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Arular

Arular is the debut studio album by English singer and rapper M.I.A. It was released on 22 March 2005 in the United States, and one month later in the United Kingdom, with a slightly different track listing. In 2004, the album's release was preceded by two singles and the Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape. M.I.A. wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the…

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Genres
World · hip hop · dancehall · dance
Labels
XL · Interscope
Length
38:06
Producers
Paul Byrne · Diplo · KW Griff · Richard X · Switch
Recorded
Mid-2003 – 2004; West London
Released
22 March 2005 (2005-03-22)

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Recording and production

Music and lyrics

Artwork

Release

Promotion

Critical reception

Track listing

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Arular

Nodes128
Edges127
Triples152
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015625
Components1

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Arular

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related to Music and lyrics · 34
Arular → America, And, Art, Arul Pragasam, Bow Wow Wow, British, Britpop, Central Saint Martins College, Design, Despite, Don Letts, England, English, Eric, He, Her, If, In, In Sri Lankan, Liberation Tigers
related to Reappraisal and commercial performance · 32
Arular → Albums You Must Hear, All Time, Before You Die, Belgium, Best Albums, By May, Century, Clash, Decade, Europe, Germany, Greatest Albums, In, In July, Loose, Madonna's, Nelly Furtado, NME, Norway, Pitchfork
related to Promotion · 31
Arular → Anthony Mandler, Bucky Done Gun, Diplo, Europe, Following, Galang, Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers, In, In December, In November, Indian, It, Japan, July, LCD Soundsystem, North America, October, Online Piracy Funds Terrorism, Piracy Funds Terrorism, Rajesh Touchriver
related to Release · 15
Arular → By, December, Despite, February, Interscope Records, It, March, May, Pitchfork, Revised, September, Tamil Tigers, The UK, US, XL Recordings
related to Critical reception · 11
Arular → Adam Webb, Julianne Shepherd, Metacritic, Music, Pitchfork, Sasha Frere-Jones, Scott Plagenhoef, Spin, The New Yorker, Writing, Yahoo
Producers · 7
Arular → Anthony Whiting, Diplo, KW Griff, Paul Byrne, Richard X, Switch, Wizard
Genres · 4
Arular → dance, dancehall, hip hop, World
related to External links · 3
Arular → Discogs, Metacritic, MusicBrainz
Labels · 2
Arular → Interscope, XL
Length · 1
Arular → 38:06

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album music 2005 released best albums album's described 's number world track 2004 dance galang us lyrics hip tamil political

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ArularGenresWorld1.00infobox
ArularGenreship hop1.00infobox
ArularGenresdancehall1.00infobox
ArularGenresdance1.00infobox
ArularLabelsXL1.00infobox
ArularLabelsInterscope1.00infobox
ArularLength38:061.00infobox
ArularProducersPaul Byrne1.00infobox
ArularProducersDiplo1.00infobox
ArularProducersKW Griff1.00infobox
ArularProducersRichard X1.00infobox
ArularProducersSwitch1.00infobox
ArularProducersAnthony Whiting1.00infobox
ArularProducersWizard1.00infobox
ArularRecordedMid-2003 – 2004; West London1.00infobox
ArularReleased22 March 2005 (2005-03-22)1.00infobox
Arularis adebut studio album by English singer and rapper M.I.A0.90text

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