A mini-LP is not to be confused with the Japanese CDs issued in a "mini LP sleeve" or "paper jacket".
In some cases, artists have used the chronological placement of a mini album in their discography as part of the title of the release.
Mini-LPs became popular in the early 1980s with record companies targeting consumers who were reluctant to buy full-length and full-priced albums.
[9] Several mini-LPs had been released in the late 1970s, including John Cooper Clarke's Walking Back to Happiness, which used the 10-inch format.
[16] Other examples include King Crimson's Vrooom (1994), Robyn's Body Talk Pt.
2 (2010), Young Ejecta's The Planet (2015) and Yes' From a Page (2019), with more recent examples including Itzy's Born to Be (2024), Hannah Grae's Hell Is a Teenage Girl (2023) and Nothing Lasts Forever (2024), and Exotic Birds of Prey by Shabazz Palaces (2024).