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Magog2112 
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 Topic: Please, recommend me some good prog EPsPosted: July 30 2023 at 07:37 |
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Galahad - Seize the Day Marillion - Market Square Heroes Pendragon - North Star Phideaux - We Only Have Eyes For You Rush - Feedback
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Posted: August 21 2021 at 09:45 |
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Like Silly Puppy mentioned earlier, pretty much any EP by Porcupine Tree is great. They usually put music on these EPs that were left off of their album for whatever reason, but even their "throwaways" were really good. I would also recommend looking at that EP list he mentioned in the RYM site which includes both Alice in Chains "Jar of Flies" and Godspeed You! Black Emperors "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada", two of the best EP's ever (also previously mentioned by Cristi).
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Posted: August 21 2021 at 07:19 |
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Porcupine Tree - staircase infinities
Actually PT and SW have several eps.
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 00:56 |
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Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna EP (from 2007) is brilliant.
I love The Residents' Intermission EP too, but maybe you gotta be into The Residents... |
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 00:36 |
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One of the very first prog records I ever bought was Pendragon's Fly High, Fall Far EP when it came out. In retrospect it's no masterpiece, but at the time to me it was magical (and it still has a certain naïve charm to my ears). Bear in mind that at the time, such was the odium in which prog was held in the UK, I had never actually heard any of the bands the neo-prog bands were influenced by.
For something a little more modern and adventurous, Aquaserge's Guerre: |
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Posted: August 10 2021 at 00:12 |
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Riverside: Out Of Myself / Memories In My Head.
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Steven Wilson - '4.5' Frost* - 'Others'
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Posted: July 29 2021 at 07:38 |
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Yes - From A Page
I don't care what the band says - it's an EP. And a really good one!!!
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Posted: July 29 2021 at 04:32 |
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The EP also went though a resurgence in the 1980's - the Cocteau Twins spring to mind - I seem to recall their non-album track releases were mostly in the 3/4 track EP format.
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Yes indeed the 7" EP was a popular format in the sixties for releasing four quality songs (as opposed to an A-side with a throwaway song on the B-side), or for releasing 4 tracks from an album as a taster, of for anyone who didn't want to go to the expense of buying an LP. The Beatles (as an example) exploited the EP format very effectively.
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I know that in the 60s and the 70s, EPs were also used to promote an album. So the artist would relese an EP with four or five songs from the album and then relese the whole album. EP also used for compilation of songs that didn't enter to a Certain album. Like Steven Wilson did with 4 1/2, An EP with a collation of songs that recorded during the sessions of Hand Cannot Erase and The Reven. Same thing for The Future Bites and the B-Sides Collection.
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The term E.P. is a bit fluid to say the least, and it does crossover with 'mini-album'. In my thinking E.P. = 3-6 tracks, and/or playing time 5-15 minutes (in the old days however much you could squeeze onto a 7" slab of vinyl) Mini-album = 5-7 tracks, and/or a playing time of 15-30 minutes
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The first three releases by A Formal Horse were EPs. God, I love this band
A Formal Horse - https://aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/a-formal-horse Morning Jigsaw - https://aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/morning-jigsaw Made In Chelsea - https://aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/made-in-chelsea |
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Posted: July 08 2021 at 14:00 |
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Jethro Tull - Life is a Long Song. Fabulous EP that made up a good part of the subsequent compilation Living in the Past:
1. Life is a Long Song 2. Dr. Bogenbroom 3. Nursie 4. Up the 'Pool 5. From Later
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I want to listen some shorter releases with less tracks! And I know that the meaning of EP nowadays is a bit fluid - many EPs have the same lenght of some LPs in the past (the wonderful albums of Gentle Giant comes to my mind right now). And I think sometimes the EPs are a bit neglected in favour of the full lenghts. Anyways, I see some very good recommendations here!
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A lot of times EPs are just glorified singles from the early prog years EPS that are generally worth the time come from Porcupine Tree, Cardiacs, Univers Zero Check out the top prog EPs from the Rate Your Music chart Lots of good stuff there |
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That Genesis EP is massively overlooked and came out after 'Wind and Wuthering' - good to see a mention of 'The Last Nightingale' as well
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Henry Cow/various artists - The Last Nightingale UKZ - Radiation
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I'm wondering why only EP's and not full-length LP's, but seeing as you've asked, you could try The Imperial Hotel (1975) by the Symphonic Prog band, England. The EP is about 20 minutes long and it's all one song (in the words of Neil Young).  Then again, you might like to Open your heart to this lovely 20-minute-long song by Jon Anderson  Open Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 08 2021 at 14:52 |
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Posted: July 08 2021 at 08:40 |
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Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Alice in Chains are a great band. I think they are one of the best of the 90's seattle bands(and my personal favorite behind Pearl Jam). However, when did they become a prog band? I'm not familiar with this ep but nothing else they have done has struck me as prog. Anyway, I agree with the person who mentioned Toxic Smile. That ep is indeed very good. I like how they mix prog with prog metal.
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