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Defector

1980 studio album by Steve Hackett
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Defector

Summary

Defector is an album[1]. Defector ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Defector's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Defector's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Among the performers on Defector was Steve Hackett[5].
  • Defector's record label is recorded as Charisma[6].
  • Defector is part of Steve Hackett's albums in chronological order[7].
  • Defector was published on 1980[8].
  • Defector's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[9].

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[10]

  • First release date: 1980[11]

  • Genre(s): pop, progressive rock, rock[12]

  • Community tags: pop, progressive rock, rock, rock/pop[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cbea58eb-95c6-31ba-b804-756db4b0c7e3[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Defector was Steve Hackett[5].

Publication

Defector was published on 1980[8]. Defector's genre is progressive rock[4]. Defector is part of Steve Hackett's albums in chronological order[7].

Why It Matters

Defector ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2] Defector has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Steve Hackett

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_defector_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Defector}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/defector}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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