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They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To

1998 album by Hoobastank
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They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To

Summary

They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To is an album[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To's genre is ska punk[4].
  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To followed Muffins[5].
  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To was followed by Hoobastank[6].
  • Among the performers on They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To was Hoobastank[7].
  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To's record label is recorded as Island Records[8].
  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To was published on January 1, 1998[9].
  • They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[10].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1998[12]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, rock, ska punk[13]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, rock, ska punk[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3e81da78-1c64-3b71-9ab4-b3a0542eb446[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To was Hoobastank[7].

Publication

They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To was released on January 1, 1998[9]. Its genre is ska punk[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To followed Muffins[5]. It was followed by Hoobastank[6].

Why It Matters

They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Island Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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