Killers

1981 studio album by Iron Maiden
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Killers

Summary

Killers is an album[1]. Killers ranks in the top 0.83% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,968 views/month, #501 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Killers's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Killers's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Killers was produced by Martin Birch[5].
  • Among the performers on Killers was Iron Maiden[6].
  • Killers's record label is recorded as EMI[7].
  • Killers's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Killers is part of Iron Maiden studio albums discography[9].
  • Killers is part of Iron Maiden's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Killers's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Killers was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Killers was published on February 2, 1981[13].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as The Ides of March[14].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Wrathchild[15].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Murders in the Rue Morgue[16].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Another Life[17].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Genghis Khan[18].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Innocent Exile[19].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Killers[20].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Prodigal Son[21].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Purgatory[22].
  • Killers's tracklist is recorded as Drifter[23].
  • Killers's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Adrian Smith[24].
  • Killers's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Paul Di'Anno[25].
  • Killers's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Clive Burr[26].
  • Killers's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Dave Murray[27].

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[28]

  • First release date: 1981-02-02[29]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, nwobhm, rock[30]

  • Community tags: 80s, british metal, heavy metal, metal, new wave of british heavy metal, nwobhm, rock[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cf1e9a98-3ea7-33e5-a8b6-8665dd9a206b[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Killers was performed by Iron Maiden[6]. Killers was produced by Martin Birch[5].

Publication

Killers was published on February 2, 1981[13]. Killers's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Killers's language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Killers's genre is heavy metal music[4]. Part of include Iron Maiden studio albums discography[9] and Iron Maiden's albums in chronological order[10]. Killers was distributed by music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

Killers ranks in the top 0.83% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,968 views/month, #501 of 60,676).[2] Killers has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ironmaiden.com. Retrieved . ironmaiden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ironmaiden.com. Retrieved . ironmaiden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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