The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (US CD, copy-protected): version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 16:03 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added product/00827969474723: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion, US Columbia/Deltasonic CD CK 94747 with XCP copy protection (wanted row; 2007 Barcodepedia title "The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD]"), plus family/the-invisible-invasion-the-coral. Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz release c30e9e08 (barcode 827969474723, US, 2005-08-23, Copy Control CD, Withdrawn, Columbia/Deltasonic CK 94747) and Discogs releases 2691972 (US) and 27160236 (Canada), both CK 94747 with barcode 8 2796-94747-2 3. Lookup showed no conflict. The EFF's 9 November 2005 press release lists "The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)" among the confirmed XCP titles; Wikipedia (album and rootkit scandal articles) covers the recall. Brand is the existing brand/columbia-records; record company and gs1_prefix_owner point to the existing company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment, status derived (no source names the registrant of 0827969; Sony BMG is the credited record company on the same album's non-XCP US CD, Discogs 5014107). licensed_from points to the existing company/deltasonic-music, derived from the ℗ Deltasonic Records 2002 Ltd. credit on the European CD (Discogs 889976). Tracks come from MusicBrainz, with Discogs duration differences noted and writers taken from Discogs 5014107. Markets: US and CA, sourced from the release records, with no prices. Status is discontinued. Unresolved (in research_gaps): no company credits for this exact barcode; prefix registrant; whether 828767789828 is the official replacement (superseded_by left empty); XCP back-cover marking not read from a photo; no licensed image; no dated listing or withdrawal date. Not on Open Food Facts, so no off_images.. Current is v2.
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| 1 | 1 | # The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (US CD, copy-protected) <!--product--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | gtin: 00827969474723 | |
| 5 | 5 | name: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (US CD, copy-protected) | |
| 6 | 6 | family: family/the-invisible-invasion-the-coral | |
| 7 | 7 | default_observation: us-xcp-cd | |
| 8 | 8 | summary: US Columbia/Deltasonic CD of The Coral's fourth album The Invisible Invasion (CK 94747, 2005), one of the Sony BMG titles carrying XCP copy protection; withdrawn in the November 2005 recall. | |
| 9 | 9 | brand: brand/columbia-records | |
| 10 | 10 | category: category/10001459 | |
| 11 | 11 | country_of_sale: US, CA | |
| 12 | 12 | pack_format: jewel case | |
| 13 | 13 | status: discontinued | |
| 14 | 14 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 17 | 17 | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 18 | 18 | | ---------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 19 | 19 | | marketed_by | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | US | | | | derived | ^discogs-us-plain | No company credits on this barcode's Discogs entries; the same album's US Columbia/Deltasonic CD without copy protection (82876 77898 2) credits Sony BMG Music Entertainment as Record Company, and MusicBrainz and the EFF name Columbia as the label of this disc (^musicbrainz, ^eff) | | |
| 20 | 20 | | licensed_from | company/deltasonic-music | | | | | derived | ^discogs-eu | The European CDs of the album credit ℗ and © 2005 Deltasonic Records 2002 Ltd., the name of company 04330859 from 2002 to 2015; the ℗ line of this US disc was not read | | |
| 21 | 21 | | gs1_prefix_owner | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | | | | | derived | ^discogs-us-plain | Prefix 0827969; no source names the registrant; target is the record company credited on the same album's US CD without copy protection | | |
| 22 | 22 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | ## Markets <!--markets--> | |
| 25 | 25 | | country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price | | |
| 26 | 26 | | ------- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | ----- | | |
