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53-621: Do It Again is an extended play (EP) by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp and Swedish singer Robyn , released on 23 May 2014 by Dog Triumph. The EP coincides with Röyksopp and Robyn's joint tour, the Röyksopp & Robyn Do It Again Tour 2014, featuring shows in Europe and North America. Following her Body Talk Tour , Robyn travelled to Bergen , Norway, where she began working on new music with Röyksopp in early 2013, having previously collaborated with

106-489: A "lustful" conversation between Robyn and a Speak & Spell toy over a "glitchy" techno beat. Berge described the song as "a bit of an homage to the good old days of clubbing", and cited it as "the dirtiest song on the record, both in terms of production and concept." " Do It Again " is a "throbbing" electropop song on which Robyn "contemplates resuming an on-again, off-again relationship", while incorporating "fluttering" synths and "slamming" drums. Röyksopp and Robyn wrote

159-637: A New World LP on an EP that was marked "Part 1". A second EP was planned, but never appeared; only the sleeve was printed. The first double EP released in Britain was the Beatles ' Magical Mystery Tour film soundtrack. Released in December 1967 on EMI's Parlophone label, it contained six songs spread over two 7-inch discs and was packaged with a lavish color booklet. In the United States and some other countries,

212-632: A Robyn-affiliated project", and noted that "the EP's sugary pop center provides a welcome balance", citing "Sayit" and the title track as highlights. Despite stating that "Röyksopp's contributions flag and sometimes feel dated or too techno -y", Caitlin White of Consequence of Sound viewed Do It Again as "a solid collection of five disparate songs" and found that it "feels like an exploration for all involved, and even manages to address gender politics in discreet but intriguing ways." Pitchfork ' s Marc Hogan called

265-756: A band thing than songs for a Röyksopp or Robyn album so we're releasing this music together as a band, you could say", she said, describing the collaborative project as "an outlet for not having to live up to anything but my own expectations." Robyn also stated that she wanted to work with the duo "from scratch". "I thought it would be interesting. In the beginning we just decided to make music. No one said, 'We should make music for this album' or 'We should make music for that album.' Then I had this idea where, you know, maybe we can create something together . I had no real wish to start recording an album right away. I'd just gotten off tour. I wanted to just play around and do stuff and collaborate. Secretly in my mind I wanted us to be

318-470: A band, but I didn't think it seriously. Then we turned into a band. Carrying the weight together is something that I think changes the music." According to Berge, the three of them were "in a particular place and space in our lives, where things were perhaps a bit bleak. So, in a way, we were all starting from square one, with no real intention other than to take our time and make what we wanted. And value every opinion, and I think that that translated well into

371-405: A double EP could usually be more economically and sensibly recorded on a single vinyl LP . In the 1950s, Capitol Records had released a number of double EPs by its more popular artists, including Les Paul . The pair of double EPs (EBF 1–577, sides 1 to 8) were described on the original covers as "parts ... of a four-part album". In 1960, Joe Meek released four tracks from his planned I Hear

424-428: A dynamite pairing they can be", while remarking that the EP "isn't as downright amazing as it could have been, but there are far more pros than cons. It's definitely self-indulgent in places, resulting in some of the most adventurous pieces of music that either artist has conjured up in their respective careers, but those moments are entirely justified." Rolling Stone ' s Sophie Weiner expressed that "[e]ven without

477-528: A further album in this format, 1985's " Drinking Gasoline ", on the Virgin Records label. Double EPs can also contain the work of multiple artists split across different sides, akin to split albums . An example of this is the Dunedin Double EP, which contains tracks by four different bands. Using a double EP in this instance allowed each band to have its tracks occupying a different side. In addition,

530-536: A hypnotic house beat." On 14 April 2014, Röyksopp and Robyn announced that their collaborative EP, Do It Again , would be released on 26 May, while sharing a snippet of the song "Monument". The title track was released digitally on 28 April 2014 as the lead single from the EP. The song reached number 16 on the Swedish Singles Chart and number 18 on the Danish Singles Chart , as well as number one on

