Roots

Summary

Roots is an album^[1]. Roots ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Roots's instance of is recorded as album^[3].
• Roots's genre is funk^[4].
• Roots's genre is soul^[5].
• Roots's genre is psychedelic soul^[6].
• Among the performers on Roots was Curtis Mayfield^[7].
• Roots's record label is recorded as Curtom Records^[8].
• Roots's place of publication is recorded as United States^[9].
• Roots is part of Curtis Mayfield's albums in chronological order^[10].
• Roots's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11].
• Roots was distributed by LP record^[12].
• Roots was distributed by music streaming^[13].
• Roots was distributed by LP record^[14].
• Roots was released on October 1971^[15].
• Roots's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Roots'}^[16].
• Roots's different from is recorded as Roots^[17].
• Roots's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+4'}^[18].
• Roots's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+3'}^[19].
• Roots's form of creative work is recorded as studio album^[20].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[21]

• First release date: 1971-10^[22]

• Genre(s): soul^[23]

• Community tags: soul^[24]

• MusicBrainz ID: 0540ae68-4a95-3df2-92c7-2257fc318ddd^[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Roots was Curtis Mayfield^[7].

Publication

Roots was released on October 1971^[15]. Roots's place of publication is recorded as United States^[9]. Roots's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11]. Genres include funk^[4], soul^[5], and psychedelic soul^[6]. Roots is part of Curtis Mayfield's albums in chronological order^[10]. Recorded distribution format include LP record^[12] and music streaming^[13].

Why It Matters

Roots ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).^[2] Roots has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]