Paranoid

1970 studio album by Black Sabbath
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Paranoid

Summary

Paranoid is an album[1]. Paranoid ranks in the top 0.31% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,886 views/month, #188 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paranoid's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Paranoid's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Paranoid was produced by Rodger Bain[5].
  • Among the performers on Paranoid was Black Sabbath[6].
  • Paranoid's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[7].
  • Paranoid's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[8].
  • Paranoid's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Paranoid's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Paranoid is part of Black Sabbath's albums in chronological order[11].
  • Paranoid's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Paranoid was distributed by vinyl record[13].
  • Paranoid was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • Paranoid was distributed by music download[15].
  • Paranoid's review score is recorded as 5[16].
  • Paranoid was published on September 18, 1970[17].
  • Paranoid's tracklist is recorded as Paranoid[18].
  • Paranoid's tracklist is recorded as Iron Man[19].
  • Paranoid's tracklist is recorded as Electric Funeral[20].
  • Paranoid's distributed by is recorded as Tidal[21].
  • Paranoid's topic has template is recorded as Q10704578[22].
  • Paranoid's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Paranoid'}[23].
  • Paranoid's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2526'}[24].
  • Paranoid's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+8'}[25].
  • Paranoid's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[26].

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[27]

  • First release date: 1970-09-18[28]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, metal, occult rock, rock, traditional doom metal[29]

  • Community tags: 70s, best songs ever, blues rock, classic, classic british metal, classic rock, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, metal, occult rock, ozzy, rock, traditional doom metal[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cc053745-c447-3566-8f27-bed5438c9133[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Paranoid was Black Sabbath[6]. Paranoid was produced by Rodger Bain[5].

Publication

Paranoid was published on September 18, 1970[17]. Place of publication include United States[9] and United Kingdom[10]. Paranoid's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Paranoid's genre is heavy metal music[4]. Paranoid is part of Black Sabbath's albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[13], music streaming[14], and music download[15].

Reception

Paranoid's review score is recorded as 5[16].

Why It Matters

Paranoid ranks in the top 0.31% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,886 views/month, #188 of 60,676).[2] Paranoid has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Paranoid is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Tidal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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