Black Sea

album by XTC
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Black Sea

Summary

Black Sea is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Sea's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Black Sea's genre is post-punk[4].
  • Black Sea's genre is pop rock[5].
  • Black Sea's genre is art pop[6].
  • Black Sea's genre is new wave[7].
  • Black Sea was followed by English Settlement[8].
  • Black Sea was produced by Steve Lillywhite[9].
  • Black Sea was performed by XTC[10].
  • Black Sea's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[11].
  • Black Sea's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • Black Sea is part of XTC's albums in chronological order[13].
  • Black Sea's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Black Sea was published on 1980[15].
  • Black Sea's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2919'}[16].
  • Black Sea's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

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[18]

  • First release date: 1980-09-12[19]

  • Genre(s): new wave, post-punk[20]

  • Community tags: new wave, post-punk[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3219729b-5773-3d4f-a32c-99144d6680be[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Black Sea was XTC[10]. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite[9].

Publication

Black Sea was published on 1980[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include post-punk[4], pop rock[5], art pop[6], and new wave[7]. It is part of XTC's albums in chronological order[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Black Sea was followed by English Settlement[8].

Why It Matters

Black Sea ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . chalkhills.org. chalkhills.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . chalkhills.org. chalkhills.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . chalkhills.org. chalkhills.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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