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Shades

1981 studio album by J. J. Cale
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Shades

Summary

Shades is an album[1]. Shades ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shades's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Shades's genre is rock music[4].
  • Shades followed 5[5].
  • Shades was followed by Grasshopper[6].
  • Shades was produced by Audie Ashworth[7].
  • Shades was performed by J.J. Cale[8].
  • Shades's record label is recorded as Island Records[9].
  • Shades's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Shades was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Shades was published on February 1981[12].
  • Shades's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2001'}[13].
  • Shades's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

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[15]

  • First release date: 1981[16]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, rock[17]

  • Community tags: blues rock, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 194c5135-80f1-3354-b8a2-04c970e328c1[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shades was performed by J.J. Cale[8]. Shades was produced by Audie Ashworth[7].

Publication

Shades was released on February 1981[12]. Shades's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Shades's genre is rock music[4]. Shades was distributed by music streaming[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shades followed 5[5]. Shades was followed by Grasshopper[6].

Why It Matters

Shades ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[2] Shades has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Island Records J.J. Cale

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.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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