The America EP

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The America EP
Ryan Star - The America EP cover.jpg
EP by Ryan Star
Released January 13, 2012
Genre Rock
Length15:01
Label Independent
Ryan Star chronology
11:59
(2010) 11:592010
The America EP
(2012)

The America EP is a four-song EP by American singer-songwriter Ryan Star. It was self-released for free via the internet. [1] The songs "Orphans" and "Somebody's Son" were initially meant to be released on Star's 2010 album 11:59 . [2]

Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. EPs generally contain a minimum of four tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Ryan Star American musician

Ryan Stahr Kulchinsky is an American rock singer-songwriter from Long Island, New York, currently signed on Island Records. His first major label record 11:59, released via Atlantic in 2010, reached No. 31 on Billboard 200 and No. 10 on Billboard Rock albums chart. Star became known to a wider audience as contestant on the CBS reality TV show Rock Star: Supernova in 2006. His songs have featured on several TV shows and promotion. His song Brand New Day, featured as the main theme to Fox TV series Lie to Me, earned him a BMI TV Music Award in May 2009.

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Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author without the involvement of an established publisher. In common parlance, the term usually refers to physical written media, such as books and magazines, or digital media, such as e-books and websites. It can also apply to albums, pamphlets, brochures, video content, zines, or uploading images to a website.

The EP is dedicated to Star's grandfather who fought in World War II. [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Ryan Star and Max Collins except track #4 by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.

Tom Petty American musician

Thomas Earl Petty was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch. He was also a co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.

Jeff Lynne British rock musician

Jeffrey Lynne is an English songwriter, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Birmingham who co-founded the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The group formed in 1970 as an offshoot of the Move, of which Lynne was also a member. Following the departure of Roy Wood in 1972, Lynne took over ELO's leadership and wrote, arranged and produced virtually all of the band's subsequent records. Before, Lynne was also involved with the Idle Race as a founding member and principal songwriter.

  1. "America" (4:28)
  2. "Somebody's Son" (3:30)
  3. "Orphans" (3:56)
  4. "I Won't Back Down" (Tom Petty cover) (3:07)
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