The Wall

double studio album by British band Pink Floyd
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The Wall
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The Wall

Summary

The Wall is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.059% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,973 views/month, #36 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Wall received the SNEP diamond album[3].
  • The Wall's instance of is recorded as album[4].
  • The Wall's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • The Wall was followed by The Final Cut[6].
  • The Wall was produced by Bob Ezrin[7].
  • Among the performers on The Wall was Pink Floyd[8].
  • The Wall's record label is recorded as Harvest[9].
  • The Wall's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[10].
  • The Wall's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • The Wall's place of publication is recorded as United States[12].
  • The Wall is part of Pink Floyd's albums in chronological order[13].
  • The Wall is part of Pink Floyd studio albums discography[14].
  • The Wall is part of Shine On[15].
  • The Wall's Commons category is recorded as The Wall[16].
  • The Wall's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • The Wall was distributed by 2 × LP[18].
  • The Wall was distributed by 2 × CD[19].
  • The Wall was distributed by music streaming[20].
  • The Wall was published on November 30, 1979[21].
  • The Wall's tracklist is recorded as In the Flesh?[22].
  • The Wall's tracklist is recorded as The Thin Ice[23].
  • The Wall's tracklist is recorded as Another Brick in the Wall, part 1[24].
  • The Wall's tracklist is recorded as The Happiest Days of Our Lives[25].
  • The Wall's tracklist is recorded as Another Brick in the Wall, part 2[26].
  • The Wall's tracklist is recorded as Mother[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1979-11-30[29]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, ambient, art rock, blues, classic rock, classical, electronic, hard rock, house, italo-disco, jazz, pop, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, rock opera, space rock, symphonic rock, trance[30]

  • Community tags: 1979, 5+ wochen, 70s, album rock, alternative rock, ambient, art rock, band, blues, britannique, british, classic rock, classical, concept album, discogs/the most popular album released every year from 1950 to 2020, double album, electronic, english, folk/country, hard rock, hiphop, house, italo-disco, jazz, max, offizielle charts, pop, pop/rock, prog rock, prog-rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rhythm and blues, rock, rock opera, space rock, symphonic rock, trance, uk, vyrzukhisuc-album[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f2026101-945b-3d05-9ef4-aa718fc3feef[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Wall was Pink Floyd[8]. It was produced by Bob Ezrin[7].

Publication

The Wall was published on November 30, 1979[21]. Place of publication include United Kingdom[11] and United States[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[17]. Its genre is progressive rock[5]. Part of include Pink Floyd's albums in chronological order[13]; Pink Floyd studio albums discography[14]; and Shine On[15], an album[33]. Recorded distribution format include 2 × LP[18], 2 × CD[19], and music streaming[20].

Reception

The Wall received the SNEP diamond album[3].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Wall was followed by The Final Cut[6].

Why It Matters

The Wall ranks in the top 0.059% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,973 views/month, #36 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did The Wall receive?

Honors received include SNEP diamond album[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery. wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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