Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain

1982 debut studio album by China Crisis
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Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain

Summary

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain was produced by Gil Norton[4].
  • Among the performers on Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain was China Crisis[5].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's record label is recorded as Virgin[6].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain is part of China Crisis' albums in chronological order[8].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain was published on November 12, 1982[10].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's title is recorded as Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain[11].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[12].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+11'}[13].
  • Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 1982-11[16]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop, sophisti-pop[17]

  • Community tags: new wave, pop, sophisti-pop, synthpop[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: df144916-3342-36a5-9c86-b003cca61292[19]

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Authorship and Creation

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain was performed by China Crisis[5]. It was produced by Gil Norton[4].

Publication

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain was released on November 12, 1982[10]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. It is part of China Crisis' albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

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

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  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

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

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