583-495: A new album. She decided to travel to Bergen , Norway, where she started working on new music with Röyksopp in the beginning of 2013 "with no real agenda". "I've been going back and forth to Bergen to record and write with the boys up until recently. Collaborating with [ Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland ] is something I enjoy very much. In the beginning we just knew we wanted to do something together and then it started to feel more like

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636-401: A pair of 7-inch discs recorded at 45 or 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm , or two 12-inch discs recorded at 45 rpm. The format is useful when an album's worth of material is being pressed by a small plant geared for the production of singles rather than albums and may have novelty value which can be turned to advantage for publicity purposes. Double EPs are rare, since the amount of material record-able on

689-460: A set each—Röyksopp will play their songs, and I'll play my songs—then we'll do a part of the set together, with all the songs that we've ever done together", Robyn told Billboard . Do It Again received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the EP received an average score of 76, based on 22 reviews. Tom Morris of DIY characterised

742-480: A single song, instead resembling a mini album. EPs of original material regained popularity in the punk rock era, when they were commonly used for the release of new material, e.g. Buzzcocks ' Spiral Scratch EP. Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post said in 2010, "EPs—originally extended-play 'single' releases that are shorter than traditional albums—have long been popular with punk and indie bands." Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks. In

795-686: A specific type of 45 rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm long play (LP), but as of 2024 , also applies to mid-length CDs and downloads as well. EPs are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop , they are usually referred to as mini-albums . EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records , were vertically cut 78 rpm discs known as "2-in-1" records. These had finer grooves than usual, like Edison Disc Records . By 1949, when

848-439: A standard 45 rpm phonograph . In the early era, record companies released the entire content of LPs as 45 rpm EPs. These were usually 10-inch (25-cm) LPs (released until the mid-1950s) split onto two 7-inch EPs or 12-inch (30-cm) LPs split onto three 7-inch EPs, either sold separately or together in gatefold covers. This practice became much less common with the advent of triple-speed-available phonographs. Introduced by RCA in

901-410: A trilogy of three EPs, beginning with She Is Coming , stated: "By delivering a trio of EPs throughout a period of several months, Miley is giving her fans more of what they want, only in smaller doses. When an artist drops an album, they run the risk of it being forgotten in a few weeks, at which point they need to start work on the follow-up, while still promoting and touring their recent effort. Miley

954-478: Is doing her best to game the system by recording an album and delivering it to fans in pieces." However, this release strategy was later scrapped in favor of the conventional album release of Plastic Hearts . Major-label pop musicians who had previously employed such release strategies include Colbie Caillat with her fifth album Gypsy Heart (2014) being released following an EP of the album's first five tracks known as Gypsy Heart: Side A three months prior to

1007-427: Is the mini-LP , which was a common album format in the 1980s. These generally contained 20–30 minutes of music and about seven tracks. A double extended play is a name typically given to vinyl records or compact discs released as a set of two discs, each of which would normally qualify as an EP. The name is thus analogous to double album . As vinyl records, the most common format for the double EP, they consist of

1060-615: The Record Mirror also printed EP charts. The popularity of EPs in the US had declined in the early 1960s in favor of LPs. In the UK, Cliff Richard and the Shadows , both individually and collectively, and the Beatles were the most prolific artists issuing EPs in the 1960s, many of them highly successful releases. The Beatles' Twist and Shout outsold most singles for some weeks in 1963. The success of

1113-596: The Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. The second single, "Sayit", was released digitally on 19 May 2014, while its accompanying video premiered through H&M Life on the same day. The song "Monument" is featured in Volvo 's "Made by Sweden" ad campaign, which stars Robyn and launched online and on television in Sweden on 2 May 2014. The song was released as the EP's third and final single on 15 August 2014, and

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1166-656: The Norwegian Albums Chart , becoming the duo's first record to miss the top spot. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 20, selling 4,806 copies in its first week. In the United States, the EP debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart with 15,000 copies, giving both artists their first number-one release on the latter chart. Do It Again also became

