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An Ideal for Living

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An Ideal for Living

Summary

An Ideal for Living is an extended play[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of extended_play entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (916 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • An Ideal for Living's instance of is recorded as extended play[3].
  • An Ideal for Living's genre is punk rock[4].
  • An Ideal for Living was followed by Unknown Pleasures[5].
  • Among the performers on An Ideal for Living was Joy Division[6].
  • An Ideal for Living's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • An Ideal for Living's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • An Ideal for Living was published on January 1, 1978[9].
  • An Ideal for Living's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'An Ideal for Living'}[10].

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: EP[11]

  • First release date: 1978-06[12]

  • Genre(s): new wave, punk, rock[13]

  • Community tags: new wave, punk, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 51771cdc-bb2e-318f-a27f-1c57d2f24572[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on An Ideal for Living was Joy Division[6].

Publication

An Ideal for Living was published on January 1, 1978[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is punk rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

An Ideal for Living was followed by Unknown Pleasures[5].

Why It Matters

An Ideal for Living ranks in the top 1% of extended_play entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (916 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Joy Division United Kingdom

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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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