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The Rough Guide to Highlife

2003 compilation album; various artists
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The Rough Guide to Highlife

Summary

The Rough Guide to Highlife is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's genre is world music[4].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's genre is highlife[5].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife was performed by various artists[6].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's part of the series is recorded as Music Rough Guides[7].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's record label is recorded as World Music Network[8].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[10].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife was published on February 4, 2003[12].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's title is recorded as The Rough Guide to Highlife[13].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+15'}[14].
  • The Rough Guide to Highlife's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[15].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[16]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[17]

  • First release date: 2003[18]

  • Genre(s): highlife[19]

  • Community tags: highlife, rough guide[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ab05e953-5808-305e-8e93-05a6b76c984e[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Rough Guide to Highlife was various artists[6].

Publication

The Rough Guide to Highlife was released on February 4, 2003[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[10]. Genres include world music[4] and highlife[5]. Its part of the series is recorded as Music Rough Guides[7]. It was distributed by compact disc[11].

Subject and Themes

The Rough Guide to Highlife's part of the series is recorded as Music Rough Guides[7].

Why It Matters

The Rough Guide to Highlife ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . 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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  1. 13w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Performer → various artists
    Number of parts of this work → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount'
    Distribution format → compact disc
    Genre → world music, highlife
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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