| 27 | 27 | | US | sourced | ^musicbrainz | MusicBrainz gives a US release event on 23 August 2005 for this barcode with status Withdrawn; Discogs release 2691972 gives release country US with barcode 8 2796-94747-2 3 (^discogs). No dated listing or price was checked | | | | | | |
| 28 | 28 | | CA | sourced | ^discogs-ca | Discogs release 27160236: Canadian copy-protected CD, CK 94747, with this barcode. No dated listing or price | | | | | | |
| 29 | 29 | <!--/markets--> | |
| 30 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 31 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 32 | 32 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 33 | 33 | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 34 | 34 | | The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD] | search | | | | | |
| 35 | 35 | | CK 94747 | search | | | | | |
| 36 | 36 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | ## Release <!--release--> | |
| 39 | 39 | artists: The Coral | |
| 40 | 40 | label: brand/columbia-records | |
| 41 | 41 | record_company: company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | |
| 42 | 42 | catalogue_number: CK 94747 | |
| 43 | 43 | media: cd | |
| 44 | 44 | discs: 1 | |
| 45 | 45 | released: 2005-08-23 | |
| 46 | 46 | release_country: US | |
| 47 | 47 | genre: Rock, Indie Rock | |
| 48 | 48 | runtime_min: 39.8 | |
| 49 | 49 | edition: Copy protected (XCP) | |
| 50 | 50 | <!--/release--> | |
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 | 52 | ## Tracks <!--tracks--> | |
| 53 | 53 | | position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers | | |
| 54 | 54 | | -------- | ------------------------ | ------ | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | | |
| 55 | 55 | | 1 | She Sings the Mourning | | 3:08 | ^musicbrainz | Writers per ^discogs-us-plain | James Skelly, Nick Power | | |
| 56 | 56 | | 2 | Cripple’s Crown | | 3:39 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs prints "Cripples Crown", 3:38 (^discogs) | James Skelly, Nick Power | | |
| 57 | 57 | | 3 | So Long Ago | | 2:42 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly, Nick Power, Bill Ryder-Jones | | |
| 58 | 58 | | 4 | The Operator | | 2:20 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly | | |
| 59 | 59 | | 5 | A Warning to the Curious | | 3:57 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs gives 3:56 (^discogs) | James Skelly, Nick Power, Bill Ryder-Jones | | |
| 60 | 60 | | 6 | In the Morning | | 2:34 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs gives 2:33 (^discogs) | James Skelly | | |
| 61 | 61 | | 7 | Something Inside of Me | | 2:26 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly | | |
| 62 | 62 | | 8 | Come Home | | 4:14 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly, Nick Power, Bill Ryder-Jones | | |
| 63 | 63 | | 9 | Far From the Crowd | | 3:39 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly | | |
| 64 | 64 | | 10 | Leaving Today | | 3:09 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs gives 3:08 (^discogs) | James Skelly, Lee Southall | | |
| 65 | 65 | | 11 | Arabian Sand | | 4:02 | ^musicbrainz | | The Coral | | |
| 66 | 66 | | 12 | Late Afternoon | | 3:56 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly | | |
| 67 | 67 | <!--/tracks--> | |
| 68 | 68 | ||
| 69 | 69 | ## Specifications <!--specifications--> | |
| 70 | 70 | | property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier | | |
| 71 | 71 | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------ | --------- | | |
| 72 | 72 | | Copy protection | XCP (Extended Copy Protection) by First 4 Internet | | ^eff | EFF listed "The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)" among the CDs confirmed to carry XCP on 9 November 2005; MusicBrainz gives the format as Copy Control CD and Discogs as Copy Protected (^musicbrainz, ^discogs) | us-xcp-cd | | | | known | | | | |
| 73 | 73 | | Packaging | Jewel case | | ^musicbrainz | | us-xcp-cd | | | | known | | | | |
| 74 | 74 | | Barcode as printed | 8 2796-94747-2 3 | | ^discogs | | us-xcp-cd | | | | known | | | | |
| 75 | 75 | <!--/specifications--> | |
| 76 | 76 | ||
| 77 | 77 | ## Observations <!--observations--> | |
| 78 | 78 | | id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number | | |
