Albums vs. EPs

[OGBama]

Is the album dead considering the streaming era of music affecting listeners, or are albums only being done by established artists and which is more or less listenable, albums or EPs?

 

[Sucio]

You can drop an EP as a teaser for the LP...

But yes, an EP appears to be sufficient these days.

 

[Hadoq]

I don't know about others, but for myself, an album will always be where one can really go all out musically and tell a great story.
EP are good for promo and get your name out there, but as an artist, I wouldn't see it without doing any albums, albums are important milestones in music, EP is more product/consumer kind of stuff, and I don't see my public as customers, music is something that we share and something that is deeply meaningful.
Business wise, EP make sense, but as a musician, I'll do albums and I see them as very important (btw, my 1st is out )

 

[EsquireMusic111]

I agree with all the statements above in terms of the comparison. I have produced a couple of EP's for artists and can definitely agree that it helps with the promo and in getting a name out or product. The amount of time and effort placed in a full stream album is like non-other though... I definitely do prefer the album in terms of the story.