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The Circus

album by Take That
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The Circus

Summary

The Circus is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (417 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Circus's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Circus's genre is pop rock[4].
  • The Circus was produced by John Shanks[5].
  • Among the performers on The Circus was Take That[6].
  • The Circus's record label is recorded as Polydor[7].
  • The Circus is part of Take That's albums in chronological order[8].
  • The Circus's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Circus was distributed by music download[10].
  • The Circus was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • The Circus's review score is recorded as 3[12].
  • The Circus was published on 2008[13].
  • The Circus's official website is recorded as http://www.takethat.com[14].
  • The Circus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Circus'}[15].
  • The Circus's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+11'}[16].
  • The Circus's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

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[18]

  • First release date: 2008-11-28[19]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock, teen pop[20]

  • Community tags: pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock, teen pop[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4b54da5b-faac-35dd-afc2-9d7aa7df2a4a[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Circus was Take That[6]. It was produced by John Shanks[5].

Publication

The Circus was released on 2008[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is pop rock[4]. It is part of Take That's albums in chronological order[8]. Recorded distribution format include music download[10] and music streaming[11].

Reception

The Circus's review score is recorded as 3[12].

Why It Matters

The Circus ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (417 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Polydor

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] ↑ . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Circus. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-circus
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-circus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Circus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-circus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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