(extended play) mini album, used to last less than 20 minutes in the past (that’s how much you can write on 10’’ vinyl). Today in digital compact discs era, it’s a smoother category referring to albums which aren’t perceived as a linear piece of work (e.g. remixes of a single song can come up one after another). It’s also recognized as a marketing category, which replaces unprofitable singles, slowly withdrawn from circulation.