Steel Magnolia — EP is a 5-song 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...

 released on February 23, 2010, by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 duo Steel Magnolia

Steel Magnolia

Steel Magnolia is an American country music duo that won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet. The duo consists of Meghan Linsey and her fiance, Joshua Scott Jones. After becoming the top winner on the show, the duo signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records, and released...

. The EP features the duo's debut single, "Keep On Lovin' You

Keep on Lovin' You

"Keep On Lovin' You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music duo Steel Magnolia, which was written by Chris Stapleton and Trent Willmon. The song, which is their debut single, was released in September 2009. It is included on the duo's self-titled EP, released in February 2010...

", which has reached the Top 20 on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart. It also features the song "Ooh La La" which they performed on Can You Duet

Can You Duet

Can You Duet is an American reality-competition show airing on CMT. The show is produced by FremantleMedia, the same company that produced American Idol.The show premiered on April 14, 2008 and the first season ended on June 13, 2008....

. Also included are two additional live cover songs, "I Need You" (originally performed by Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...

 and Faith Hill

Faith Hill

Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...

), and "Fast as You

Fast as You

"Fast as You" is a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It is the third single released from his 1993 album This Time. Like his previous two singles, this song topped out at #2 in the United States, while it peaked at #5 in Canada. This is his last American top ten hit...

", originally sung by Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...

.

Critical reception

Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly

Country Weekly

Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...

rated the EP three stars out of five, saying it "offers a taste of what fans[…]loved about these winners" and "will leave fans longing for a full album."

Track listing

Chart performance

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	47
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	33