The River

1980 album by Bruce Springsteen
MusicAlbum album Q1340975
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The River

Summary

The River is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,305 views/month, #403 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • The River's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The River's genre is heartland rock[4].
  • The River's genre is country rock[5].
  • The River's genre is rock and roll[6].
  • The River's genre is rock music[7].
  • The River was produced by Steven Van Zandt[8].
  • The River was performed by Bruce Springsteen[9].
  • The River's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[10].
  • The River's place of publication is recorded as United States[11].
  • The River is part of Bruce Springsteen's albums in chronological order[12].
  • The River's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The River was distributed by LP record[14].
  • The River was released on October 17, 1980[15].
  • The River's tracklist is recorded as Out in the Street[16].
  • The River's tracklist is recorded as The River[17].
  • The River's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The River'}[18].
  • The River's has characteristic is recorded as double album[19].
  • The River's different from is recorded as The River[20].
  • The River's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+5027'}[21].
  • The River's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+19'}[22].
  • The River's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[23].

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[24]

  • First release date: 1980-10-10[25]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, folk rock, heartland rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, roots rock, singer-songwriter[26]

  • Community tags: album rock, anthemic, arena rock, folk rock, heartland rock, jersey shore sound, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, roots rock, singer-songwriter, summer[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8a6f6ede-b60a-3cad-b3b9-cfb57e9e1dbd[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The River was performed by Bruce Springsteen[9]. It was produced by Steven Van Zandt[8].

Publication

The River was published on October 17, 1980[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include heartland rock[4], country rock[5], rock and roll[6], and rock music[7]. It is part of Bruce Springsteen's albums in chronological order[12]. It was distributed by LP record[14].

Why It Matters

The River ranks in the top 0.66% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,305 views/month, #403 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . brucespringsteen.net. Retrieved . brucespringsteen.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 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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