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Rock for Light

album by Bad Brains
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Rock for Light

Summary

Rock for Light is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rock for Light's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Rock for Light's genre is hardcore punk[4].
  • Rock for Light followed Bad Brains[5].
  • Rock for Light was followed by I Against I[6].
  • Rock for Light was produced by Ric Ocasek[7].
  • Rock for Light was performed by Bad Brains[8].
  • Rock for Light's record label is recorded as Caroline Records[9].
  • Rock for Light's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • Rock for Light's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Rock for Light was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Rock for Light was released on April 15, 1983[13].

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[14]

  • First release date: 1983-03[15]

  • Genre(s): hardcore punk, punk[16]

  • Community tags: angry, energetic, hardcore punk, male vocalist, passionate, political, punk, rastafari, raw, religious, spiritual[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 876288a6-9b52-342b-a998-4d7dc01bc8bf[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Rock for Light was performed by Bad Brains[8]. It was produced by Ric Ocasek[7].

Publication

Rock for Light was released on April 15, 1983[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is hardcore punk[4]. It was distributed by music streaming[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Rock for Light followed Bad Brains[5]. It was followed by I Against I[6].

Why It Matters

Rock for Light ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

United States

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.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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