Black Sails EP

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Black Sails EP
AFI - Black Sails EP cover.jpg
EP by
AFI
ReleasedApril 27, 1999 (1999-04-27) [1]
Genre
Length11:50
Label Nitro
Producer AFI
AFI chronology
A Fire Inside EP
(1998)
Black Sails EP
(1999)
Black Sails in the Sunset
(1999)

Black Sails EP is an extended play by the American rock band AFI. It was released on April 27, 1999, through Nitro Records. Only 5,000 copies were pressed. It is a sampler of the band's fourth studio album Black Sails in the Sunset .

Contents

Background

The first three tracks can be found on the album Black Sails in the Sunset . On the full-length album, "Porphyria" is re-titled "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda" and contains a crossfade into the next track, "Exsanguination". "Who Knew?" is a B-side from the full-length album and appears on its Japanese edition. This is the first release with Jade Puget as an official member of the band.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Davey Havok; all music is composed by AFI.

No.TitleLength
1."Porphyria"2:09
2."Malleus Maleficarum"4:04
3."The Prayer Position"3:30
4."Who Knew?"2:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Black Sails EP". All Media Network . AllMusic . Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  2. Black Sails EP (Liner notes). AFI. Nitro Records. 1999. 15828-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)