Loose Change by Ed Sheeran

Loose Change, the Ed Sheeran EP released independently in 2010, comes from the days before the stadiums, when he was still paying his own way. It was the second instalment of what he called The Five EP Projects, all funded out of his own pocket, and he cut it with producer Jake Gosling at Sticky Studios in Surrey.

The opener, "The A Team", is a gentle, hushed ballad that lent the EP its title from its second verse, and it became the hit that made the release a success before going on to lead off his debut album +. "Little Bird" also made the jump, as a bonus track on the deluxe edition, while "Homeless" joined "The A Team" at the top of his set on Live at the Bedford. The EP has been reissued three times since, including on colored vinyl in 2016.

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