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The Specials

1979 self-titled debut studio album by The Specials
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The Specials

Summary

The Specials is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (548 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Specials's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Specials's genre is ska[4].
  • The Specials was produced by Elvis Costello[5].
  • The Specials was performed by The Specials[6].
  • The Specials's record label is recorded as 2 Tone Records[7].
  • The Specials's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • The Specials is part of The Specials' albums in chronological order[9].
  • The Specials's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Specials was distributed by LP record[11].
  • The Specials was released on 1979[12].
  • The Specials's tracklist is recorded as You're Wondering Now[13].
  • The Specials's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Specials'}[14].
  • The Specials's has characteristic is recorded as eponymously titled work[15].
  • The Specials's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[16].
  • The Specials's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+14'}[17].
  • The Specials's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[18].

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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[19]

  • First release date: 1979-10-19[20]

  • Genre(s): 2 tone, pop, reggae, rock, rocksteady, ska[21]

  • Community tags: 2 tone, pop, reggae, rock, rocksteady, ska[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9c02ca99-df9a-3e48-8b7a-fabb599d19a3[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Specials was it[6]. It was produced by Elvis Costello[5].

Publication

The Specials was published on 1979[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is ska[4]. It is part of it' albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by LP record[11].

Why It Matters

The Specials ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (548 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Elvis Costello United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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