1219-529: The 1950s. Examples are Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender from 1956 and "Just for You", " Peace in the Valley " and " Jailhouse Rock " from 1957, and the Kinks ' Kinksize Session from 1964. Twelve-inch EPs were similar, but generally had between three and five tracks and a length of over 12 minutes. Like seven-inch EPs, these were given titles. EP releases were also issued in cassette and 10-inch vinyl formats. With

1272-511: The 1980s) were introduced in 1970, with tracks selected from an album and packaging resembling the album they were taken from. This mini-LP format also became popular in America in the early 1970s for promotional releases, and also for use in jukeboxes . In 2010, Warner Bros. Records revived the format with their "Six-Pak" offering of six songs on a compact disc. Due to the increased popularity of music downloads and music streaming beginning

1325-521: The 45 rpm single and 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm LP were competing formats, 7-inch 45 rpm singles had a maximum playing time of only about four minutes per side. Partly as an attempt to compete with the LP introduced in 1948 by rival Columbia , RCA Victor introduced "Extended Play" 45s during 1952 . Their narrower grooves, achieved by lowering the cutting levels and sound compression optionally, enabled them to hold up to 7.5 minutes per side—but still be played by

1378-414: The EP "excellent" and described it as "the physical artifact of Robyn and Röyksopp's union, it's extravagant and left of center, but it's above all generous." Killian Fox of The Observer opined, "What's unexpected about this mini-album is how subdued Robyn, a larger-than-life presence, sounds on (most of) it", concluding that "Röyksopp are on top form here, and when Robyn returns to her exuberant self on

1431-426: The EP as "a riot of compulsive, flawlessly-produced, and beautifully impassioned music", and lauded it as "a towering edifice of electronic brilliance". Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! commented that on Do It Again , "Röyksopp and Robyn have not only traversed new territory, they've made it their own." AllMusic 's Heather Phares wrote that Röyksopp "bookends the EP with two of the most introspective tracks to ever grace

1484-452: The EP in Britain lasted until around 1967, but it later had a strong revival with punk rock in the late 1970s and the adaptation of the format for 12-inch and CD singles. The British band Cocteau Twins made prolific use of the EP format, releasing ten EP's between 1982 and 1995. In the Philippines , seven-inch EPs marketed as " mini-LPs " (but distinctly different from the mini-LPs of

1537-497: The US in 1952, EMI issued the first EPs in Britain in April 1954. EPs were typically compilations of singles or album samplers and were played at 45 rpm on 7-inch (18-cm) discs, with two songs on each side. The manufacturing price of an EP was a little more than that of a single. Thus, they were a bargain for those who did not own the LPs from which the tracks were taken. RCA had success in

1590-544: The United Kingdom, an EP can appear either on the album or the single chart. The Official Chart Company classifies any record with more than four tracks (not counting alternative versions of featured songs, if present) or with a playing time of more than 25 minutes as an album for sales-chart purposes. If priced as a single, they will not qualify for the main album chart but can appear in the separate Budget Albums chart. An intermediate format between EPs and full-length LPs

1643-517: The United States, the Recording Industry Association of America , the organization that declares releases "gold" or "platinum" based on numbers of sales, defines an EP as containing three to five songs or under 30 minutes. On the other hand, The Recording Academy 's rules for Grammy Awards state that any release with five or more different songs and a running time of over 15 minutes is considered an album, with no mention of EPs. In

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1696-424: The advent of the compact disc (CD), more music was often included on "single" releases, with four or five tracks being common, and playing times of up to 25 minutes. These extended-length singles became known as maxi singles and while commensurate in length to an EP were distinguished by being designed to feature a single song, with the remaining songs considered B-sides , whereas an EP was designed not to feature

1749-514: The duo on the songs " The Girl and the Robot " (2009) and "None of Dem" (2010). The EP was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its music as "flawlessly-produced" and "adventurous". Do It Again reached number three in Norway and number 20 in the United Kingdom, while becoming the first number-one album on Billboard ' s Dance/Electronic Albums chart for both artists. It

