John Barleycorn Must Die

1970 studio album by Traffic
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John Barleycorn Must Die

Summary

John Barleycorn Must Die is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (994 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • John Barleycorn Must Die's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die's genre is folk rock[5].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die's genre is jazz fusion[6].
  • John Barleycorn is named after John Barleycorn Must Die[7].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die followed Last Exit[8].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die was followed by Welcome to the Canteen[9].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die was produced by Chris Blackwell[10].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die was performed by Traffic[11].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die's record label is recorded as Island Records[12].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die was published on July 1970[15].
  • John Barleycorn Must Die's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

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[17]

  • First release date: 1970-07[18]

  • Genre(s): art rock, blues rock, british folk rock, classic rock, contemporary folk, folk rock, jazz rock, progressive rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: art rock, blues rock, british folk rock, classic rock, contemporary folk, folk rock, jazz rock, jazz-rock, progressive rock, rock, rock/pop[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3770d5ce-e0e1-3389-9acf-cd38f0722baf[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

John Barleycorn Must Die was performed by Traffic[11]. It was produced by Chris Blackwell[10].

Publication

John Barleycorn Must Die was released on July 1970[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include progressive rock[4], folk rock[5], and jazz fusion[6]. It was distributed by music streaming[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

John Barleycorn Must Die followed Last Exit[8]. It was followed by Welcome to the Canteen[9].

Why It Matters

John Barleycorn Must Die ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (994 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

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