| 79 | 79 | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ | | |
| 80 | 80 | | us-xcp-cd | US Columbia/Deltasonic CD CK 94747, copy protected (XCP) | edition | US | | 2005-08-23 | | | supported | | | | ^musicbrainz | Edition described from the MusicBrainz and Discogs release records; no photo of the pack was read. Withdrawal date not sourced | | | | jewel case | CK 94747 | | |
| 81 | 81 | | ca-cd | Canadian CD CK 94747, copy protected | edition | CA | | | | | supported | | | | ^discogs-ca | Same barcode and catalogue number; no company credits on the Discogs entry | | | | | CK 94747 | | |
| 82 | 82 | <!--/observations--> | |
| 83 | 83 | ||
| 84 | 84 | ## Credits <!--credits--> | |
| 85 | 85 | | observation | name | role | source | note | | |
| 86 | 86 | | ----------- | --------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | |
| 87 | 87 | | | Geoff Barrow | Producer | ^wiki-album | Of Portishead | | |
| 88 | 88 | | | Adrian Utley | Producer | ^wiki-album | Of Portishead; also engineer on all recordings | | |
| 89 | 89 | | | Frank Arkwright | Mastering engineer | ^wiki-album | Mastered at Whitfield Street Studios | | |
| 90 | 90 | <!--/credits--> | |
| 91 | 91 | ||
| 92 | 92 | ## Research gaps <!--research_gaps--> | |
| 93 | 93 | | observation | domain | state | detail | source | | |
| 94 | 94 | | ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | |
| 95 | 95 | | us-xcp-cd | relationships | unknown | No company credits (℗/© line, manufacturer, distributor) are recorded for this barcode on Discogs or MusicBrainz; marketed_by and licensed_from are derived from other editions of the album | ^discogs | | |
| 96 | 96 | | | relationships | unknown | No source names the registrant of GS1 prefix 0827969 | | | |
| 97 | 97 | | us-xcp-cd | identity | unknown | No source states that the US CD 82876 77898 2 (barcode 828767789828, no copy-protection descriptor) is the replacement for this disc, so superseded_by is left empty | ^discogs-us-plain | | |
| 98 | 98 | | us-xcp-cd | packaging | not_researched | Printed XCP notice not read from a photo; Sony BMG said XCP discs carry the letters "XCP" on the back cover of the jewel case | ^wiki-xcp | | |
| 99 | 99 | | | images | unknown | No licensed photo of this pack was found; Discogs images carry no reuse licence | | | |
| 100 | 100 | | us-xcp-cd | markets | unknown | No dated retail listing with a price was fetched; no evidence for last_seen or the exact withdrawal date | | | |
| 101 | 101 | <!--/research_gaps--> | |
| 102 | 102 | ||
| 103 | 103 | ## Research <!--research--> | |
| 104 | 104 | structure_version: 2 | |
| 105 | 105 | reviewed_on: 2026-09-13 | |
| 106 | 106 | note: Built from the MusicBrainz and Discogs release records, the EFF XCP press release and Wikipedia; no pack photo read. | |
| 107 | 107 | <!--/research--> | |
| 108 | 108 | ||
| 109 | + | ## Images <!--images--> | |
| 110 | + | | asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | observation | | |
| 111 | + | | ------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | --------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ----------- | | |
| 112 | + | | front-189a722d.webp | front | cover-art-archive | editorial | Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/release/c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4/cover-art | 2026-09-13 | | c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4 | 27451282497 | https://coverartarchive.org/release/c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4/27451282497.jpg | https://coverartarchive.org/release/c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4/27451282497-1200.jpg | 2026-09-13T19:18:40.019Z | 827969474723 | barcode | 1 | 1200 | 1195 | 1200 | 1195 | | | |
| 113 | + | <!--/images--> | |
| 114 | + | ||
| 109 | 115 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 110 | 116 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 111 | 117 | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 112 | 118 | | musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4?fmt=json&inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits | MusicBrainz release: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (Copy Control CD, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4 | barcode, status, packaging, label-info, tracks | CC0 | | | | |
