A Trick of the Tail

1976 studio album by Genesis
MusicAlbum album Q300605
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A Trick of the Tail

Summary

A Trick of the Tail is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,084 views/month, #457 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Trick of the Tail's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Trick of the Tail's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • A Trick of the Tail's genre is art rock[5].
  • A Trick of the Tail was produced by David Hentschel[6].
  • A Trick of the Tail was performed by Genesis[7].
  • A Trick of the Tail's record label is recorded as Charisma[8].
  • A Trick of the Tail's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[9].
  • A Trick of the Tail's record label is recorded as Atco Records[10].
  • A Trick of the Tail's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • A Trick of the Tail is part of Genesis' albums in chronological order[12].
  • A Trick of the Tail's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • A Trick of the Tail was published on February 1976[14].
  • A Trick of the Tail's tracklist is recorded as Dance on a Volcano[15].
  • A Trick of the Tail's tracklist is recorded as Entangled[16].
  • A Trick of the Tail's tracklist is recorded as Squonk[17].
  • A Trick of the Tail's tracklist is recorded as Ripples[18].
  • A Trick of the Tail's tracklist is recorded as A Trick of the Tail[19].
  • A Trick of the Tail's tracklist is recorded as Los Endos[20].
  • A Trick of the Tail's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Trick of the Tail'}[21].
  • A Trick of the Tail's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3071'}[22].
  • A Trick of the Tail's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+8'}[23].
  • A Trick of the Tail's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[24].

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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[25]

  • First release date: 1976-02[26]

  • Genre(s): art rock, easy listening, pop rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock[27]

  • Community tags: 1976, art rock, easy listening, pop rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock, rock/pop, vyrzukhisuc-album[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: adcc32d7-cb30-3201-84fa-488e35c9c9ed[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Trick of the Tail was Genesis[7]. It was produced by David Hentschel[6].

Publication

A Trick of the Tail was released on February 1976[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include progressive rock[4] and art rock[5]. It is part of Genesis' albums in chronological order[12].

Why It Matters

A Trick of the Tail ranks in the top 0.75% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,084 views/month, #457 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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