The Early Years

compilation album by Deep Purple
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The Early Years

Summary

The Early Years is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Early Years's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Early Years's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Among the performers on The Early Years was Deep Purple[5].
  • The Early Years's record label is recorded as EMI[6].
  • The Early Years is part of Deep Purple's albums in chronological order[7].
  • The Early Years's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Early Years was released on January 1, 2004[9].
  • The Early Years's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Early Years'}[10].
  • The Early Years's different from is recorded as The Early Years[11].
  • The Early Years's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[12].

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[13]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[14]

  • First release date: 2004[15]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, rock[16]

  • Community tags: hard rock, rock[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cb8c8a3e-5869-3305-8cda-9eba72dfb4cc[18]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Early Years was Deep Purple[5].

Publication

The Early Years was published on January 1, 2004[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Deep Purple's albums in chronological order[7].

Why It Matters

The Early Years ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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