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Against the Grain

1975 studio album by Rory Gallagher
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Against the Grain

Summary

Against the Grain is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (180 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Against the Grain's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Against the Grain's genre is blues rock[4].
  • Against the Grain followed Irish Tour '74[5].
  • Against the Grain was followed by Calling Card[6].
  • Against the Grain was produced by Rory Gallagher[7].
  • Among the performers on Against the Grain was Rory Gallagher[8].
  • Against the Grain's record label is recorded as Chrysalis Music[9].
  • Against the Grain's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Against the Grain was published on October 1975[11].
  • Against the Grain's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2651'}[12].
  • Against the Grain's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1975[15]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, rock[16]

  • Community tags: blues rock, rock[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e5e6adaf-eed2-3339-8019-bdbd24be1474[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Against the Grain was Rory Gallagher[8]. It was produced by Rory Gallagher[7].

Publication

Against the Grain was released on October 1975[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is blues rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Against the Grain followed Irish Tour '74[5]. It was followed by Calling Card[6].

Why It Matters

Against the Grain ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (180 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Rory Gallagher

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . 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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