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Contra

studio album by Vampire Weekend
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Contra

Summary

Contra is an album[1]. Contra ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Contra's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Contra's genre is pop music[4].
  • Contra's genre is worldbeat[5].
  • Contra's genre is synth-pop[6].
  • Contra's genre is indie pop[7].
  • Contra was produced by Rostam Batmanglij[8].
  • Among the performers on Contra was Vampire Weekend[9].
  • Contra's record label is recorded as XL Recordings[10].
  • Contra is part of Vampire Weekend's albums in chronological order[11].
  • Contra's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Contra was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Contra was distributed by music download[14].
  • Contra's review score is recorded as 4[15].
  • Contra was published on January 2010[16].
  • Contra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Contra'}[17].
  • Contra's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2200'}[18].
  • Contra's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[19].
  • Contra's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

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[21]

  • First release date: 2010-01-08[22]

  • Genre(s): afrobeat, alternative rock, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, worldbeat[23]

  • Community tags: afrobeat, alternative, alternative rock, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, worldbeat[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6799fd76-db3d-43bd-aa91-dffae5c4d65b[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Contra was performed by Vampire Weekend[9]. Contra was produced by Rostam Batmanglij[8].

Publication

Contra was published on January 2010[16]. Contra's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include pop music[4], worldbeat[5], synth-pop[6], and indie pop[7]. Contra is part of Vampire Weekend's albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[13] and music download[14].

Reception

Contra's review score is recorded as 4[15].

Why It Matters

Contra ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[2] Contra has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Related Entities

XL Recordings

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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