One and a Half is a Train

Train (band)

Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1994. The band currently comprises a core trio of Patrick Monahan , Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood ....

 EP (extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

) that was released in very limited numbers in 1999. It was recorded and released between the Train

Train (album)

The original, independent release, released in 1996, had a different track listing.-Original Track listing:#"I Am"#"Free"#"Homesick"#"Blind"#"Eggplant"#"Meet Virginia"#"Train"#"Rat"#"Swaying"#"Days"#"Idaho"#"Sorry For"#"The Highway"-Album:...

and Drops of Jupiter

Drops of Jupiter

Drops of Jupiter is Train's second album, released in 2001. The album's title is derived from "Drops of Jupiter ", its first single which was extremely popular and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song....

albums.

The EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 included some new never-before-released tracks such as "Counting on You", "Sweet Rain", "The Highway", an acoustic version of Train's hit single "Meet Virginia" from their 1998 self-titled debut, and an acoustic cover of Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

's "Ramble On".

Track listing

All tracks written by Patrick Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood and Charlie Colin unless otherwise noted.

1. Counting on You (Monahan / Hotchkiss) - 3:56
2. Hopeless - 4:32
3. Ramble On
   Ramble On
   -Cover versions:Train did a cover of the song in early 2001 and released it as a single. Producer Brendan O'Brien heard Train's version and agreed to produce their second album, Drops of Jupiter...
   
    [acoustic] (Jimmy Page
   Jimmy Page
   James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
   
    / Robert Plant
   Robert Plant
   Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
   
   ) - 5:01
4. Sweet Rain - 5:18
5. The Highway - 4:28
6. Meet Virginia
   Meet Virginia
   "Meet Virginia" is the title of a song written and recorded by American rock band Train. It was released in May 1999 as the second single from their eponymous first album, Train. The song reached a peak of number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming their first top-20 hit, and their first...
   
   [acoustic] (Monahan / Hotchkiss / Stafford) - 4:02

Photography by Jeff Verne/Philadelphia