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Close to the Bone

album by Thompson Twins
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Close to the Bone

Summary

Close to the Bone is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Close to the Bone's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Close to the Bone's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Close to the Bone was produced by Rupert Hine[5].
  • Close to the Bone was performed by Thompson Twins[6].
  • Close to the Bone's record label is recorded as Arista Records[7].
  • Close to the Bone is part of Thompson Twins' albums in chronological order[8].
  • Close to the Bone was published on 1987[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[10]

  • First release date: 1987-04-05[11]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, electronic, new wave, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[12]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, electronic, new wave, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4902fead-efd2-3adf-aff0-b3a79b5338a5[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Close to the Bone was performed by Thompson Twins[6]. It was produced by Rupert Hine[5].

Publication

Close to the Bone was published on 1987[9]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It is part of Thompson Twins' albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Close to the Bone ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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