A Black Box

1980 album by Peter Hammill
MusicAlbum album Q2819658
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A Black Box

Summary

A Black Box is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Black Box's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Black Box's genre is rock music[4].
  • A Black Box's genre is art rock[5].
  • A Black Box was produced by Peter Hammill[6].
  • A Black Box was performed by Peter Hammill[7].
  • A Black Box's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[8].
  • A Black Box is part of Peter Hammill's albums in chronological order[9].
  • A Black Box was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • A Black Box was released on 1980[11].

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[12]

  • First release date: 1980[13]

  • Genre(s): art rock, electronic, rock[14]

  • Community tags: art rock, electronic, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a1b231f5-a9f9-337b-b775-05dc822dfcb8[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Black Box was Peter Hammill[7]. It was produced by Peter Hammill[6].

Publication

A Black Box was released on 1980[11]. Genres include rock music[4] and art rock[5]. It is part of Peter Hammill's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

A Black Box ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

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] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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