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A Period of Transition

1977 studio album by Van Morrison
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A Period of Transition

Summary

A Period of Transition is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (209 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Period of Transition's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Period of Transition's genre is folk rock[4].
  • A Period of Transition's genre is rhythm and blues[5].
  • A Period of Transition was performed by Van Morrison[6].
  • A Period of Transition's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[7].
  • A Period of Transition is part of Van Morrison's albums in chronological order[8].
  • A Period of Transition's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • A Period of Transition was distributed by vinyl record[10].
  • A Period of Transition was released on April 1977[11].
  • A Period of Transition's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Period of Transition'}[12].
  • A Period of Transition's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

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[14]

  • First release date: 1977[15]

  • Genre(s): blue-eyed soul, folk rock, r&b, rock, soft rock, soul[16]

  • Community tags: album rock, blue-eyed soul, contemporary pop/rock, folk rock, pop/rock, r&b, rock, singer/songwriter, soft rock, soul[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4a07abbe-f575-3e13-a7d5-59a45384eebf[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Period of Transition was performed by Van Morrison[6].

Publication

A Period of Transition was released on April 1977[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Genres include folk rock[4] and rhythm and blues[5]. It is part of Van Morrison's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by vinyl record[10].

Why It Matters

A Period of Transition ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (209 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Van Morrison

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . discogs.com. discogs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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