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Chain Lightning

1978 studio album by Don McLean
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Chain Lightning

Summary

Chain Lightning is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chain Lightning's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Chain Lightning's genre is rock music[4].
  • Chain Lightning's genre is country music[5].
  • Chain Lightning was produced by Larry Butler[6].
  • Among the performers on Chain Lightning was Don McLean[7].
  • Chain Lightning's record label is recorded as Casablanca Records[8].
  • Chain Lightning's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Chain Lightning is part of Don McLean's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Chain Lightning's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Chain Lightning was distributed by vinyl record[12].
  • Chain Lightning was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Chain Lightning's review score is recorded as 2[14].
  • Chain Lightning was released on December 1978[15].
  • Chain Lightning's tracklist is recorded as Crying[16].
  • Chain Lightning's title is recorded as Chain Lightning[17].
  • Chain Lightning's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[18].
  • Chain Lightning's form of creative work is recorded as studio 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]

  • First release date: 1978-10-21[21]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, country, easy listening, pop rock, rock, soft rock[22]

  • Community tags: classic rock, country, easy listening, pop rock, rock, soft rock[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 05c82b31-f8c7-3422-96ad-4bafae80a2cf[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Chain Lightning was Don McLean[7]. It was produced by Larry Butler[6].

Publication

Chain Lightning was published on December 1978[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include rock music[4] and country music[5]. It is part of Don McLean's albums in chronological order[10]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[12] and music streaming[13].

Reception

Chain Lightning's review score is recorded as 2[14].

Why It Matters

Chain Lightning ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Don McLean

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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