Excellent Birds

song by the American performance artist, musician and film director Laurie Anderson (1984) and the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1986)
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q131401858
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Excellent Birds

Summary

Excellent Birds is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Excellent Birds's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Excellent Birds's composer is recorded as Laurie Anderson[4].
  • Excellent Birds's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[5].
  • Excellent Birds's genre is art rock[6].
  • Excellent Birds's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Excellent Birds's genre is pop music[8].
  • Excellent Birds was produced by Laurie Anderson[9].
  • Excellent Birds was produced by Peter Gabriel[10].
  • Excellent Birds was produced by Daniel Lanois[11].
  • Among the performers on Excellent Birds was Laurie Anderson[12].
  • Excellent Birds was performed by Peter Gabriel[13].
  • Excellent Birds's record label is recorded as Charisma[14].
  • Excellent Birds's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[15].
  • Excellent Birds's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[16].
  • Excellent Birds is part of Mister Heartbreak[17].
  • Excellent Birds is part of So[18].
  • Excellent Birds is part of Back to Front: Live in London[19].
  • Excellent Birds is part of Back to Front: Live in London[20].
  • Excellent Birds is part of Live in Athens 1987[21].
  • Excellent Birds is part of Live in Athens 1987[22].
  • Excellent Birds is part of PoV[23].
  • Excellent Birds's language of work or name is recorded as English[24].
  • Excellent Birds's country of origin is recorded as United States[25].
  • Excellent Birds's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[26].
  • Excellent Birds was published on February 14, 1984[27].

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: Song[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8193e90a-e29c-4a26-92e7-0ef8a1760ff2[29]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Laurie Anderson[12] and Peter Gabriel[13]. Producers include Laurie Anderson[9], Peter Gabriel[10], and Daniel Lanois[11].

Publication

Publication dates include February 14, 1984[27] and May 19, 1986[30]. Excellent Birds's language of work or name is recorded as English[24]. Genres include art rock[6], progressive rock[7], and pop music[8]. Part of include Mister Heartbreak[17], an album[31]; So[18], an album[32]; Back to Front: Live in London[19], an album[33]; Live in Athens 1987[21], an album[34]; and PoV[23], a video album[35].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include experience[36], beauty[37], existence[38], understanding[39], action[40], and occupation[41].

Why It Matters

Excellent Birds ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
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  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . wikidata.org.
  29. [38] . wikidata.org.
  30. [39] . wikidata.org.
  31. [40] . wikidata.org.
  32. [41] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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