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The Boy with the Arab Strap

album by Belle and Sebastian
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The Boy with the Arab Strap

Summary

The Boy with the Arab Strap is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's genre is chamber pop[4].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's genre is indie pop[5].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's genre is baroque pop[6].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap was produced by Tony Doogan[7].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap was performed by Belle and Sebastian[8].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's record label is recorded as Jeepster Records[9].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's record label is recorded as Matador Records[10].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap is part of Belle & Sebastian's albums in chronological order[11].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap was distributed by music download[14].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap was released on September 7, 1998[15].
  • The Boy with the Arab Strap's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Boy with the Arab Strap'}[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.

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  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1998-09-07[18]

  • Genre(s): chamber pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: ambient dream pop, chamber pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 25f3f7bf-f308-390c-b512-e0d4caaa8417[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Boy with the Arab Strap was performed by Belle and Sebastian[8]. It was produced by Tony Doogan[7].

Publication

The Boy with the Arab Strap was released on September 7, 1998[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include chamber pop[4], indie pop[5], and baroque pop[6]. It is part of Belle & Sebastian's albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[13] and music download[14].

Why It Matters

The Boy with the Arab Strap ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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