1802-455: The ecstatic melodrama of Robyn's best work or the momentum of Röyksopp albums like 2009's Junior , this is a worthwhile peek into three great electro-pop minds", naming "Monument" the EP's best track. In a mixed review, Slant Magazine 's Kevin Liedel felt that "Röyksopp and Robyn share so much sonic DNA that their team-up is almost self-defeating, blurring the distinction between the two to

1855-443: The format with Elvis Presley , issuing 28 EPs between 1956 and 1967 , many of which topped the separate Billboard EP chart during its brief existence. Other than those published by RCA, EPs were relatively uncommon in the United States and Canada, but they were widely sold in the United Kingdom, and in some other European countries, during the 1950s and 1960s. In Sweden, the EP was a popular record format, with as much as 85% of

1908-406: The full album; and Jessie J 's fourth studio album R.O.S.E. (2018) which was released as four EPs in as many days entitled R (Realisations) , O (Obsessions) , S (Sex) and E (Empowerment) . The first EPs were seven-inch vinyl records with more tracks than a normal single (typically four of them). Although they shared size and speed with singles, they were a recognizably different format than

1961-404: The groove on the physical record could be wider and thus allow for a louder album. In the 1960s and 1970s, record companies released EP versions of long-play (LP) albums for use in jukeboxes . These were commonly known as "compact 33s" or "little LPs". The jukebox EP was played at 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm, was pressed on seven-inch vinyl and frequently had as many as six songs. What made it EP-like

2014-712: The highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 by a Norwegian artist (Röyksopp), a record previously held by A-ha 's Hunting High and Low , which peaked at number 15 in 1985. Elsewhere, the EP reached the top five in Denmark, the top 15 in Australia and Canada, and the top 20 in Switzerland. All tracks are written by Röyksopp and Robyn , except where noted Credits adapted from the liner notes of Do It Again . Extended play An extended play (EP) originally referred to

2067-415: The late 2000s, EPs have become a common marketing strategy for pop musicians wishing to remain relevant and deliver music in more consistent timeframes leading to or following full studio albums. In the late 2000s to early 2010s, reissues of studio albums with expanded track listings were common, with the new music often being released as stand-alone EPs. In October 2010, a Vanity Fair article regarding

2120-530: The market in the late 1950s consisting of EPs. Billboard introduced a weekly EP chart in October 1957, noting that "the teen-age market apparently dominates the EP business, with seven out of the top 10 best-selling EPs featuring artists with powerful teen-age appeal — four sets by Elvis Presley, two by Pat Boone and one by Little Richard ". Other publications such as Record Retailer , New Musical Express ( NME ) , Melody Maker , Disc and Music Echo and

2173-404: The music." The duo commented that Do It Again "doesn't sound like Röyksopp featuring Robyn or Robyn produced by Röyksopp, it's just something else entirely. The word 'collaboration' has never before been more justified in the world of music!" In April 2014, it was reported that Do It Again would serve as an introduction to Röyksopp's then-untitled fifth studio album, The Inevitable End , which

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2226-410: The point where their respective quirks are essentially scratched in favor of a cohesive but far too clinical production", adding that "neither party challenges the other to escape this new comfort zone". Do It Again was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2015 Grammy Awards , but lost out to Aphex Twin 's Syro . In Röyksopp's native Norway, Do It Again debuted at number three on

2279-617: The seven-inch single. Although they could be named after a lead track, they were generally given a different title. Examples include the Beatles ' The Beatles' Hits EP from 1963, and the Troggs ' Troggs Tops EP from 1966, both of which collected previously released tracks. The playing time was generally between 10 and 15 minutes. In the UK they came in cardboard picture sleeves at a time when singles were usually issued in paper company sleeves. EPs tended to be album samplers or collections of singles. EPs of all original material began to appear in

2332-514: The song " The Girl and the Robot ", which was released as a single from Röyksopp's third studio album, Junior . The two artists collaborated again in 2010 on "None of Dem", a track from Robyn's fifth studio album, Body Talk Pt. 1 . On 9 December 2013, Röyksopp and Robyn announced plans to embark on a joint tour titled the Röyksopp & Robyn Do It Again Tour 2014, which would include dates across Europe and North America. After concluding her Body Talk Tour in 2011, Robyn felt uninspired to record

