Ocean Rain

1984 studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen
MusicAlbum album Q587813
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Ocean Rain

Summary

Ocean Rain is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (820 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ocean Rain's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Ocean Rain's genre is post-punk[4].
  • Ocean Rain was produced by Gil Norton[5].
  • Among the performers on Ocean Rain was Echo & the Bunnymen[6].
  • Ocean Rain's record label is recorded as Moving Shadow[7].
  • Ocean Rain's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Ocean Rain is part of Echo & the Bunnymen's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Ocean Rain's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Ocean Rain was distributed by vinyl record[11].
  • Ocean Rain was released on May 4, 1984[12].
  • Ocean Rain's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.4726, 'lon': -4.5565}[13].
  • Ocean Rain's tracklist is recorded as The Killing Moon[14].
  • Ocean Rain's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ocean Rain'}[15].
  • Ocean Rain's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+9'}[16].
  • Ocean Rain'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.

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  • Release type: Album[18]

  • First release date: 1984-05-04[19]

  • Genre(s): indie rock, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, pop, post-punk, rock[20]

  • Community tags: alternative pop/rock, indie rock, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, pop, post-punk, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ecbe6d07-c2e4-37fe-9a99-8484dd7f9a20[22]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Ocean Rain was Echo & the Bunnymen[6]. It was produced by Gil Norton[5].

Publication

Ocean Rain was published on May 4, 1984[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is post-punk[4]. It is part of Echo & the Bunnymen's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by vinyl record[11].

Why It Matters

Ocean Rain ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (820 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . Retrieved . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Ocean Rain. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ocean-rain
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ocean-rain_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ocean Rain}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ocean-rain}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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