Extended play

Extended play record

Extended play (EP) is a name given to CDs and records which contain more music than a single, but are too short to be called a music album. EPs usually have about 15 to 30 minutes of music, singles have less than 10 minutes and albums have about 25 to 80 minutes of music.[source?]

References

  1. ↑ Fuhr, Michael (2015). Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea: Sounding Out K-Pop. Routledge. ISBN 9781317556909. Retrieved March 21, 2017. Mini-albums and EPs are shorter than full-length albums and usually contain four or five songs [...] They are less expensive and time-consuming in production than albums, and they help to popularize new groups who otherwise lack the number of songs required for a full-length album.
  2. ↑ "Was Ist Eine EP, Single Oder Ein Album?" (in German). iMusician. An EP stands for "Extended Play" and refers to a music recording that is longer than a single but contains fewer tracks than an album or LP. Nowadays, EPs contain around 4–5 songs and are considered a more cost-effective ... way of producing and releasing music compared to an album. Additionally, an EP tends to be less cohesive and more non-committal...
  3. ↑ "EP to the Rescue! Short Albums Are a Rare Music Business Success Story". Billboard. 2014-08-19. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-12-31. "Extended play," a format comprising eight or fewer songs...
  4. ↑ "EP's, LP's, Albums and Mixtapes". marshall.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2004-01-01.
  5. ↑ "What is the difference between a Single, an EP, and an Album?". TuneCore. Archived from the original on 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
  6. ↑ "Albums vs EPs vs Singles: A Guide to Releasing Music in 2024". Ditto Music. 13 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "What Is An EP In Music? ( Examples, # of Songs, vs. LP )". 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
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