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Essential

1998 compilation album by Pet Shop Boys
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Essential

Summary

Essential is an album[1]. Essential ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Essential's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Essential was performed by Pet Shop Boys[4].
  • Essential's part of the series is recorded as Essential[5].
  • Essential's record label is recorded as EMI[6].
  • Essential's place of publication is recorded as United States[7].
  • Essential's place of publication is recorded as Japan[8].
  • Essential is part of Pet Shop Boys' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Essential was released on March 31, 1998[10].
  • Essential's title is recorded as Essential[11].
  • Essential's different from is recorded as Essential[12].
  • Essential's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[13].

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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[14]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[15]

  • First release date: 1998-03-31[16]

  • Genre(s): alternative dance, dance-pop, dance-rock, electronic, house, synth-pop[17]

  • Community tags: alternative dance, dance-pop, dance-rock, electronic, house, pop/rock, synth-pop[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cbd7b682-5f9a-34ef-81f6-1d5b98b2ac97[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Essential was performed by Pet Shop Boys[4].

Publication

Essential was released on March 31, 1998[10]. Place of publication include United States[7] and Japan[8]. Essential is part of Pet Shop Boys' albums in chronological order[9]. Essential's part of the series is recorded as Essential[5].

Subject and Themes

Essential's part of the series is recorded as Essential[5].

Why It Matters

Essential ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . 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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