| 113 | 119 | | discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/2691972 | Discogs release 2691972: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Copy Protected, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 2691972 | identifiers, labels, formats, tracklist | | | | | |
| 114 | 120 | | discogs-ca | https://api.discogs.com/releases/27160236 | Discogs release 27160236: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Copy Protected, Canada, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 27160236 | identifiers, labels, formats | | | | | |
| 115 | 121 | | discogs-us-plain | https://api.discogs.com/releases/5014107 | Discogs release 5014107: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 5014107 | identifiers, labels, companies, credits | | | | | |
| 116 | 122 | | discogs-eu | https://api.discogs.com/releases/889976 | Discogs release 889976: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Europe, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 889976 | companies, notes | | | | | |
| 117 | 123 | | discogs-master | https://api.discogs.com/masters/30374/versions | Discogs master 30374: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion, versions | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 30374 | versions | | | | | |
| 118 | 124 | | eff | https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2005/11/09 | EFF: Are You Infected with Sony-BMG's Rootkit? EFF Confirms Secret Software on 19 CDs | 2026-09-13 | Electronic Frontier Foundation | publication | 2005-11-09 | | list of confirmed titles | CC BY | | | | |
| 119 | 125 | | wiki-album | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Invasion | Wikipedia: The Invisible Invasion | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead, background and production, release, extended copy protection | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 120 | 126 | | wiki-xcp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal | Wikipedia: Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | copy-protection software, product recall | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 121 | 127 | | barcodepedia-2007 | https://web.archive.org/web/20070301034907/http://en.barcodepedia.com/827969474723/the-invisible-invasion-sony-xcp-contentcopy-protected-cd | Barcodepedia (2007 archive): The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD] | 2026-09-13 | Barcodepedia | other | 2007-03-01 | | title, container | | | | | |
| 122 | 128 | <!--/references--> | |
| 123 | 129 | ||
| 124 | 130 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 125 | 131 | This is the North American compact disc of The Invisible Invasion, the 2005 album by the English rock band the Coral, produced by Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of Portishead and first released in the UK on Deltasonic on 23 May 2005.[^wiki-album] MusicBrainz lists this barcode as a US Copy Control CD on Columbia and Deltasonic, catalogue number CK 94747, released on 23 August 2005 with 12 tracks and now marked withdrawn.[^musicbrainz] In November 2005 the Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed that the Columbia edition carried XCP,[^eff] the First 4 Internet copy-protection software whose rootkit set off the Sony BMG scandal, and Sony BMG recalled the affected titles.[^wiki-xcp][^wiki-album] | |
| 126 | 132 | ||
| 127 | 133 | The old Barcodepedia page, captured in March 2007, titled this barcode "The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD]" and described it as an audio CD.[^barcodepedia-2007] Discogs lists the same barcode on a Canadian copy-protected pressing,[^discogs-ca] and a separate US CD of the album, 82876 77898 2, without the copy-protected descriptor.[^discogs-us-plain] | |
| 128 | 134 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (US CD, copy-protected) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00827969474723
name: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (US CD, copy-protected)
family: family/the-invisible-invasion-the-coral
default_observation: us-xcp-cd
summary: US Columbia/Deltasonic CD of The Coral's fourth album The Invisible Invasion (CK 94747, 2005), one of the Sony BMG titles carrying XCP copy protection; withdrawn in the November 2005 recall.
