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Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

1981 live album by Frank Zappa
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Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Summary

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (863 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's genre is instrumental rock[4].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was produced by Frank Zappa[5].
  • Among the performers on Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was Frank Zappa[6].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's record label is recorded as Barking Pumpkin Records[7].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is part of Frank Zappa's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[10].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was distributed by vinyl record[11].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Utility Muffin Research Kitchen[12].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was released on May 11, 1981[13].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar"}[14].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's has characteristic is recorded as instrumental album[15].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+6412'}[16].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+4'}[17].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+3'}[18].
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar's form of creative work is recorded as live album[19].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[20]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[21]

  • First release date: 1981[22]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, instrumental rock, rock[23]

  • Community tags: hard rock, instrumental rock, rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a2c4943e-8473-40f9-af58-12a69af8a497[25]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was Frank Zappa[6]. It was produced by Frank Zappa[5].

Publication

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was published on May 11, 1981[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[10]. Its genre is instrumental rock[4]. It is part of Frank Zappa's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by vinyl record[11].

Why It Matters

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (863 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Frank Zappa United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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