Shades 1968–1998

1999 compilation album by Deep Purple
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Shades 1968–1998

Summary

Shades 1968–1998 is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shades 1968–1998's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Shades 1968–1998's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Among the performers on Shades 1968–1998 was Deep Purple[5].
  • Shades 1968–1998's record label is recorded as Rhino[6].
  • Shades 1968–1998 is part of Deep Purple's albums in chronological order[7].
  • Shades 1968–1998 was released on January 1, 1999[8].
  • Shades 1968–1998's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[9].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[10]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[11]

  • First release date: 1999-03-16[12]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, rock[13]

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

  • MusicBrainz ID: a4eceb17-a7cb-354a-a72e-8812b50f2209[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Shades 1968–1998 was Deep Purple[5].

Publication

Shades 1968–1998 was published on January 1, 1999[8]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Deep Purple's albums in chronological order[7].

Why It Matters

Shades 1968–1998 ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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_shades-1968-1998_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shades 1968–1998}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shades-1968-1998}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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