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Empires and Dance

1980 studio album by Simple Minds
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Empires and Dance

Summary

Empires and Dance is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Empires and Dance's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Empires and Dance's genre is post-punk[4].
  • Empires and Dance's genre is new wave[5].
  • Empires and Dance's genre is dance-rock[6].
  • Empires and Dance was produced by John Leckie[7].
  • Among the performers on Empires and Dance was Simple Minds[8].
  • Empires and Dance's record label is recorded as Arista Records[9].
  • Empires and Dance's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Empires and Dance is part of Simple Minds' albums in chronological order[11].
  • Empires and Dance's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Empires and Dance was distributed by LP record[13].
  • Empires and Dance was released on September 12, 1980[14].
  • Empires and Dance's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Empires and Dance'}[15].
  • Empires and Dance's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2733'}[16].
  • Empires and Dance's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[17].
  • Empires and Dance's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[18].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[19]

  • First release date: 1980-09-01[20]

  • Genre(s): electro, electronic, new wave, pop, rock, synth-pop[21]

  • Community tags: electro, electronic, new wave, pop, rock, synth-pop[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 18a9bbd4-e9cd-3ece-aa3a-c3aa61af571b[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Empires and Dance was performed by Simple Minds[8]. It was produced by John Leckie[7].

Publication

Empires and Dance was published on September 12, 1980[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include post-punk[4], new wave[5], and dance-rock[6]. It is part of Simple Minds' albums in chronological order[11]. It was distributed by LP record[13].

Why It Matters

Empires and Dance ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Arista Records Simple Minds United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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