Brief Encounter

1986 compilation album by Marillion
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Brief Encounter

Summary

Brief Encounter is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brief Encounter's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Brief Encounter's genre is neo-prog[4].
  • Brief Encounter was performed by Marillion[5].
  • Brief Encounter's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[6].
  • Brief Encounter is part of Marillion's albums in chronological order[7].
  • Brief Encounter was released on July 1986[8].
  • Brief Encounter's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[9].

Product Details

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  • Release type: EP[10]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[11]

  • First release date: 1986-06[12]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, rock[13]

  • Community tags: hard rock, rock, rock ballad[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aba4c1db-e2a1-3959-98cb-1405c472e789[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Brief Encounter was performed by Marillion[5].

Publication

Brief Encounter was released on July 1986[8]. Its genre is neo-prog[4]. It is part of Marillion's albums in chronological order[7].

Why It Matters

Brief Encounter ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 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.

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

  1. [10] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_brief-encounter-q4967022_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Brief Encounter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/brief-encounter-q4967022}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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