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Best of the Specials

1999 compilation album by The Specials
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Best of the Specials

Summary

Best of the Specials is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Best of the Specials's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Best of the Specials's genre is ska[4].
  • Among the performers on Best of the Specials was The Specials[5].
  • Best of the Specials is part of The Specials' albums in chronological order[6].
  • Best of the Specials was published on January 1, 1999[7].
  • Best of the Specials's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[8].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[9]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[10]

  • First release date: 1996[11]

  • Genre(s): new wave, ska[12]

  • Community tags: new wave, ska[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b5672a84-194a-35a5-a72d-0a0933ebda21[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Best of the Specials was performed by The Specials[5].

Publication

Best of the Specials was released on January 1, 1999[7]. Its genre is ska[4]. It is part of The Specials' albums in chronological order[6].

Why It Matters

Best of the Specials ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 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.

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

  1. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . 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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