Metallic Spheres

2010 studio album by The Orb, featuring David Gilmour
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Metallic Spheres

Summary

Metallic Spheres is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metallic Spheres's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Metallic Spheres's genre is ambient music[4].
  • Metallic Spheres's genre is electronica[5].
  • Metallic Spheres's genre is dub music[6].
  • Metallic Spheres's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Metallic Spheres was produced by Youth[8].
  • Among the performers on Metallic Spheres was The Orb[9].
  • Among the performers on Metallic Spheres was David Gilmour[10].
  • Metallic Spheres's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[11].
  • Metallic Spheres is part of The Orb's albums in chronological order[12].
  • Metallic Spheres was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Metallic Spheres was distributed by music download[14].
  • Metallic Spheres was published on October 12, 2010[15].
  • Metallic Spheres's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Metallic Spheres'}[16].
  • Metallic Spheres's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2933'}[17].
  • Metallic Spheres's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[18].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[19]

  • First release date: 2010-10-08[20]

  • Genre(s): ambient, electronic[21]

  • Community tags: ambient, electronic[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 02050e51-32a2-4fb2-a2ac-90a4f1e8b585[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Orb[9] and David Gilmour[10]. Metallic Spheres was produced by Youth[8].

Publication

Metallic Spheres was released on October 12, 2010[15]. Genres include ambient music[4], electronica[5], dub music[6], and progressive rock[7]. It is part of The Orb's albums in chronological order[12]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[13] and music download[14].

Why It Matters

Metallic Spheres ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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