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Defenders of the Faith

1984 studio album by Judas Priest
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Defenders of the Faith

Summary

Defenders of the Faith is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Defenders of the Faith's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Defenders of the Faith's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Defenders of the Faith was produced by Tom Allom[5].
  • Defenders of the Faith was performed by Judas Priest[6].
  • Defenders of the Faith's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[7].
  • Defenders of the Faith's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Defenders of the Faith is part of Judas Priest's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Defenders of the Faith's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Defenders of the Faith was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • Defenders of the Faith was released on January 4, 1984[12].
  • Defenders of the Faith's tracklist is recorded as Freewheel Burning[13].
  • Defenders of the Faith's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Defenders of the Faith'}[14].
  • Defenders of the Faith's different from is recorded as Defenders of the Faith[15].
  • Defenders of the Faith's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2383'}[16].
  • Defenders of the Faith's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[18]

  • First release date: 1984-01-04[19]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock[20]

  • Community tags: 80s, album rock, british metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, new wave of british heavy metal, rob halford, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a00ff762-f474-39f0-9fa2-b5e24db7fd97[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Defenders of the Faith was Judas Priest[6]. It was produced by Tom Allom[5].

Publication

Defenders of the Faith was released on January 4, 1984[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is heavy metal music[4]. It is part of Judas Priest's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by compact disc[11].

Why It Matters

Defenders of the Faith ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,280 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Columbia Records compact disc United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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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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