Imagine Dragons (EP)
2009 EP by Imagine Dragons
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Imagine Dragons is the second extended play (EP) by the American rock band of the same name, released on August 24, 2009.[1] It was recorded at Battle Born Studios. All songs were written and produced by Imagine Dragons. Engineering was done by Robert Root.[2] Tracks from the EP featured on Windows Media Player after the band won a competition on Reverbnation.[3][citation needed] The track "I Need a Minute" cracked the CMJ Radio 200.[4] "Cover Up" appears on various deluxe editions of the band's debut album Night Visions.
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| Released | August 24, 2009 | |||
| Studio | Battle Born Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 19:45 | |||
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| Producer | Imagine Dragons | |||
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On October 15, 2021, the EP was reissued through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records and re-released onto streaming platforms with the previously unreleased bonus track "Hole Inside Our Chests".
Release
Cover art
The album art is an autostereogram, which features a dragon facing to the right.[6]
Film and television
- "I Need a Minute" was featured on MTV's The Real World: San Diego.[7]
- "Cover Up" was featured in commercials for MLS' Real Salt Lake.
- "Cover Up" was also featured in commercials for BYUtv's indie music show AUDIO-FILES.[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Imagine Dragons (Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Andrew Tolman, Brittany Tolman), except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Need a Minute" | 3:27 | |
| 2. | "Uptight" | 3:43 | |
| 3. | "Cover Up" |
| 4:18 |
| 4. | "Curse" | 3:45 | |
| 5. | "Drive" | 4:32 | |
| Total length: | 19:45 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 6. | "Hole Inside Our Chests" | 2:38 |
| Total length: | 22:23 | |
Personnel
- Robert Root - engineer[2]
Imagine Dragons:
- Dan Reynolds – lead vocals
- Wayne Sermon – guitar
- Ben McKee – bass guitar
- Andrew Tolman – drums
- Brittany Tolman – keyboard, backing vocals
Critical reaction
Jason Bracelin, writing in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, described the EP by stating "Upon taking in this bunch's new EP you get the sense that they could probably turn the recitation of the ingredients to a bottle of Prell into an arms-in-the-air anthem. With outsized synth lines, ringing, perpetually cresting guitars and massive syncopated beats and cymbal splashes, Imagine Dragons don't make any bones about believing that bigger is always better... it'll only be a matter of time before a song like 'Curse' is all over the radio."[9]