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The Charm of the Highway Strip

album by The Magnetic Fields
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The Charm of the Highway Strip

Summary

The Charm of the Highway Strip is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Charm of the Highway Strip's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip's genre is indie pop[4].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip followed The House of Tomorrow[5].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip was followed by Holiday[6].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip was produced by Stephin Merritt[7].
  • Among the performers on The Charm of the Highway Strip was The Magnetic Fields[8].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip's record label is recorded as Merge Records[9].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip was released on April 18, 1994[12].
  • The Charm of the Highway Strip's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1994-04-18[15]

  • Genre(s): electropop, indie pop, synth-pop[16]

  • Community tags: atmospheric, bittersweet, concept album, deadpan, electropop, ethereal, gay, indie pop, lgbtq, lonely, love, lush, male vocalist, melancholic, melodic, nocturnal, poetic, quirky, sad, sombre, synth-pop, synthpop, travel, vehicles[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a5db12b8-5db8-3d07-b224-b357bfd66b97[18]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Charm of the Highway Strip was The Magnetic Fields[8]. It was produced by Stephin Merritt[7].

Publication

The Charm of the Highway Strip was released on April 18, 1994[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is indie pop[4]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Charm of the Highway Strip followed The House of Tomorrow[5]. It was followed by Holiday[6].

Why It Matters

The Charm of the Highway Strip ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 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] ↑ . rateyourmusic.com. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . 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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