Quick List Vol ∞: 5 Favorite EPs

[cortez the killer]

Chulahoma The Black Keys
Eldorado Neil Young
Cherry Tree The National
Sap Alice in Chains
Veracruz The Deep Vibration

[Gator McKlusky]

Boom Boom Boom Bingo- Scruffy The Cat
Numbers With Wings - The Bongos
Chronic Town - R.E.M.
Twisting By The Pool - Dire Straits
In God We Trust Inc.- Dead Kennedys

[UncleFrank23]

More Like The Moon - Wilco
Overboard & Down - Okkervil River
Airbag/How Am I Driving? - Radiohead
In The Reins - Calexico / Iron & Wine
The Gleam - The Avett Brothers

Thought about the self-titled Loose Fur release, but wasn't sure if that was considered an EP or a proper album. Jay Farrar's Live EP would've made it but I decided to go with studio releases only (ok, I copped out because I didn't want to choose).

[cortez the killer]

Jay Farrar's Live EP would've made it but I decided to go with studio releases only.

I applied similar logic.

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hardest list yet...good thing it's the infinity list. all these records are from New Zealand, the undisputed title holder of great 12" records. apparently the gov't gave out grant money that was highly suitable to be used to create 12" records, which is why their early-to-mid period for the Flying Nun label had so many.


Plagal Grind - S/T (1st and only 12" on the vaunted xpressway label)


The Verlaines - 10 O'Clock in the Afternoon


Alpaca Brothers - Legless


The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle


The 3D's - Swarthy Songs for Swabs


The Pin Group - Go To Town

[3milelake]

Couple already listed I dig a lot, just going for different ones & I suck at indexing, so here's 8

Bo Bedingfield & The Wydelles - Cleargreen
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Roadside Graves - You Won't Be Happy With Me
The Weight - The Weight EP
Son Volt - Afterglow 61
Cracker - Euro Trash Girl
Justin Townes Earle - Yuma
Macon Greyson - This Machine Kill's Hypocrisy

[Kudzu Guillotine]

In no particular order as they're all great:







I know I've run into at least one other fan of Frog Holler here. For the rest of you, I can't recommend their The High Highs & Low Lows EP highly enough.

Honorable mention (though I'm sure there's more):

[dime in the gutter]

lost and found/dexateens
last pale lite in the west/ben nichols

[Smitty]

Dexateens - Destroy Me
Neil - Eldorado
Son Volt - Afterglow
Bruce - Blood Brothers
Wilco - the Wilco Book (its labeled as an EP) or More Like the Moon

[scotto]

The Clash's 10" Black Market Clash would top my list.

[Gator McKlusky]

Fervor- Jason and the Scorchers
Out My Way - Meat Puppets
Biscuits - Living Colour
Another Day, Another Dollar- Gang of Four
Stink - The Replacements

[shuffle]

1. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Tallest Man On Earth EP
2. Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds - Pressure Drop EP
3. The Tallest Man On Earth - Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
4. Neil Young - Eldorado

after those there are lots of eps I'd rank about equally

[Flea]

Y'all have mentioned most of the best already, so I'll just throw out this one:



And if anyone has and would be inclined to hook a brother up with the entire Twisting By The Pool EP, I would be muchly greatful.

[Smitty]

Y'all have mentioned most of the best already, so I'll just throw out this one:



And if anyone has and would be inclined to hook a brother up with the entire Twisting By The Pool EP, I would be muchly greatful.

I was gonna list it, but since it was entirely live I threw up Blood Brothers, which is on the same level IMO

[John A Arkansawyer]

Black Market Clash, The Clash
Nina Hagen, Nina Hagen
Never Say Never, Romeo Void
That old Sun 45 with Johnny Cash train songs which was one of my first six records
Undercover of the Night (extended remix), The Rolling Stones

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Undercover of the Night (extended remix), The Rolling Stones

ban?

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double post...

[Zip City]

some of my favorites:

Alice in Chains - SAP/Jar of Flies
The Avett Brothers - The Gleam/Second Gleam
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant

[John A Arkansawyer]

Undercover of the Night (extended remix), The Rolling Stones

ban?

There were two versions of the video, and the one with violence in El Salvador wasn't shown on MTV. It was shown on USA Network. At the age of twenty-five (I think), I used to sit up late at night to see that video on their top ten countdown.

Or if it's about that song being banned from this list, just swap it out for Elvis Costello's Live at Hollywood High ep.

[John A Arkansawyer]

Favorite EP cover: Elvis Costello's Accidents Will Happen EP. Plain white cover on the outside, full color on the inside. Perfect!

[StevieRay]

~some EP's from my iTunes:

[Penny Lane]

MMJ: Chocolate and Ice

[scotto]

...just swap it out for Elvis Costello's Live at Hollywood High ep.

Excellent choice.
(Which could spawn a sub-thread quicklist of Favorite EPs and 45s that came free with records.)

As always, many good ones already listed. Here are my 5:
The Clash, Black Market Clash
The Clash, "Gates of the West"/"Groovy Times" 45
The Cramps, Gravest Hits
Steve Earle & the V-Roys, Johnny Too Bad
D. Clinton Thompson, Driving Guitars (which was my avatar for a while on ol' 9Bullets)

[cortez the killer]

There were two versions of the video, and the one with violence in El Salvador wasn't shown on MTV. It was shown on USA Network. At the age of twenty-five (I think), I used to sit up late at night to see that video on their top ten countdown.

Down in the bars the girls are painted blue.

[Duke Silver]

Other than stuff that's already been mentioned:

MMJ/Songs: Ohia split EP:

I lost the S:O songs a couple hard drives ago, but the three MMJ tracks are classics. (O is the One, Come Closer, How Do You Know)

Roadside Graves, "You Won't Be Happy With Me"

Demons, Liv Tyler, Everything, Jail... can't wait for the next full length.

Twilight Singers, "A Stitch in Time"


Pedro the Lion, "The Only Reason I Feel Secure"


Magnolia Electric Co, "Hard To Love A Man"

Molina + Zevon

[RevMatt]

The Smithereens -- Beauty and Sadness
REM -- Chronic Town
The Cramps -- Gravest Hits
The Cramps -- Smell of Female
The Clash -- Black Market Clash

[Flea]

(Which could spawn a sub-thread quicklist of Favorite EPs and 45s that came free with records.)

Well, if we're going there, this is a sweet little 4 song 45-sized 33 1/3 rpm included with the initial pressing of Rockpile's Seconds Of Pleasure

[John A Arkansawyer]

Down in the bars the girls are painted blue.

Oh, that took me back. Thank you!