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Metal Machine Music

album by Lou Reed
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Metal Machine Music is a musical album associated with the genre of noise music. The album represents an experimental approach within this genre, focusing on unconventional sound structures and textures.

Its production emphasizes raw, unfiltered audio elements characteristic of noise music.

Metal Machine Music

Summary

Metal Machine Music is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,586 views/month, #358 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metal Machine Music's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Metal Machine Music's genre is noise music[4].
  • Metal Machine Music was produced by Lou Reed[5].
  • Among the performers on Metal Machine Music was Lou Reed[6].
  • Metal Machine Music's record label is recorded as RCA Records[7].
  • Metal Machine Music is part of Lou Reed's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Metal Machine Music's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[9].
  • Metal Machine Music was distributed by vinyl record[10].
  • Metal Machine Music was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Metal Machine Music was released on 1975[12].
  • Metal Machine Music's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Metal Machine Music'}[13].
  • Metal Machine Music's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '*The Amine β Ring'}[14].
  • Metal Machine Music's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3851'}[15].
  • Metal Machine Music'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: 1975-07[18]

  • Genre(s): drone, noise, sound collage[19]

  • Community tags: alternative, drone, noise, sound collage[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 865bba17-7198-369f-ac67-d9cd71f74683[21]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Metal Machine Music was Lou Reed[6]. It was produced by Lou Reed[5].

Publication

Metal Machine Music was published on 1975[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[9]. Its genre is noise music[4]. It is part of Lou Reed's albums in chronological order[8]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[10] and music streaming[11].

Why It Matters

Metal Machine Music ranks in the top 0.59% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,586 views/month, #358 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Lou Reed RCA Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  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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