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Monolith

1979 studio album by Kansas
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Monolith

Summary

Monolith is an album[1]. Monolith ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (368 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monolith's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Monolith's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Among the performers on Monolith was Kansas[5].
  • Monolith's record label is recorded as Kirshner[6].
  • Monolith's record label is recorded as Legacy Recordings[7].
  • Monolith's record label is recorded as Epic Records[8].
  • Monolith's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Monolith is part of Kansas' albums in chronological order[10].
  • Monolith's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Monolith was distributed by LP record[12].
  • Monolith was distributed by compact cassette[13].
  • Monolith was published on May 1979[14].
  • Monolith's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Monolith'}[15].
  • Monolith's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+8'}[16].
  • Monolith's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

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[18]

  • First release date: 1979-05[19]

  • Genre(s): pop rock, progressive rock, rock[20]

  • Community tags: pop rock, progressive rock, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f7241a42-bcc9-3151-a716-4be73413bfd3[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Monolith was performed by Kansas[5].

Publication

Monolith was released on May 1979[14]. Monolith's place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Monolith's language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Monolith's genre is progressive rock[4]. Monolith is part of Kansas' albums in chronological order[10]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[12] and compact cassette[13].

Why It Matters

Monolith ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (368 views/month).[2] Monolith has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Epic Records United States

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [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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