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Prisoner of the Night

1980 album by Golden Earring
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Prisoner of the Night

Summary

Prisoner of the Night is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Prisoner of the Night's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Prisoner of the Night's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Prisoner of the Night was produced by George Kooymans[5].
  • Prisoner of the Night was performed by Golden Earring[6].
  • Prisoner of the Night's record label is recorded as Polydor[7].
  • Prisoner of the Night is part of Golden Earring's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Prisoner of the Night's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Prisoner of the Night was released on October 1980[10].
  • Prisoner of the Night's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2208'}[11].
  • Prisoner of the Night's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[12].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[13]

  • First release date: 1980-10[14]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, rock[15]

  • Community tags: hard rock, rock, should be public domain[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dd69c5a0-9baa-30cf-a859-f439fb4737e7[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Prisoner of the Night was Golden Earring[6]. It was produced by George Kooymans[5].

Publication

Prisoner of the Night was published on October 1980[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Golden Earring's albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Prisoner of the Night ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Polydor

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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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