The Essential

2003 compilation album reissue by Jethro Tull
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The Essential

Summary

The Essential is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Essential's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Essential's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • The Essential was produced by Ian Anderson[5].
  • The Essential was performed by Jethro Tull[6].
  • The Essential's part of the series is recorded as The Essential[7].
  • The Essential's record label is recorded as Chrysalis Records[8].
  • The Essential's place of publication is recorded as Europe[9].
  • The Essential is part of Jethro Tull's albums in chronological order[10].
  • The Essential is part of Jethro Tull compilation albums discography[11].
  • The Essential was published on March 24, 2003[12].
  • The Essential's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Essential'}[13].
  • The Essential's has characteristic is recorded as greatest hits album[14].
  • The Essential's has characteristic is recorded as reissue[15].
  • The Essential's different from is recorded as The Essential[16].
  • The Essential's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2621'}[17].
  • The Essential's form of creative work is recorded as compilation 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]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[20]

  • First release date: 2003[21]

  • Genre(s): art rock, folk rock, progressive rock, rock[22]

  • Community tags: alternrock, art rock, folk rock, progressive rock, rock[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ad8b4186-bc71-49e0-93b1-b29dab4f09bf[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Essential was Jethro Tull[6]. It was produced by Ian Anderson[5].

Publication

The Essential was released on March 24, 2003[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as Europe[9]. Its genre is progressive rock[4]. Part of include Jethro Tull's albums in chronological order[10] and Jethro Tull compilation albums discography[11]. Its part of the series is recorded as it[7].

Subject and Themes

The Essential's part of the series is recorded as it[7].

Why It Matters

The Essential ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . 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.
  6. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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