Bad Brains

1982 self-titled debut studio album by Bad Brains
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Bad Brains

Summary

Bad Brains is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad Brains's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Bad Brains's genre is hardcore punk[4].
  • Bad Brains's genre is reggae[5].
  • Among the performers on Bad Brains was Bad Brains[6].
  • Bad Brains's record label is recorded as ROIR[7].
  • Bad Brains's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Bad Brains is part of Bad Brains' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Bad Brains's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Bad Brains was distributed by compact cassette[11].
  • Bad Brains was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Bad Brains's review score is recorded as 4.5[13].
  • Bad Brains was released on February 5, 1982[14].
  • Bad Brains's tracklist is recorded as Sailin' On[15].
  • Bad Brains's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bad Brains'}[16].
  • Bad Brains's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[17].
  • Bad Brains's has characteristic is recorded as eponymous album[18].
  • Bad Brains's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2036'}[19].
  • Bad Brains's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+15'}[20].
  • Bad Brains's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[21].
  • Bad Brains's recording date is recorded as May 16, 1981[22].

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[23]

  • First release date: 1982[24]

  • Genre(s): hardcore punk, punk, punk rock, reggae, rock[25]

  • Community tags: alliteration, alternative/indie rock, hardcore punk, punk, punk rock, reggae, rock, self-titled[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 458f4bdf-ffbe-3643-977a-73e80d3d7b08[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Bad Brains was performed by it[6].

Publication

Bad Brains was published on February 5, 1982[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include hardcore punk[4] and reggae[5]. It is part of it' albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include compact cassette[11] and music streaming[12].

Reception

Bad Brains's review score is recorded as 4.5[13].

Why It Matters

Bad Brains ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . AllMusic. Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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