Birdy

1985 soundtrack album by Peter Gabriel
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Birdy

Summary

Birdy is an album[1]. Birdy ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (352 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Birdy's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Birdy's genre is ambient music[4].
  • Birdy's genre is stage and screen[5].
  • Birdy's genre is art rock[6].
  • Birdy's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Birdy's genre is pop music[8].
  • Birdy's genre is sound collage[9].
  • Birdy was produced by Daniel Lanois[10].
  • Birdy was produced by Peter Gabriel[11].
  • Birdy was performed by Peter Gabriel[12].
  • Birdy's record label is recorded as Charisma[13].
  • Birdy's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[14].
  • Birdy's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • Birdy's place of publication is recorded as United States[16].
  • Birdy is part of Peter Gabriel's albums in chronological order[17].
  • Birdy's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[18].
  • Birdy was distributed by vinyl record[19].
  • Birdy was distributed by music streaming[20].
  • Birdy was distributed by compact disc[21].
  • Birdy was distributed by Super Audio CD[22].
  • Birdy was distributed by music download[23].
  • Birdy was distributed by compact cassette[24].
  • Birdy's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Ashcombe House[25].
  • Birdy was released on March 18, 1985[26].
  • Birdy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'Birdy'}[27].

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[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1985-03-18[30]

  • Genre(s): ambient, art rock, electronic, experimental, progressive rock, rock[31]

  • Community tags: abstract, album rock, alternative/indie rock, ambient, art rock, college rock, contemporary pop/rock, electronic, experimental, pop/rock, prog-rock, progressive rock, rock, score, soundtrack, stage & screen[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7f24e109-42d7-3e55-b684-1452550d89b7[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Birdy was performed by Peter Gabriel[12]. Producers include Daniel Lanois[10] and Peter Gabriel[11].

Publication

Birdy was released on March 18, 1985[26]. Place of publication include United Kingdom[15] and United States[16]. Birdy's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[18]. Genres include ambient music[4], stage and screen[5], art rock[6], progressive rock[7], pop music[8], and sound collage[9]. Birdy is part of Peter Gabriel's albums in chronological order[17]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[19], music streaming[20], compact disc[21], Super Audio CD[22], music download[23], and compact cassette[24].

Why It Matters

Birdy ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (352 views/month).[2] Birdy has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Birdy is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . 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.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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