Wasting Light

Summary

Wasting Light is an album^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,393 views/month, #549 of 60,676).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wasting Light received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album^[3].
• Wasting Light's instance of is recorded as album^[4].
• Wasting Light's genre is hard rock^[5].
• Wasting Light was produced by Butch Vig^[6].
• Among the performers on Wasting Light was Foo Fighters^[7].
• Wasting Light's record label is recorded as Roswell Records^[8].
• Wasting Light's record label is recorded as RCA Records^[9].
• Wasting Light's place of publication is recorded as United States^[10].
• Wasting Light is part of Foo Fighters' albums in chronological order^[11].
• Wasting Light's language of work or name is recorded as English^[12].
• Wasting Light was distributed by compact disc^[13].
• Wasting Light was distributed by LP record^[14].
• Wasting Light was distributed by music download^[15].
• Wasting Light was distributed by music streaming^[16].
• Wasting Light was released on April 12, 2011^[17].
• Wasting Light's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Album of the Year^[18].
• Wasting Light's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wasting Light'}^[19].
• Wasting Light's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2877'}^[20].
• Wasting Light's charted in is recorded as Top Albums France^[21].
• Wasting Light's form of creative work is recorded as studio album^[22].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[23]

• First release date: 2011-04-08^[24]

• Genre(s): alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, post-grunge, rock^[25]

• Community tags: alternative pop/rock, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock, grunge, hard rock, hardnheavy, pop/rock, post-grunge, rock^[26]

• MusicBrainz ID: 91825bcf-e51d-4357-986c-ac2a49b4d205^[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Wasting Light was performed by Foo Fighters^[7]. It was produced by Butch Vig^[6].

Publication

Wasting Light was published on April 12, 2011^[17]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States^[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[12]. Its genre is hard rock^[5]. It is part of Foo Fighters' albums in chronological order^[11]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc^[13], LP record^[14], music download^[15], and music streaming^[16].

Reception

Wasting Light received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album^[3].

Why It Matters

Wasting Light ranks in the top 0.9% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,393 views/month, #549 of 60,676).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]

FAQs

What awards did Wasting Light receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Rock Album^[3].