Imagine Dragons (EP)
Imagine Dragons is an EP by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released in 2009 in Atlantis. It was recorded at Battle Born Studios. All songs were written by Imagine Dragons and self-produced. Engineering was by Robert Root.[1] Tracks from the EP featured on Windows Media Player after the band won a competition on Reverbnation.[2] The track "I Need a Minute" cracked the CMJ Radio 200.[3]
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| Released | September 1, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Battle Born Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 20:20 | |||
| Label | Imagine Dragons | |||
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Cover art
The album art is an autostereogram, which features a dragon facing to the right. [4]
Film and television
- "I Need a Minute" was featured on MTV's The Real World: San Diego.[5]
- "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.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Need a Minute" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Uptight" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Cover Up" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Curse" | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Drive" | 4:32 |
Personnel
- 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."[7]
References
- Schultz, Barbara (January 1, 2010). "Battle Born Studios". Mix. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- Lynch, John. "How the 'Facebook of music' is using big data to find the next pop star". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- "results results results". Tinderbox Music. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- @heyplatzman (26 April 2014). "So I've drawn it for those who want to see the mysterious dragon:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Diablo, Scottie (November 9, 2011). "Music from Real World San Diego Episode 7". MTV. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- "Imagine Dragons". Audio-Files. Season 1. Episode 1. April 10, 2012. BYU Television. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- Bracelin, Jason (October 29, 2009). "Crotch rock, indie pop top roundup". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2012.