Fear of the Dark

1992 studio album by Iron Maiden
MusicAlbum album Q477065
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Fear of the Dark

Summary

Fear of the Dark is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,648 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fear of the Dark's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Fear of the Dark's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Fear of the Dark was produced by Martin Birch[5].
  • Among the performers on Fear of the Dark was Iron Maiden[6].
  • Fear of the Dark's record label is recorded as EMI[7].
  • Fear of the Dark's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Fear of the Dark is part of Iron Maiden's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Fear of the Dark is part of Iron Maiden studio albums discography[10].
  • Fear of the Dark's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Fear of the Dark was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Fear of the Dark was distributed by compact disc[13].
  • Fear of the Dark was published on May 12, 1992[14].
  • Fear of the Dark's tracklist is recorded as Fear of the Dark[15].
  • Fear of the Dark's topic has template is recorded as Q10533415[16].
  • Fear of the Dark's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fear of the Dark'}[17].
  • Fear of the Dark's different from is recorded as Fear of the Dark[18].
  • Fear of the Dark's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3509'}[19].
  • Fear of the Dark's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[20].
  • Fear of the Dark's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[21].

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[22]

  • First release date: 1992-05-11[23]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal[24]

  • Community tags: 80s, bruce dickinson, heavy metal, metal, rock ballad, rock ballads[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 153c0331-41b2-33b9-b86e-c6717761aa80[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Fear of the Dark was performed by Iron Maiden[6]. It was produced by Martin Birch[5].

Publication

Fear of the Dark was published on May 12, 1992[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is heavy metal music[4]. Part of include Iron Maiden's albums in chronological order[9] and Iron Maiden studio albums discography[10]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[12] and compact disc[13].

Why It Matters

Fear of the Dark ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,648 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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