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Retrospective II

album by Rush
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Retrospective II

Summary

Retrospective II is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Retrospective II's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Retrospective II's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Retrospective II was produced by Rush[5].
  • Retrospective II was performed by Rush[6].
  • Retrospective II's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[7].
  • Retrospective II is part of Rush' albums in chronological order[8].
  • Retrospective II's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Retrospective II was published on January 1, 1997[10].
  • Retrospective II's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[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]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[13]

  • First release date: 1997-06-03[14]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, hard rock, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[15]

  • Community tags: arena rock, hard rock, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 280ad759-e725-3984-86ac-6f3c9b5de439[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Retrospective II was performed by Rush[6]. It was produced by Rush[5].

Publication

Retrospective II was published on January 1, 1997[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is progressive rock[4]. It is part of Rush' albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Retrospective II ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Mercury Records Rush

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.
  6. [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.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Retrospective II. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/retrospective-ii
MLA “Retrospective II.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/retrospective-ii.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_retrospective-ii_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Retrospective II}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/retrospective-ii}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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