Shaft

1971 double soundtrack album by Isaac Hayes
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Shaft

Summary

Shaft is an album[1]. Shaft ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shaft's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Shaft's genre is stage and screen[4].
  • Shaft's genre is funk[5].
  • Shaft's genre is soul[6].
  • Shaft was produced by Isaac Hayes[7].
  • Shaft was performed by Isaac Hayes[8].
  • Shaft's record label is recorded as Enterprise[9].
  • Shaft's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • Shaft is part of Isaac Hayes' albums in chronological order[11].
  • Shaft is part of Isaac Hayes soundtrack albums discography[12].
  • Shaft's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Shaft was distributed by 2 × LP[14].
  • Shaft was distributed by music streaming[15].
  • Shaft's review score is recorded as 4.5[16].
  • Shaft was published on August 1971[17].
  • Shaft's tracklist is recorded as Theme From Shaft (vocal)[18].
  • Shaft's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shaft'}[19].
  • Shaft's has characteristic is recorded as double album[20].
  • Shaft's different from is recorded as Shaft[21].
  • Shaft's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+15'}[22].
  • Shaft's form of creative work is recorded as soundtrack album[23].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[24]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[25]

  • First release date: 1971-07-02[26]

  • Genre(s): funk, jazz, jazz-funk, psychedelic soul, soul, soul jazz[27]

  • Community tags: blaxploitation, film score, funk, funk soul, jazz, jazz-funk, psychedelic soul, rare groove a to z, soul, soul jazz, soul-jazz, soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: edb44be8-a63e-3ebf-bff0-959fd37c3bc5[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Shaft was Isaac Hayes[8]. Shaft was produced by Isaac Hayes[7].

Publication

Shaft was released on August 1971[17]. Shaft's place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Shaft's language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include stage and screen[4], funk[5], and soul[6]. Part of include Isaac Hayes' albums in chronological order[11] and Isaac Hayes soundtrack albums discography[12]. Recorded distribution format include 2 × LP[14] and music streaming[15].

Reception

Shaft's review score is recorded as 4.5[16].

Why It Matters

Shaft ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2] Shaft has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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