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Live in the City of Light

1987 live album by Simple Minds
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Live in the City of Light

Summary

Live in the City of Light is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Live in the City of Light's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Live in the City of Light's genre is rock music[4].
  • Live in the City of Light was performed by Simple Minds[5].
  • Live in the City of Light's record label is recorded as Virgin[6].
  • Live in the City of Light's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • Live in the City of Light is part of Simple Minds' albums in chronological order[8].
  • Live in the City of Light's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Live in the City of Light was distributed by 2 × LP[10].
  • Live in the City of Light's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Zénith Paris[11].
  • Live in the City of Light was released on May 26, 1987[12].
  • Live in the City of Light's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Live in the City of Light'}[13].
  • Live in the City of Light's has characteristic is recorded as double album[14].
  • Live in the City of Light's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+14'}[15].
  • Live in the City of Light's form of creative work is recorded as live album[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[17]

  • Secondary type(s): Live[18]

  • First release date: 1987-05-18[19]

  • Genre(s): electronic, pop, rock, synth-pop[20]

  • Community tags: alternative, electronic, pop, rock, synth-pop[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4d3e08d4-35df-3621-a255-6c8f1fa9740a[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Live in the City of Light was performed by Simple Minds[5].

Publication

Live in the City of Light was published on May 26, 1987[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of Simple Minds' albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by 2 × LP[10].

Why It Matters

Live in the City of Light ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Simple Minds United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  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.
  6. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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