Extended play
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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.[1][2] EPs usually have about 15 to 30 minutes of music,[8] singles have less than 10 minutes and albums have about 25 to 80 minutes of music.[source?]
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[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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...
- ↑ "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...
- ↑ "EP's, LP's, Albums and Mixtapes". marshall.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2004-01-01.
- ↑ "What is the difference between a Single, an EP, and an Album?". TuneCore.
- ↑ "Albums vs EPs vs Singles: A Guide to Releasing Music in 2024". Ditto Music.
- ↑ "What Is An EP In Music? ( Examples, # of Songs, vs. LP )". 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ↑ [3][4][5][6][7]
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