in between 25 and 40 minutes
(and now longer, thanks to the CD). EPs are usually 8 or less (more often
in the 4 to 6 tune range) and are about 15 - 25 minutes long. There is
certainly an area where they blur.
When a record falls in that blurry area, I suppose if an artist calls an EP
an EP, then it's an EP. The Ryan Adams sitch is different -- it was the
record company who decided to break it in pieces. But they called them
EPs...
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: The rules...really...
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:52:48 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
> > Original 2003 LP/CD releases (not EPs...).
>
>OK, now I'm just being a pain in the ass. Feel free to mumble under your
>breath and delete.
>
>What makes a release an EP?
>
>Million Dollar Milkshake (a fine album and list contender for me) clocks in
>under 30 minutes. Making Playthings, the EP by the Color Bars is 32:17.
>Love is Hell Part 1 by Ryan Adams is 34:48. What makes these latter two
>EPs
>other than that they are called EPs? Some of the greatest albums of all
>time are shorter than the Ryan Adams. And I'm inclined to paste Love is
>Hell parts I and II together and put it on my list as an album (as was
>originally intended).
>
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