2385-522: The songs are spread across two 12" 45 rpm discs. Also, the vinyl pressing of Hail to the Thief by Radiohead uses this practice but is considered to be a full-length album. In 1982 Cabaret Voltaire released their studio album " 2x45 " on the UK-based label Rough Trade , featuring extended tracks over four sides of two 12-inch 45 rpm discs, with graphics by artist Neville Brody . The band subsequently released

2438-426: The songs were augmented by the band's single A- and B-sides from 1967 to create a full LP –a practice that was common in the US but considered exploitative in the UK. The Style Council album The Cost of Loving was originally issued as two 12-inch EPs. It is more common for artists to release two 12-inch 45s rather than a single 12-inch LP. Though there are 11 songs that total about 40 minutes, enough for one LP,

2491-464: The three of us, without including too many people in terms of labels and management and so on. Which gives you a certain freedom and flexibility. So that was the only sort of thing that we had; have fun, let's have no inhibitions, no limitations and do whatever we want to do, and that's why we made a 10-minute track with saxophone." —Berge on Do It Again Röyksopp and Robyn first collaborated in 2009 on

2544-608: The title track after an "epic" night out in Bergen , Norway, resulting in what the trio calls an "accidental pop song". "Every Little Thing" is a bittersweet electro ballad that "layers synthesizers and a gently pulsating beat to evoke heartbeats and conflicted emotions." The ten-minute closing instrumental, "Inside the Idle Hour Club", is an "almost eerie ambient soundscape". The track "barely features Robyn's vocals at all", while employing "looping synths and brass just barely pinned down by

2597-554: The title track, expressing mixed feelings about having insatiable appetites, the effect is electrifying." Joe Goggins of Drowned in Sound stated that " Do It Again is eccentric and ends too quickly, but those considerations pale next to the fact that within less than half an hour, Robyn and Röyksopp go from eyeing each other with genuine suspicion to sounding as if they've never been apart." Max Raymond of musicOMH wrote that with Do It Again , Röyksopp and Robyn have "confirmed how much of

2650-685: The trend noted post-album EPs as "the next step in extending albums' shelf lives, following the "deluxe" editions that populated stores during the past few holiday seasons—add a few tracks to the back end of an album and release one of them to radio, slap on a new coat of paint, and—voila!—a stocking stuffer is born." Examples of such releases include Lady Gaga 's The Fame Monster (2009) following her debut album The Fame (2008), and Kesha 's Cannibal (2010) following her debut album Animal (2010). A 2019 article in Forbes discussing Miley Cyrus ' plan to release her then-upcoming seventh studio album as

2703-511: Was preceded by a Max Vitali-directed music video on 12 August. To promote the collaborative effort, Röyksopp and Robyn announced on 9 December 2013 that they would be co-headlining a tour together, the Röyksopp & Robyn Do It Again Tour 2014. The first tour dates were unveiled on 7 April 2014, along with a promotional trailer featuring the track "Sayit". The tour kicked off at Sónar by Night in Barcelona, Spain, on 13 June 2014. "We're going to do

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2756-479: Was preceded by the singles " Do It Again " and "Sayit", the former of which attained moderate success on the charts. The EP was nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album . "We didn't have any master plan for what we were doing. Sounding a bit pretentious, this was a free space without any master plan or blueprint for all three of us. We didn't have any plan other than to hang out, be together and make some music. And we kept it very much between

2809-567: Was released in November and features two songs from the EP. The EP opens with "Monument", a 10-minute track inspired by the clay sculptures of Brazilian-American artist Juliana Cerqueira Leite that Robyn saw at London's Saatchi Gallery . The song's minimal instrumentation consists of a "stretched-out" saxophone outro and synthesised bass, while lyrically, Robyn stated it is "about death", "defining who you are" and "a physical sensation of an emotion". "Sayit", an electro-punk and house song, features

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