title: Black Sails EP
text: # Black Sails EP
  
  Black Sails EP is an extended play by the American rock band AFI. It was released on April 27, 1999, through Nitro Records. Only 5,000 copies were pressed. It is a sampler of the band's fourth studio album Black Sails in the Sunset.
  
  ## Background
  
  The first three tracks can be found on the album Black Sails in the Sunset. On the full-length album, "Porphyria" is re-titled "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda" and contains a crossfade into the next track, "Exsanguination". "Who Knew?" is a B-side from the full-length album and appears on its Japanese edition. This is the first release with Jade Puget as an official member of the band.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All lyrics are written by Davey Havok; all music is composed by AFI.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits adapted from liner notes.
  
  * AFI – producer, arrangements, backing vocals
  * Davey Havok - lead vocals, lyrics
  * Jade Puget - lead guitar, programming, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  * Adam Carson - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  * Hunter Burgan - bass, programming, keyboard, backing vocals
  * Nick 13 - additional guitars, vocals
  * Andy Earnst – engineer, mixing
  * Alan Forbes – cover illustration
  * Dexter Holland – additional guitar, backing vocals
  * Thad LaRue – assistant engineer
  * Gabe Morford – photography
  * Jamie Reilly – layout
  
  ### Studios
  
  * Engineered and mixed at The Art of Ears, Hayward, CA
  