brand: brand/columbia-records
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: US, CA
pack_format: jewel case
status: discontinued
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| marketed_by | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | US | | | | derived | ^discogs-us-plain | No company credits on this barcode's Discogs entries; the same album's US Columbia/Deltasonic CD without copy protection (82876 77898 2) credits Sony BMG Music Entertainment as Record Company, and MusicBrainz and the EFF name Columbia as the label of this disc (^musicbrainz, ^eff) |
| licensed_from | company/deltasonic-music | | | | | derived | ^discogs-eu | The European CDs of the album credit ℗ and © 2005 Deltasonic Records 2002 Ltd., the name of company 04330859 from 2002 to 2015; the ℗ line of this US disc was not read |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | | | | | derived | ^discogs-us-plain | Prefix 0827969; no source names the registrant; target is the record company credited on the same album's US CD without copy protection |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | sourced | ^musicbrainz | MusicBrainz gives a US release event on 23 August 2005 for this barcode with status Withdrawn; Discogs release 2691972 gives release country US with barcode 8 2796-94747-2 3 (^discogs). No dated listing or price was checked | | | | |
| CA | sourced | ^discogs-ca | Discogs release 27160236: Canadian copy-protected CD, CK 94747, with this barcode. No dated listing or price | | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD] | search | | | |
| CK 94747 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: The Coral
label: brand/columbia-records
record_company: company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment
catalogue_number: CK 94747
media: cd
discs: 1
released: 2005-08-23
release_country: US
genre: Rock, Indie Rock
runtime_min: 39.8
edition: Copy protected (XCP)
<!--/release-->
## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ------ | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ |
| 1 | She Sings the Mourning | | 3:08 | ^musicbrainz | Writers per ^discogs-us-plain | James Skelly, Nick Power |
| 2 | Cripple’s Crown | | 3:39 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs prints "Cripples Crown", 3:38 (^discogs) | James Skelly, Nick Power |
| 3 | So Long Ago | | 2:42 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly, Nick Power, Bill Ryder-Jones |
| 4 | The Operator | | 2:20 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly |
| 5 | A Warning to the Curious | | 3:57 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs gives 3:56 (^discogs) | James Skelly, Nick Power, Bill Ryder-Jones |
| 6 | In the Morning | | 2:34 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs gives 2:33 (^discogs) | James Skelly |
| 7 | Something Inside of Me | | 2:26 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly |
| 8 | Come Home | | 4:14 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly, Nick Power, Bill Ryder-Jones |
| 9 | Far From the Crowd | | 3:39 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly |
| 10 | Leaving Today | | 3:09 | ^musicbrainz | Discogs gives 3:08 (^discogs) | James Skelly, Lee Southall |
| 11 | Arabian Sand | | 4:02 | ^musicbrainz | | The Coral |
| 12 | Late Afternoon | | 3:56 | ^musicbrainz | | James Skelly |
<!--/tracks-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------ | --------- |
| Copy protection | XCP (Extended Copy Protection) by First 4 Internet | | ^eff | EFF listed "The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)" among the CDs confirmed to carry XCP on 9 November 2005; MusicBrainz gives the format as Copy Control CD and Discogs as Copy Protected (^musicbrainz, ^discogs) | us-xcp-cd | | | | known | | |
| Packaging | Jewel case | | ^musicbrainz | | us-xcp-cd | | | | known | | |
| Barcode as printed | 8 2796-94747-2 3 | | ^discogs | | us-xcp-cd | | | | known | | |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| us-xcp-cd | US Columbia/Deltasonic CD CK 94747, copy protected (XCP) | edition | US | | 2005-08-23 | | | supported | | | | ^musicbrainz | Edition described from the MusicBrainz and Discogs release records; no photo of the pack was read. Withdrawal date not sourced | | | | jewel case | CK 94747 |
| ca-cd | Canadian CD CK 94747, copy protected | edition | CA | | | | | supported | | | | ^discogs-ca | Same barcode and catalogue number; no company credits on the Discogs entry | | | | | CK 94747 |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | note |
| ----------- | --------------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| | Geoff Barrow | Producer | ^wiki-album | Of Portishead |
| | Adrian Utley | Producer | ^wiki-album | Of Portishead; also engineer on all recordings |
| | Frank Arkwright | Mastering engineer | ^wiki-album | Mastered at Whitfield Street Studios |
