Raising Sand

2007 studio album by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
MusicAlbum album Q866481
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Raising Sand is a folk rock musicalbum.

It received the Americana Award for Album of the Year.[1]

Raising Sand

Summary

Raising Sand is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Raising Sand received the Americana Award for Album of the Year[3].
  • Raising Sand's instance of is recorded as album[4].
  • Raising Sand's genre is folk rock[5].
  • Raising Sand was produced by T Bone Burnett[6].
  • Among the performers on Raising Sand was Robert Plant[7].
  • Raising Sand was performed by Alison Krauss[8].
  • Raising Sand's record label is recorded as Rounder Records[9].
  • Raising Sand's record label is recorded as Zoë Records[10].
  • Raising Sand's place of publication is recorded as United States[11].
  • Raising Sand is part of Robert Plant's albums in chronological order[12].
  • Raising Sand is part of Alison Krauss' albums in chronological order[13].
  • Raising Sand's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Raising Sand was distributed by music streaming[15].
  • Raising Sand was distributed by music download[16].
  • Raising Sand was distributed by compact disc[17].
  • Raising Sand's review score is recorded as 4[18].
  • Raising Sand was published on October 23, 2007[19].
  • Raising Sand's tracklist is recorded as Please Read the Letter[20].
  • Raising Sand's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Raising Sand'}[21].
  • Raising Sand's has characteristic is recorded as collaborative album[22].
  • Raising Sand's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3433'}[23].
  • Raising Sand's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+13'}[24].
  • Raising Sand's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[25].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[26]

  • First release date: 2007-10-23[27]

  • Genre(s): americana, blues, blues rock, contemporary folk, country, country rock, folk, folk rock, rock[28]

  • Community tags: americana, blues, blues rock, contemporary folk, country, country rock, folk, folk rock, folk-rock, rock[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 28129af8-25e1-36e6-a0f1-e8f0fa5779cf[30]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Robert Plant[7] and Alison Krauss[8]. Raising Sand was produced by T Bone Burnett[6].

Publication

Raising Sand was published on October 23, 2007[19]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is folk rock[5]. Part of include Robert Plant's albums in chronological order[12] and Alison Krauss' albums in chronological order[13]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[15], music download[16], and compact disc[17].

Reception

Raising Sand received the Americana Award for Album of the Year[3]. Its review score is recorded as 4[18].

Why It Matters

Raising Sand ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Raising Sand receive?

Honors received include Americana Award for Album of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . americanamusic.org. Retrieved . americanamusic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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