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The Soft Machine

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The Soft Machine

Summary

The Soft Machine is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (610 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Soft Machine's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Soft Machine's genre is psychedelic rock[4].
  • The Soft Machine was followed by Volume Two[5].
  • The Soft Machine was produced by Chas Chandler[6].
  • The Soft Machine was produced by Tom Wilson[7].
  • Among the performers on The Soft Machine was Soft Machine[8].
  • The Soft Machine's record label is recorded as Barclay[9].
  • The Soft Machine's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Soft Machine's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Record Plant[11].
  • The Soft Machine was published on December 1968[12].
  • The Soft Machine's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Soft Machine'}[13].
  • The Soft Machine's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2490'}[14].
  • The Soft Machine's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[15].

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.

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  • Release type: Album[16]

  • First release date: 1968-12[17]

  • Genre(s): experimental, jazz, psychedelic rock, rock[18]

  • Community tags: experimental, jazz, psychedelic rock, rock[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 18e4c035-21e5-34da-8394-324b20d09d45[20]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Soft Machine was Soft Machine[8]. Producers include Chas Chandler[6] and Tom Wilson[7].

Publication

The Soft Machine was released on December 1968[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is psychedelic rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Soft Machine was followed by Volume Two[5].

Why It Matters

The Soft Machine ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (610 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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