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Absolute Beginners

1981 single by The Jam
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Absolute Beginners

Summary

Absolute Beginners is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Absolute Beginners's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Absolute Beginners's genre is mod revival[4].
  • Absolute Beginners followed Funeral Pyre[5].
  • Absolute Beginners was followed by Town Called Malice[6].
  • Absolute Beginners was produced by Peter Wilson[7].
  • Absolute Beginners was performed by The Jam[8].
  • Absolute Beginners's record label is recorded as Polydor[9].
  • Absolute Beginners was released on October 16, 1981[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Single[11]

  • First release date: 1981-10-24[12]

  • Genre(s): mod, mod revival, rock[13]

  • Community tags: mod, mod revival, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9f46cbab-a339-39e0-ae73-e3163088d613[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Absolute Beginners was The Jam[8]. It was produced by Peter Wilson[7].

Publication

Absolute Beginners was released on October 16, 1981[10]. Its genre is mod revival[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Absolute Beginners followed Funeral Pyre[5]. It was followed by Town Called Malice[6].

Why It Matters

Absolute Beginners ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . 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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