Imagine Dragons (EP)

Imagine Dragons
EP by Imagine Dragons
Released	August 24, 2009
Studio	Battle Born Studios
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock
Length	19:45
Label	Self-released Interscope (reissue) Kidinakorner (reissue)
Producer	Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons chronology
Speak to Me (2008) Imagine Dragons (2009) Hell and Silence (2010)

Imagine Dragons is the eponymous 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.

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

On June 26, 2009, the band released the first song "Uptight" on MySpace.^[5] On July 24, they released two songs "I Need a Minute" and "Cover Up".^[6]

On October 15, 2021, the EP was re-released onto streaming platforms with the previously unreleased bonus track "Hole Inside Our Chests".

Cover art

The album art is an autostereogram, which features a dragon facing to the right.^[7]

Film and television

• "I Need a Minute" was featured on MTV's The Real World: San Diego.^[8]
• "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.^[9]

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
1.	"I Need a Minute"		3:27
2.	"Uptight"		3:43
3.	"Cover Up"	Dan Reynolds Wayne Sermon Ben McKee	4:18
4.	"Curse"		3:45
5.	"Drive"		4:32
Total length:			19:45

2021 re-release (bonus track)

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Hole Inside Our Chests"	2:38
Total length:		22:23

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."^[10]

References

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3. Lynch, John. "How the 'Facebook of music' is using big data to find the next pop star". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
4. "results results results". Tinderbox Music. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
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6. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
7. @heyplatzman (26 April 2014). "So I've drawn it for those who want to see the mysterious dragon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. Diablo, Scottie (November 9, 2011). "Music from Real World San Diego Episode 7". MTV. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
9. "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.
10. Bracelin, Jason (October 29, 2009). "Crotch rock, indie pop top roundup". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2012.