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Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

1984 live album by Dire Straits
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Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Summary

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,174 views/month, #429 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's instance of is recorded as Dire Straits Live — instance of (P31): album[3].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's genre is Dire Straits Live — genre (P136): rock music[4].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was produced by Dire Straits Live — producer (P162): Mark Knopfler[5].
  • Among the performers on Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was Dire Straits Live — performer (P175): Dire Straits[6].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's record label is recorded as Dire Straits Live — record label (P264): Vertigo Records[7].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's place of publication is recorded as Dire Straits Live — place of publication (P291): United Kingdom[8].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is part of Dire Straits Live — part of (P361): Dire Straits' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's language of work or name is recorded as Dire Straits Live — language of work or name (P407): English[10].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was distributed by Dire Straits Live — distribution format (P437): 2 × LP[11].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was distributed by Dire Straits Live — distribution format (P437): 2 × MC[12].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's review score is recorded as 3[13].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Dire Straits Live — recorded at studio or venue (P483): Hammersmith Apollo[14].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was released on March 12, 1984[15].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alchemy: Dire Straits Live'}[16].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's has characteristic is recorded as Dire Straits Live — has characteristic (P1552): double album[17].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[18].
  • Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's form of creative work is recorded as Dire Straits Live — form of creative work (P7937): live album[19].

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[20]

  • Secondary type(s): Live[21]

  • First release date: 1984-03[22]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, pop, rock[23]

  • Community tags: classic rock, pop, rock, rock/pop, rock_classic rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 43efa07b-7298-3458-b591-5e1083b5dcb8[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was performed by Dire Straits Live — performer (P175): Dire Straits[6]. It was produced by Dire Straits Live — producer (P162): Mark Knopfler[5].

Publication

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was published on March 12, 1984[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as Dire Straits Live — place of publication (P291): United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Dire Straits Live — language of work or name (P407): English[10]. Its genre is Dire Straits Live — genre (P136): rock music[4]. It is part of Dire Straits Live — part of (P361): Dire Straits' albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include Dire Straits Live — distribution format (P437): 2 × LP[11] and Dire Straits Live — distribution format (P437): 2 × MC[12].

Reception

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live's review score is recorded as 3[13].

Why It Matters

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live ranks in the top 0.71% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,174 views/month, #429 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Related Entities

Dire Straits Mark Knopfler United Kingdom Vertigo Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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