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The Best of ZZ Top

1977 greatest hits album by ZZ Top
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The Best of ZZ Top

Summary

The Best of ZZ Top is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Best of ZZ Top's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's genre is blues rock[4].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's genre is boogie rock[5].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's genre is Southern rock[6].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's genre is hard rock[7].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's genre is Texas blues[8].
  • The Best of ZZ Top was produced by Bill Ham[9].
  • Among the performers on The Best of ZZ Top was ZZ Top[10].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's record label is recorded as London Records[11].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's place of publication is recorded as United States[12].
  • The Best of ZZ Top is part of ZZ Top's albums in chronological order[13].
  • The Best of ZZ Top was released on November 26, 1977[14].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2061'}[15].
  • The Best of ZZ Top's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[16].

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[17]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[18]

  • First release date: 1977[19]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, blues rock, boogie rock, dance-rock, hard rock, jazz, rock[20]

  • Community tags: 1977, album rock, arena rock, blues rock, blues-rock, boogie rock, dance-rock, hard rock, jazz, pop/rock, rock, rock & roll[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 63311de9-6584-3c51-9774-8e560a83bd60[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Best of ZZ Top was ZZ Top[10]. It was produced by Bill Ham[9].

Publication

The Best of ZZ Top was released on November 26, 1977[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[12]. Genres include blues rock[4], boogie rock[5], Southern rock[6], hard rock[7], and Texas blues[8]. It is part of ZZ Top's albums in chronological order[13].

Why It Matters

The Best of ZZ Top ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

United States ZZ Top

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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