The Elle King EP

2012 EP by Elle King

The Elle King EP

EP by

Elle King

Released

June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)

Length

11:19

Label

RCA

Elle King chronology

The Elle King EP
(2012)

Love Stuff
(2015)

The Elle King EP is an EP by singer-songwriter Elle King, her debut release, released June 12, 2012.^[1]^[2] The song "Playing for Keeps" was used as the theme song for Mob Wives Chicago.^[3]^[1] The second song that King wrote on the banjo, "Good to Be a Man" was the song that got King signed with RCA.^[4] All four tracks from the EP appear as Japan bonus tracks on King’s 2015 debut studio album Love Stuff.

King mixed up various styles on the songs on her EP, from a defiant growl to mournful to lascivious. She doesn't believe that "people listen to albums as a kind of whole, cohesive record anymore, anyway." She thinks that "the one thing that ties through all my different sounds is my voice, and I think we're all just trying to figure out how to tie everything around that."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Playing for Keeps"	Elle King, Chris DeStefano	Chris DeStefano	3:37
2.	"Good to Be a Man"	E. King	Andy Baldwin	2:48
3.	"No One Can Save You"	E. King		2:14
4.	"My Neck, My Back (Live)"	Khia Chambers, Michael J. Williams, Ed Meriwether^[7]		2:40
Total length:				11:19^[6]

Personnel

Musicians

Elle King: vocals, banjo, acoustic guitar

Production

Chris Chris DeStefano: Producer, mixing (track 1)
Andy Baldwin: Producer (track 2), mixing (track 4)
Stephen Marcussen: mastering^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Jolicouer, Todd (June 29, 2012). "Elle King - The Elle King EP". The Rockpit. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ Courtois, Christian (July 29, 2012). "Elle King - The Elle King EP Review". (IX) Daily. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ "Review: Elle Kings self-titled EP to be released June 12th". Find Your Fav.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ Arnold, Chuck (February 17, 2015). "Singer Elle King on Her Former 'SNL' Star Dad, Being a 'Badass Bitch' and Her Debut Album". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ Freeman, Doug (March 8, 2013). "SXSW Interview: Elle King". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ "The Elle King EP by Elle King". iTunes. June 12, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ "My Neck My Back". Memory Lane Music Group. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ The Elle King EP (CD liner). Elle King. United States: RCA Records. 2013. 88725-43990-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)