QE2

1980 studio album by Mike Oldfield
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QE2

Summary

QE2 is an album[1]. QE2 ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • QE2's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • QE2's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Queen Elizabeth 2 is named after QE2[5].
  • QE2 was produced by David Hentschel[6].
  • Among the performers on QE2 was Mike Oldfield[7].
  • QE2's record label is recorded as Virgin[8].
  • QE2's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • QE2's place of publication is recorded as West Germany[10].
  • QE2 is part of Mike Oldfield's albums in chronological order[11].
  • QE2's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • QE2 was distributed by LP record[13].
  • QE2 was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • QE2 was published on October 31, 1980[15].
  • QE2's tracklist is recorded as Arrival[16].
  • QE2's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'QE2'}[17].
  • QE2's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2391'}[18].
  • QE2's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+9'}[19].
  • QE2's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

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[21]

  • First release date: 1980-10-31[22]

  • Genre(s): art rock, electronic, new age, pop, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[23]

  • Community tags: art rock, electronic, new age, pop, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 93f7d8d7-5be7-3466-bcc4-3346b8390b5f[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on QE2 was Mike Oldfield[7]. QE2 was produced by David Hentschel[6].

Publication

QE2 was published on October 31, 1980[15]. Place of publication include United Kingdom[9] and West Germany[10]. QE2's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. QE2's genre is progressive rock[4]. QE2 is part of Mike Oldfield's albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[13] and music streaming[14].

Why It Matters

QE2 ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (359 views/month).[2] QE2 has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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