Fire of Unknown Origin

1981 studio album by Blue Öyster Cult
MusicAlbum album Q2731499
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Fire of Unknown Origin

Summary

Fire of Unknown Origin is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,345 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fire of Unknown Origin's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin was produced by Martin Birch[5].
  • Among the performers on Fire of Unknown Origin was Blue Öyster Cult[6].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[7].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin is part of Blue Öyster Cult's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin was released on 1981[11].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fire of Unknown Origin'}[12].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2346'}[13].
  • Fire of Unknown Origin's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

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.

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  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 1981[16]

  • Genre(s): aor, arena rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, rock[17]

  • Community tags: aor, arena rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cf3efe8c-3963-30c2-a9ba-a1b1117a5b1a[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Fire of Unknown Origin was performed by Blue Öyster Cult[6]. It was produced by Martin Birch[5].

Publication

Fire of Unknown Origin was published on 1981[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Blue Öyster Cult's albums in chronological order[9].

Why It Matters

Fire of Unknown Origin ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,345 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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