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My Generation: The Very Best of The Who

1996 greatest hits album by The Who
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My Generation: The Very Best of The Who

Summary

My Generation: The Very Best of The Who is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's instance of is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — instance of (P31): album[3].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's genre is The Very Best of The Who — genre (P136): rock music[4].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who was produced by The Very Best of The Who — producer (P162): Jon Astley[5].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who was performed by The Very Best of The Who — performer (P175): The Who[6].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's record label is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — record label (P264): Polydor[7].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's place of publication is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — place of publication (P291): United Kingdom[8].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's place of publication is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — place of publication (P291): United States[9].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who is part of The Very Best of The Who — part of (P361): The Who's albums in chronological order[10].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who is part of The Very Best of The Who — part of (P361): The Who compilation albums discography[11].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's language of work or name is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — language of work or name (P407): English[12].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who was distributed by The Very Best of The Who — distribution format (P437): music streaming[13].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's review score is recorded as 4.5[14].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who was published on August 27, 1996[15].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'My Generation'}[16].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's has characteristic is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — has characteristic (P1552): greatest hits album[17].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Very Best of the Who'}[18].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+4577'}[19].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+20'}[20].
  • My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's form of creative work is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — form of creative work (P7937): compilation album[21].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[22]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[23]

  • First release date: 1996-08-01[24]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, rock[25]

  • Community tags: hard rock, rock[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c96cfe52-1821-3946-965c-79279cf4c1a4[27]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on My Generation: The Very Best of The Who was The Very Best of The Who — performer (P175): The Who[6]. It was produced by The Very Best of The Who — producer (P162): Jon Astley[5].

Publication

My Generation: The Very Best of The Who was released on August 27, 1996[15]. Place of publication include The Very Best of The Who — place of publication (P291): United Kingdom[8] and The Very Best of The Who — place of publication (P291): United States[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as The Very Best of The Who — language of work or name (P407): English[12]. Its genre is The Very Best of The Who — genre (P136): rock music[4]. Part of include The Very Best of The Who — part of (P361): The Who's albums in chronological order[10] and The Very Best of The Who — part of (P361): The Who compilation albums discography[11]. It was distributed by The Very Best of The Who — distribution format (P437): music streaming[13].

Reception

My Generation: The Very Best of The Who's review score is recorded as 4.5[14].

Why It Matters

My Generation: The Very Best of The Who ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Polydor The Who United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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