Holding Back the River

1989 studio album by Wet Wet Wet
MusicAlbum album Q16994661
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Holding Back the River

Summary

Holding Back the River is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Holding Back the River's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Holding Back the River's genre is pop music[4].
  • Among the performers on Holding Back the River was Wet Wet Wet[5].
  • Holding Back the River's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[6].
  • Holding Back the River is part of Wet Wet Wet's albums in chronological order[7].
  • Holding Back the River was published on 1989[8].
  • Holding Back the River's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[10]

  • First release date: 1989[11]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock[12]

  • Community tags: pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dacd135a-2c5d-31f3-bf5e-73d07c97dded[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Holding Back the River was performed by Wet Wet Wet[5].

Publication

Holding Back the River was released on 1989[8]. Its genre is pop music[4]. It is part of Wet Wet Wet's albums in chronological order[7].

Why It Matters

Holding Back the River ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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

  1. [10] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_holding-back-the-river_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Holding Back the River}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/holding-back-the-river}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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