Rude Awakening

live album by Megadeth
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Rude Awakening

Summary

Rude Awakening is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rude Awakening's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Rude Awakening's genre is traditional heavy metal[4].
  • Rude Awakening was produced by Dave Mustaine[5].
  • Rude Awakening was produced by Bill Kennedy[6].
  • Among the performers on Rude Awakening was Megadeth[7].
  • Rude Awakening's record label is recorded as Sanctuary Records[8].
  • Rude Awakening's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Rude Awakening is part of Megadeth's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Rude Awakening's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Rude Awakening was distributed by direct-to-video[12].
  • Rude Awakening was released on March 19, 2002[13].
  • Rude Awakening's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rude Awakening'}[14].
  • Rude Awakening's form of creative work is recorded as live album[15].

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[16]

  • Secondary type(s): Live[17]

  • First release date: 2002-03-18[18]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal, progressive metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal[19]

  • Community tags: hard rock, heavy metal, pop/rock, progressive metal, rock, speed metal, thrash metal[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 69b3f8aa-5bee-393c-9c49-ec2dcfbe1316[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Rude Awakening was Megadeth[7]. Producers include Dave Mustaine[5] and Bill Kennedy[6].

Publication

Rude Awakening was published on March 19, 2002[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is traditional heavy metal[4]. It is part of Megadeth's albums in chronological order[10]. It was distributed by direct-to-video[12].

Why It Matters

Rude Awakening ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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