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Desperate Straights

1975 studio album by Slapp Happy with Henry Cow
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Desperate Straights

Summary

Desperate Straights is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Desperate Straights's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Desperate Straights's genre is experimental rock[4].
  • Desperate Straights's genre is art pop[5].
  • Desperate Straights's genre is cabaret[6].
  • Desperate Straights followed Unrest[7].
  • Desperate Straights followed Slapp Happy[8].
  • Desperate Straights was followed by In Praise of Learning[9].
  • Desperate Straights was performed by Slapp Happy[10].
  • Desperate Straights's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[11].
  • Desperate Straights was released on 1975[12].
  • Desperate Straights's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1975-02-21[15]

  • Genre(s): art pop, art rock, avant-garde, experimental rock, jazz, progressive rock, rock[16]

  • Community tags: art pop, art rock, avant-garde, experimental rock, jazz, progressive rock, rock[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d149382d-df81-3af0-9a29-585482198f10[18]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Desperate Straights was Slapp Happy[10].

Publication

Desperate Straights was published on 1975[12]. Genres include experimental rock[4], art pop[5], and cabaret[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Unrest[7] and Slapp Happy[8]. Desperate Straights was followed by In Praise of Learning[9].

Why It Matters

Desperate Straights ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 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.
  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.

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