Madman Across the Water

1971 studio album by Elton John
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Madman Across the Water

Summary

Madman Across the Water is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,619 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Madman Across the Water's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Madman Across the Water's genre is soft rock[4].
  • Madman Across the Water's genre is pop music[5].
  • Madman Across the Water's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Madman Across the Water's genre is folk rock[7].
  • Madman Across the Water's genre is psychedelic rock[8].
  • Madman Across the Water was produced by Gus Dudgeon[9].
  • Madman Across the Water was performed by Elton John[10].
  • Madman Across the Water's record label is recorded as Uni[11].
  • Madman Across the Water's record label is recorded as DJM Records[12].
  • Madman Across the Water is part of Elton John's albums in chronological order[13].
  • Madman Across the Water's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Madman Across the Water was published on November 5, 1971[15].
  • Madman Across the Water's tracklist is recorded as Madman Across the Water[16].
  • Madman Across the Water's tracklist is recorded as Indian Sunset[17].
  • Madman Across the Water's tracklist is recorded as Holiday Inn[18].
  • Madman Across the Water's tracklist is recorded as Goodbye[19].
  • Madman Across the Water's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Madman Across the Water'}[20].
  • Madman Across the Water's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2717'}[21].
  • Madman Across the Water's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[22].

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.

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  • Release type: Album[23]

  • First release date: 1971-11-05[24]

  • Genre(s): baroque pop, folk rock, piano rock, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock, symphonic rock[25]

  • Community tags: 1–4 wochen, adult contemporary, album rock, baroque pop, english, folk rock, offizielle charts, piano rock, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, rock, rock/pop, singer-songwriter, singer/songwriter, soft rock, symphonic rock[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9c371adb-37de-308c-88ea-8e52248ab1a1[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Madman Across the Water was Elton John[10]. It was produced by Gus Dudgeon[9].

Publication

Madman Across the Water was released on November 5, 1971[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include soft rock[4], pop music[5], progressive rock[6], folk rock[7], and psychedelic rock[8]. It is part of Elton John's albums in chronological order[13].

Why It Matters

Madman Across the Water ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,619 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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