Dots and Loops

album by Stereolab
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Dots and Loops

Summary

Dots and Loops is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dots and Loops's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Dots and Loops's genre is post-rock[4].
  • Dots and Loops's genre is art pop[5].
  • Dots and Loops's genre is experimental pop[6].
  • Dots and Loops's genre is lounge music[7].
  • Dots and Loops was produced by John McEntire[8].
  • Dots and Loops was produced by Stereolab[9].
  • Dots and Loops was performed by Stereolab[10].
  • Dots and Loops's record label is recorded as Elektra[11].
  • Dots and Loops's record label is recorded as Duophonic Records[12].
  • Dots and Loops's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • Dots and Loops is part of Stereolab's albums in chronological order[14].
  • Dots and Loops's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • Dots and Loops was distributed by music streaming[16].
  • Dots and Loops was distributed by music download[17].
  • Dots and Loops's review score is recorded as 4[18].
  • Dots and Loops was released on 1997[19].
  • Dots and Loops's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dots and Loops'}[20].
  • Dots and Loops's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3952'}[21].
  • Dots and Loops's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[22].
  • Dots and Loops's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[23].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[24]

  • First release date: 1997-09-22[25]

  • Genre(s): avant-garde pop, cocktail nation, drum and bass, electronic, exotica, indietronica, lounge, post-rock, space age pop[26]

  • Community tags: avant-garde pop, cocktail nation, drum and bass, electronic, exotica, indie, indietronica, lounge, post-rock, space age pop[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dcc1e5d0-c35f-3e4a-b0d2-b53b23eb906f[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Dots and Loops was Stereolab[10]. Producers include John McEntire[8] and Stereolab[9].

Publication

Dots and Loops was released on 1997[19]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Genres include post-rock[4], art pop[5], experimental pop[6], and lounge music[7]. It is part of Stereolab's albums in chronological order[14]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[16] and music download[17].

Reception

Dots and Loops's review score is recorded as 4[18].

Why It Matters

Dots and Loops ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . AllMusic. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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