The Best EPs?

Graven Image - People in Hell Want Ice Water '84

End of discussion.

my favs are:


Edguy Lavatory Love Machine

Edguy Superheroes

Avantasia – s/t EP

Firewind Falling to Pieces

Freedom Call Taragon

Gamma Ray Valley of the Kings

Grave Digger Symphony of Death

Grave Digger The Dark of the Sun

Grave Digger Yesterday CD/DVD

Gamma Ray Heaven Can Wait

Gamma Ray Rebellion in Dreamland

Gamma Ray Valley of the Kings

Helloween If I Could Fly

Iced Earth The Melancholy

Impellitteri Fuel for the Fire

Luca Turilli Ancient Forest of Elves

Luca Turilli Demonheart

Masterplan Enlighten Me

Pride of Lions Sound of Home

Rhapsody Emerald Sword

Rhapsody Holy Thunderforce

Sentenced Love and Death

Seventh Avenue Children

Seventh Avenue Goodbye EP +2

Sonata Arctica Unopened

Sonata Arctica Successor

Sonata Arctica Orientation


Alex

Hurricane - Take What You Want is one of my faves.

Iron Maiden - Maiden Japan
Queensryche - s/t
Ratt - s/t

The only thing that pops in my head is this:

Sympathy - Abyssal Throne

Manowar's Dawn Of Battle as well

Kreator - Out of the Dark...Into the Light

ultmetal wrote:

Kreator - Out of the Dark...Into the Light

DOH!!!



That EP SLAYS!!!!!!!!

That was also my introduction to the band back in the late 80s!!!!

A more recent one that I liked was Python's GOOD AND EVIL

Fat Freddy wrote:

A more recent one that I liked was Python's GOOD AND EVIL

Good on. Those guys still around?

ult

ultmetal wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

A more recent one that I liked was Python's GOOD AND EVIL

Good on. Those guys still around?

ult

No idea. That EP is the only thing I've ever seen from 'em

Someone please enlighten the ignorant. I own a few myself, but what's the difference between an ep and say, just a short cd? If a cd's running time is less than a half hour, does that make it an ep? What about a cd single that has bonus songs, but isn't a full album. Is that an ep?

What defines an e.p.?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Someone please enlighten the ignorant. I own a few myself, but what's the difference between an ep and say, just a short cd? If a cd's running time is less than a half hour, does that make it an ep? What about a cd single that has bonus songs, but isn't a full album. Is that an ep?

What defines an e.p.?

I always think of it this way: on average, an "album" has anywhere from 8 to 10 tracks, give or take. An "EP" would be 6 tracks or less. But that's just me.

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What is an LP or an EP and how is an EP different from a single?

Q. I was wondering if you could tell me what LP and EP stand for, and what they mean?
Eric Thiel
Brick, NJ

A. EP= Extended Play
LP= Long Playing record

An EP contains a few songs (usually around 3-5 songs), and an LP is a full album. The terms are from the days of vinyl records. In the 1980's, promotional vinyl EPs were often sent to clubs and radio stations to give an overview of an artist's music, and live EPs of top-selling artists were sometimes sent to radio stations to promote the artist on tour and extend the life of an album. The popularity of the promotional EP caused labels to start manufacturing them for the general public, often in colored vinyl and with previously unseen photos used as cover art.

As for the difference between an EP and a single, CD singles have blurred the meanings a bit, but originally a single contained 2 songs: one on the "A-side", and one on the "B-side." (During the days of vinyl singles, occasionally an extra song would be included, though not often.) CD technology allowed more minutes of music than previous music formats, so labels took advantage of it and added "bonus tracks" to some CD singles. Technically speaking, a CD single with bonus tracks is actually an EP...but labels found that calling it a "single with bonus tracks" made it more appealing to consumers.

Randi Reed,
Editor-in-Chief / Founder
MusicBizAdvice.com

Another I forgot. My post above this one reminded me of it.
Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Live/Black Reflections

Thanks guys. Now I feel enlightened!!

REVEREND - self titled (GREAT 4 song ep)

007 wrote:

REVEREND - self titled (GREAT 4 song ep)

Agreed.



TESTAMENT - Return to the Apocalyptic City

WhiteCross - Love On The Line

Queensrÿche - s/t
Slayer - Haunting the Chapel
Obsession - Marshall Law
Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling

Required Fields wrote:

Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling

Forgot that one was an EP. I do have that as well.

Dogs D'Amour - Blame It On Us (1983)
Dogs D'Amour - A Graveyard Of Empty Bottles (1989)*
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Mother Love Bone - Shine (1989)
Guns N' Roses - Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (1986)
Green River - Come On Down (1985)
Green River - Dry As A Bone (1987)
The Joneses - Criminal (1983)
The Joneses - Tits And Champagne (1989)
L.A. Guns - Collectors Edition No. 1 (1985)
NY Loose - Loosen Up (1995)
The Four Horsemen - The Four Horsemen (1989)
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction - High Priest Of Love (1986)
Lords Of The New Church - Psycho Sex (1987)
Kik Tracee - Field Trip (1992)
Soundgarden - Screaming Life (1987)
Manic Street Preachers - New Art Riot (1990)
Manic Street Preachers - Stay Beautiful (1991)


*The Dogs D'Amour record A Graveyard Of Empty Bottles is an EP despite it having 8 tracks.

Some of my favorites:

Slammer - Insanity Addicts
United - Beast Dominates '92
Intruder - Escape From Pain
Kreator - Out Of The Dark...Into The Light
Rigor Mortis - Freaks
Vio-lence - Torture Tactics
Tankard - Alien
Overkill - F**k You!
Powermad - The Madness Begins...
Broken Bones - Religion Is Responsible
Cyclone Temple - Building Errors In The Machine

Has anybody mentioned Helloween's now-classic 5-song debut EP yet?? If not, I just did... and I'm surprised it took me this long to think of it. DUH!

Oil s/t