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A Tonic for the Troops

album by The Boomtown Rats
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A Tonic for the Troops

Summary

A Tonic for the Troops is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Tonic for the Troops's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Tonic for the Troops's genre is punk rock[4].
  • A Tonic for the Troops's genre is new wave[5].
  • A Tonic for the Troops followed The Boomtown Rats[6].
  • A Tonic for the Troops was followed by The Fine Art of Surfacing[7].
  • A Tonic for the Troops was produced by Mutt Lange[8].
  • A Tonic for the Troops was performed by The Boomtown Rats[9].
  • A Tonic for the Troops's record label is recorded as Ensign Records[10].
  • A Tonic for the Troops was published on 1978[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[12]

  • First release date: 1978-07[13]

  • Genre(s): new wave, punk, rock[14]

  • Community tags: new wave, punk, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d2118880-c722-3a03-8daf-d051b0c10729[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Tonic for the Troops was The Boomtown Rats[9]. It was produced by Mutt Lange[8].

Publication

A Tonic for the Troops was published on 1978[11]. Genres include punk rock[4] and new wave[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Tonic for the Troops followed The Boomtown Rats[6]. It was followed by The Fine Art of Surfacing[7].

Why It Matters

A Tonic for the Troops ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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