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{{Infobox album | name = The Friends EP | type = EP | artist = Ween | cover = The Friends EP (Ween album) cover art.jpg | alt = | released = June 19, 2007 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 19:50 | label = Chocodog | producer = Andreas Litterscheid, Reinhard Raith, Andrew Weiss, King Jammy, Ween, additional recording by Greg Frey. | prev_title = Shinola, Vol. 1 | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = La Cucaracha | next_year = 2007 }} '''''The Friends EP''''' is an EP by the American rock band Ween, released on June 19, 2007<ref>{{cite web | last = Selzer | first = Hal B. | title = Interview with Ween: All That Was Middle Class | website = Aquarian Weekly | date = June 20, 2007 | url = http://www.theaquarian.com/2007/06/20/ween-all-that-was-middle-class/ | access-date = September 7, 2018 }}</ref> and was set to be released on 12" in July 2007. Ween co-founder and lead guitarist Dean Ween described the EP as "The ultimate party record, filled with good beats and good times. Perfect for your barbecue or doing bong hits or whatever it is that you guys do."<ref>{{cite web | last = Thill | first = Scott | title = WEEN: LOADERS + RIPPERS = ASS TUMORS | website = wired.com | date = March 24, 2008 | url = https://www.wired.com/2008/03/ween-loaders-ri/ | access-date = September 7, 2018 }}</ref> A substantially different arrangement of the song "Friends" also appears on ''La Cucaracha''.
{{Music ratings | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2Score = A− <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/ween-the-friends-ep-1798202863|title=Ween: The Friends EP|website=Music|date=14 August 2007 }}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-friends-ep-mw0000784439|title=The Friends EP - Ween | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3Score = 5.2/10 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10393-the-friends-ep/|title=Ween: The Friends EP|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
==Track listing== All tracks written by Ween. {{track listing | title1 = Friends | length1 = 4:11 | title2 = I Got to Put the Hammer Down | length2 = 2:21 | title3 = King Billy | length3 = 5:57 | title4 = Light Me Up | length4 = 3:29 | title5 = Slow Down Boy | length5 = 3:52 | total_length = 19:50 }}
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