If I Were a Carpenter

1994 compilation album; tribute to The Carpenters
MusicAlbum album Q262600
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If I Were a Carpenter

Summary

If I Were a Carpenter is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • If I Were a Carpenter's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • If I Were a Carpenter was produced by Matt Wallace[5].
  • If I Were a Carpenter was performed by various artists[6].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's record label is recorded as A&M Records[7].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • If I Were a Carpenter was released on September 13, 1994[9].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's dedicated to is recorded as The Carpenters[10].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'If I Were a Carpenter'}[11].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's has characteristic is recorded as tribute album[12].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's different from is recorded as If I Were a Carpenter[13].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+14'}[14].
  • If I Were a Carpenter's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[15].

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[16]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[17]

  • First release date: 1994-09-13[18]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, dream pop, rock[19]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, dream pop, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bb91a820-7ac3-386e-a1e1-9bb4f53dac77[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on If I Were a Carpenter was various artists[6]. It was produced by Matt Wallace[5].

Publication

If I Were a Carpenter was released on September 13, 1994[9]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its genre is alternative rock[4].

Why It Matters

If I Were a Carpenter ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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