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Built for Speed

1982 album by Stray Cats
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Built for Speed

Summary

Built for Speed is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Built for Speed's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Built for Speed's genre is rockabilly[4].
  • Built for Speed was produced by Dave Edmunds[5].
  • Built for Speed was performed by Stray Cats[6].
  • Built for Speed's record label is recorded as EMI America[7].
  • Built for Speed's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Built for Speed is part of Stray Cats's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Built for Speed's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Built for Speed was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Built for Speed was released on 1982[12].
  • Built for Speed's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Built for Speed'}[13].

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[14]

  • First release date: 1982[15]

  • Genre(s): new wave, rock, rockabilly[16]

  • Community tags: new wave, pop/rock, rock, rock & roll, rockabilly[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 05ced530-5077-3a59-9c27-e2d9fe497598[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Built for Speed was performed by Stray Cats[6]. It was produced by Dave Edmunds[5].

Publication

Built for Speed was released on 1982[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is rockabilly[4]. It is part of Stray Cats's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Why It Matters

Built for Speed ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

United States

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.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Built for Speed. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/built-for-speed
MLA “Built for Speed.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/built-for-speed.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_built-for-speed_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Built for Speed}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/built-for-speed}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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