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The Boomtown Rats

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The Boomtown Rats

Summary

The Boomtown Rats is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boomtown Rats's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Boomtown Rats's genre is punk rock[4].
  • The Boomtown Rats's genre is new wave[5].
  • The Boomtown Rats was followed by A Tonic for the Troops[6].
  • The Boomtown Rats was produced by Mutt Lange[7].
  • The Boomtown Rats was performed by The Boomtown Rats[8].
  • The Boomtown Rats's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[9].
  • The Boomtown Rats was released on January 1, 1977[10].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1977-09[12]

  • Genre(s): new wave, punk, punk rock, rock[13]

  • Community tags: new wave, punk, punk rock, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5a2c2731-ce98-31c8-b942-b00592d0bbf2[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Boomtown Rats was performed by it[8]. It was produced by Mutt Lange[7].

Publication

The Boomtown Rats was published on January 1, 1977[10]. Genres include punk rock[4] and new wave[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Boomtown Rats was followed by A Tonic for the Troops[6].

Why It Matters

The Boomtown Rats ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [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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