Shades of a Blue Orphanage

1972 studio album by Thin Lizzy
MusicAlbum album Q2628161
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Shades of a Blue Orphanage

Summary

Shades of a Blue Orphanage is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (559 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's genre is heavy metal music[5].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's genre is rock music[6].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's genre is blues rock[7].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage was produced by Nick Tauber[8].
  • Among the performers on Shades of a Blue Orphanage was Thin Lizzy[9].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's record label is recorded as Decca[10].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage is part of Thin Lizzy's albums in chronological order[11].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage was published on March 10, 1972[14].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2314'}[15].
  • Shades of a Blue Orphanage's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1972-03-10[18]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: album rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d563a202-d242-3906-80fe-31e66fb948ba[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shades of a Blue Orphanage was performed by Thin Lizzy[9]. It was produced by Nick Tauber[8].

Publication

Shades of a Blue Orphanage was released on March 10, 1972[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include hard rock[4], heavy metal music[5], rock music[6], and blues rock[7]. It is part of Thin Lizzy's albums in chronological order[11]. It was distributed by music streaming[13].

Why It Matters

Shades of a Blue Orphanage ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (559 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . discogs.com. discogs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . metal-archives.com. metal-archives.com. Provenance: 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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

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