Real Life

1978 debut studio album by Magazine
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Real Life

Summary

Real Life is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (414 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Real Life's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Real Life's genre is post-punk[4].
  • Real Life's genre is new wave[5].
  • Real Life's genre is art rock[6].
  • Real Life was followed by Secondhand Daylight[7].
  • Real Life was produced by John Leckie[8].
  • Among the performers on Real Life was Magazine[9].
  • Real Life's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[10].
  • Real Life's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • Real Life is part of Magazine's albums in chronological order[12].
  • Real Life's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Real Life was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • Real Life's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Abbey Road Studios[15].
  • Real Life was published on June 1978[16].
  • Real Life's tracklist is recorded as Parade[17].
  • Real Life's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Real Life'}[18].
  • Real Life's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[19].
  • Real Life's different from is recorded as Real Life[20].
  • Real Life's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2484'}[21].
  • Real Life's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+9'}[22].
  • Real Life's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[23].

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[24]

  • First release date: 1978-06-09[25]

  • Genre(s): art punk, indie rock, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock[26]

  • Community tags: art punk, indie rock, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock, synth punk[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5ef7ef5c-f9aa-3800-9f55-ec58130846ba[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Real Life was Magazine[9]. It was produced by John Leckie[8].

Publication

Real Life was released on June 1978[16]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include post-punk[4], new wave[5], and art rock[6]. It is part of Magazine's albums in chronological order[12]. It was distributed by music streaming[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Real Life was followed by Secondhand Daylight[7].

Why It Matters

Real Life ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (414 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_real-life-q514981_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Real Life}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/real-life-q514981}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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