A Passage in Time

1991 compilation album by Dead Can Dance
MusicAlbum album Q1934385
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A Passage in Time

Summary

A Passage in Time is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Passage in Time's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Passage in Time's genre is world music[4].
  • A Passage in Time's genre is dark wave[5].
  • A Passage in Time was produced by Brendan Perry[6].
  • Among the performers on A Passage in Time was Dead Can Dance[7].
  • A Passage in Time's record label is recorded as 4AD[8].
  • A Passage in Time is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[9].
  • A Passage in Time was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • A Passage in Time was published on October 1991[11].
  • A Passage in Time's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Passage in Time'}[12].
  • A Passage in Time's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3857'}[13].
  • A Passage in Time's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[14].

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[15]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[16]

  • First release date: 1991-10-21[17]

  • Genre(s): ambient, dark wave, electronic, experimental, modern classical, rock[18]

  • Community tags: 359, ambient, dark wave, electronic, experimental, modern classical, rock[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b06aed3a-2d52-3ead-b13c-56d61cdb469b[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Passage in Time was Dead Can Dance[7]. It was produced by Brendan Perry[6].

Publication

A Passage in Time was published on October 1991[11]. Genres include world music[4] and dark wave[5]. It is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

A Passage in Time ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 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.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [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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