Songs for Drella

1990 studio album by Lou Reed and John Cale
MusicAlbum album Q366970
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Songs for Drella is a musicalbum categorized within the genres of rock music and art rock.

Songs for Drella

Summary

Songs for Drella is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Songs for Drella's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Songs for Drella's genre is rock music[4].
  • Songs for Drella's genre is art rock[5].
  • Songs for Drella followed Words for the Dying[6].
  • Among the performers on Songs for Drella was Lou Reed[7].
  • Among the performers on Songs for Drella was John Cale[8].
  • Songs for Drella's record label is recorded as Sire[9].
  • Songs for Drella is part of Lou Reed's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Songs for Drella's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Songs for Drella was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Songs for Drella was released on April 11, 1990[13].
  • Songs for Drella's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Songs for Drella'}[14].
  • Songs for Drella's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3174'}[15].
  • Songs for Drella's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].
  • Songs for Drella's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[17].

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[18]

  • First release date: 1990-04-11[19]

  • Genre(s): art rock, baroque pop, piano rock, rock, singer-songwriter[20]

  • Community tags: alternative, art rock, baroque pop, male vocalists, piano rock, rock, singer-songwriter[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 97d100a8-e42c-38ff-8ae5-eb31331fd82b[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Lou Reed[7] and John Cale[8].

Publication

Songs for Drella was released on April 11, 1990[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include rock music[4] and art rock[5]. It is part of Lou Reed's albums in chronological order[10]. It was distributed by music streaming[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Songs for Drella followed Words for the Dying[6].

Why It Matters

Songs for Drella ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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