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All Directions

1972 studio album by The Temptations
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All Directions

Summary

All Directions is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • All Directions's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • All Directions's genre is soul[4].
  • All Directions's genre is funk[5].
  • All Directions's genre is psychedelic soul[6].
  • All Directions was produced by Norman Whitfield[7].
  • Among the performers on All Directions was The Temptations[8].
  • All Directions's record label is recorded as Gordy[9].
  • All Directions's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • All Directions is part of The Temptations' albums in chronological order[11].
  • All Directions's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • All Directions was distributed by LP record[13].
  • All Directions was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • All Directions's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Hitsville U.S.A.[15].
  • All Directions was published on July 27, 1972[16].
  • All Directions's tracklist is recorded as Papa Was a Rollin' Stone[17].
  • All Directions's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'All Directions'}[18].
  • All Directions's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+3'}[19].
  • All Directions's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+5'}[20].
  • All Directions's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[21].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[22]

  • First release date: 1972-07-01[23]

  • Genre(s): funk, psychedelic soul, smooth soul, soul[24]

  • Community tags: funk, funk; psychedelic soul; soul; soul music, psychedelic soul, smooth soul, soul[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1b715418-65d4-35d1-9fc1-b3b3a3087bcf[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

All Directions was performed by The Temptations[8]. It was produced by Norman Whitfield[7].

Publication

All Directions was released on July 27, 1972[16]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include soul[4], funk[5], and psychedelic soul[6]. It is part of The Temptations' albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[13] and music streaming[14].

Why It Matters

All Directions ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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