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Painkiller

1978 studio album by Krokus
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Painkiller

Summary

Painkiller is an album[1]. Painkiller ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Painkiller's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Painkiller's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Among the performers on Painkiller was Krokus[5].
  • Painkiller's record label is recorded as Phonogram International B.V.[6].
  • Painkiller is part of Krokus' albums in chronological order[7].
  • Painkiller's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Painkiller was distributed by vinyl record[9].
  • Painkiller's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as The Manor Studio[10].
  • Painkiller was published on October 1978[11].

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[12]

  • First release date: 1978-10[13]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock[14]

  • Community tags: classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a9a7e130-ed5a-45e5-9d67-50ce88006e6a[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Painkiller was performed by Krokus[5].

Publication

Painkiller was published on October 1978[11]. Painkiller's language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Painkiller's genre is hard rock[4]. Painkiller is part of Krokus' albums in chronological order[7]. Painkiller was distributed by vinyl record[9].

Why It Matters

Painkiller ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2] Painkiller has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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