Metal Box

Summary

Metal Box is an album^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (915 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Metal Box's instance of is recorded as album^[3].
• Metal Box's genre is post-punk^[4].
• Metal Box's genre is experimental rock^[5].
• Among the performers on Metal Box was Public Image Ltd.^[6].
• Metal Box's record label is recorded as Virgin Records^[7].
• Metal Box's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom^[8].
• Metal Box is part of Public Image Ltd.'s albums in chronological order^[9].
• Metal Box's language of work or name is recorded as English^[10].
• Metal Box was distributed by music streaming^[11].
• Metal Box was released on November 23, 1979^[12].
• Metal Box's form of creative work is recorded as studio album^[13].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[14]

• First release date: 1979-11^[15]

• Genre(s): avant-garde, dance, dance-punk, dub, experimental rock, lo-fi, post-punk, post-rock, rock^[16]

• Community tags: abstract, angular, anxious, atmospheric, avant-garde, bassy, bouncy, cold, cryptic, dance, dance-punk, dark, death, depressive, dissonant, dub, dystopian, existential, experimental rock, hypnotic, improvisation, jamming, lo-fi, macabre, male vocalist, mechanical, misanthropic, mysterious, nihilistic, nocturnal, ominous, pessimistic, political, post-punk, post-rock, raw, repetitive, rhythmic, rock, sarcastic, sombre, stream of consciousness, suspenseful^[17]

• MusicBrainz ID: 57209d3f-f3ef-34db-82a7-ad633497b784^[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Metal Box was Public Image Ltd.^[6].

Publication

Metal Box was released on November 23, 1979^[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom^[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[10]. Genres include post-punk^[4] and experimental rock^[5]. It is part of Public Image Ltd.'s albums in chronological order^[9]. It was distributed by music streaming^[11].

Why It Matters

Metal Box ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (915 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]