Junk Culture

1984 studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
MusicAlbum album Q2712872
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Junk Culture

Summary

Junk Culture is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Junk Culture's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Junk Culture's genre is electronica[4].
  • Junk Culture was performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark[5].
  • Junk Culture's record label is recorded as Virgin[6].
  • Junk Culture's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Junk Culture is part of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums discography[8].
  • Junk Culture's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Junk Culture was distributed by vinyl record[10].
  • Junk Culture was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Junk Culture's review score is recorded as 4[12].
  • Junk Culture was published on April 30, 1984[13].
  • Junk Culture's tracklist is recorded as Tesla Girls[14].
  • Junk Culture's tracklist is recorded as Locomotion[15].
  • Junk Culture's tracklist is recorded as Talking Loud and Clear[16].
  • Junk Culture's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Junk Culture'}[17].
  • Junk Culture's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[18].
  • Junk Culture's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

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[20]

  • First release date: 1984-04-30[21]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, electronic, electronica, new wave, pop, synth-pop[22]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, electronic, electronica, new wave, pop, synth-pop, synthpop[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9ed96be1-47ae-32e3-b3cc-bcb5692d68e9[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Junk Culture was performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark[5].

Publication

Junk Culture was published on April 30, 1984[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is electronica[4]. It is part of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums discography[8]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[10] and music streaming[11].

Reception

Junk Culture's review score is recorded as 4[12].

Why It Matters

Junk Culture ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Junk Culture. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/junk-culture
MLA “Junk Culture.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/junk-culture.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_junk-culture_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Junk Culture}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/junk-culture}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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