"Looking Glass" is a single/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...

 by the Canadian

Canada

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 Synthrock band The Birthday Massacre

The Birthday Massacre

The Birthday Massacre is a synthrock band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band formed in 1999, known then as Imagica...

. Unlike their previous single, Red Stars, the Looking Glass EP is a physical release rather than a digital download available through iTunes

ITunes

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It is the second single released for their second full-length album Walking With Strangers

Walking with Strangers

-Singles:The first single, Red Stars, was released as a digital download on iTunes on August 21, 2007.An EP for the song Looking Glass was released on May 6, 2008.-Credits:*Chibi - Vocals*Rainbow - Guitar, Synth/Percussion Programming, Vocals...

.This is also the fourth song to have a music video.

As well as including the title track, the EP includes remixes of Red Stars, Weekend, and Falling Down from the album Walking With Strangers. There are also 2 new songs: I Think We're Alone Now, originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells but popularized by Tiffany

Tiffany (singer)

Tiffany Renee Darwish , known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer and former teen icon. She is most notable for her 1987 cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in 1967. Released as the second single from her eponymous album, Tiffany,...

 in the late 1980s and Shiver. In addition, the EP includes the track called Nowhere which is a re-recording of The Night Loop (which was the background music to the band's website, www.nothingandnowhere.com). Lastly the EP contains the music video for Looking Glass in QuickTime

QuickTime

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 format.

Track listing

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• The band:
  • Chibi - Vocals
  • Rainbow - Guitar, Synth/Percussion Programming, Vocals
  • Michael Falcore - Guitar, Synth/Percussion Programming
  • O.E. - Bass, Vocals
  • Rhim
    Rhim
    Rhim is a Toronto based musician and sound designer/engineer best known as the drummer for the band The Birthday Massacre since he joined in 2003. As a sound designer for the St. Catharine's based video game developer Silicon Knights, he worked on games including the Xbox 360 title Too Human...
    
     - Drums
  • Owen - Keyboards

Reviews

• Allmusic  Allmusic review

Charts & Awards

Chart (2008)	Peak position
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