Islands

1971 studio album by King Crimson
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Islands

Summary

Islands is an album[1]. Islands ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,447 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Islands's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Islands's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Islands's genre is jazz fusion[5].
  • Islands was produced by Robert Fripp[6].
  • Among the performers on Islands was King Crimson[7].
  • Islands's record label is recorded as Island Records[8].
  • Islands's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Islands is part of King Crimson's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Islands is part of King Crimson studio albums discography[11].
  • Islands's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Islands was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Islands was distributed by music download[14].
  • Islands was released on December 1971[15].
  • Islands's distributed by is recorded as Deezer[16].
  • Islands's distributed by is recorded as Spotify[17].
  • Islands's distributed by is recorded as Tidal[18].
  • Islands's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Islands'}[19].
  • Islands's different from is recorded as Islands[20].
  • Islands's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2614'}[21].
  • Islands's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+7'}[22].
  • Islands's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[23].

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[24]

  • First release date: 1971-12-03[25]

  • Genre(s): art rock, progressive rock, rock[26]

  • Community tags: 1971, art rock, prog rock, progressive rock, rock[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 294ffbbb-75bb-3f65-b309-94a99fa3c194[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Islands was King Crimson[7]. Islands was produced by Robert Fripp[6].

Publication

Islands was released on December 1971[15]. Islands's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Islands's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include progressive rock[4] and jazz fusion[5]. Part of include King Crimson's albums in chronological order[10] and King Crimson studio albums discography[11]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[13] and music download[14].

Why It Matters

Islands ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,447 views/month).[2] Islands has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Islands is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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