<!--/credits-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| us-xcp-cd | relationships | unknown | No company credits (℗/© line, manufacturer, distributor) are recorded for this barcode on Discogs or MusicBrainz; marketed_by and licensed_from are derived from other editions of the album | ^discogs |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the registrant of GS1 prefix 0827969 | |
| us-xcp-cd | identity | unknown | No source states that the US CD 82876 77898 2 (barcode 828767789828, no copy-protection descriptor) is the replacement for this disc, so superseded_by is left empty | ^discogs-us-plain |
| us-xcp-cd | packaging | not_researched | Printed XCP notice not read from a photo; Sony BMG said XCP discs carry the letters "XCP" on the back cover of the jewel case | ^wiki-xcp |
| | images | unknown | No licensed photo of this pack was found; Discogs images carry no reuse licence | |
| us-xcp-cd | markets | unknown | No dated retail listing with a price was fetched; no evidence for last_seen or the exact withdrawal date | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-13
note: Built from the MusicBrainz and Discogs release records, the EFF XCP press release and Wikipedia; no pack photo read.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4?fmt=json&inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits | MusicBrainz release: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (Copy Control CD, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | c30e9e08-9224-4615-a690-36f312216aa4 | barcode, status, packaging, label-info, tracks | CC0 | | |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/2691972 | Discogs release 2691972: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Copy Protected, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 2691972 | identifiers, labels, formats, tracklist | | | |
| discogs-ca | https://api.discogs.com/releases/27160236 | Discogs release 27160236: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Copy Protected, Canada, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 27160236 | identifiers, labels, formats | | | |
| discogs-us-plain | https://api.discogs.com/releases/5014107 | Discogs release 5014107: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 5014107 | identifiers, labels, companies, credits | | | |
| discogs-eu | https://api.discogs.com/releases/889976 | Discogs release 889976: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion (CD, Album, Europe, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 889976 | companies, notes | | | |
| discogs-master | https://api.discogs.com/masters/30374/versions | Discogs master 30374: The Coral – The Invisible Invasion, versions | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 30374 | versions | | | |
| eff | https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2005/11/09 | EFF: Are You Infected with Sony-BMG's Rootkit? EFF Confirms Secret Software on 19 CDs | 2026-09-13 | Electronic Frontier Foundation | publication | 2005-11-09 | | list of confirmed titles | CC BY | | |
| wiki-album | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Invasion | Wikipedia: The Invisible Invasion | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead, background and production, release, extended copy protection | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| wiki-xcp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal | Wikipedia: Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | copy-protection software, product recall | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| barcodepedia-2007 | https://web.archive.org/web/20070301034907/http://en.barcodepedia.com/827969474723/the-invisible-invasion-sony-xcp-contentcopy-protected-cd | Barcodepedia (2007 archive): The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD] | 2026-09-13 | Barcodepedia | other | 2007-03-01 | | title, container | | | |
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This is the North American compact disc of The Invisible Invasion, the 2005 album by the English rock band the Coral, produced by Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of Portishead and first released in the UK on Deltasonic on 23 May 2005.[^wiki-album] MusicBrainz lists this barcode as a US Copy Control CD on Columbia and Deltasonic, catalogue number CK 94747, released on 23 August 2005 with 12 tracks and now marked withdrawn.[^musicbrainz] In November 2005 the Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed that the Columbia edition carried XCP,[^eff] the First 4 Internet copy-protection software whose rootkit set off the Sony BMG scandal, and Sony BMG recalled the affected titles.[^wiki-xcp][^wiki-album]
The old Barcodepedia page, captured in March 2007, titled this barcode "The Invisible Invasion [SONY XCP CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD]" and described it as an audio CD.[^barcodepedia-2007] Discogs lists the same barcode on a Canadian copy-protected pressing,[^discogs-ca] and a separate US CD of the album, 82876 77898 2, without the copy-protected descriptor.[^discogs-us-plain]
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