Spectres

1977 studio album by Blue Öyster Cult
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Spectres

Summary

Spectres is an album[1]. Spectres ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (856 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spectres's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Spectres's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Spectres's genre is heavy metal music[5].
  • Spectres's genre is occult rock[6].
  • Spectres was produced by Sandy Pearlman[7].
  • Spectres was performed by Blue Öyster Cult[8].
  • Spectres's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Spectres's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • Spectres is part of Blue Öyster Cult's albums in chronological order[11].
  • Spectres's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Spectres was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Spectres's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Record Plant[14].
  • Spectres was published on November 1977[15].
  • Spectres's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2429'}[16].
  • Spectres's form of creative work is recorded as studio 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: 1977-10[19]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop, pop rock, rock[20]

  • Community tags: 1980s, album rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop, pop rock, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bd42ec50-7770-3a13-8015-99d0379da3d2[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Spectres was Blue Öyster Cult[8]. Spectres was produced by Sandy Pearlman[7].

Publication

Spectres was published on November 1977[15]. Spectres's place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Spectres's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include hard rock[4], heavy metal music[5], and occult rock[6]. Spectres is part of Blue Öyster Cult's albums in chronological order[11]. Spectres was distributed by music streaming[13].

Why It Matters

Spectres ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (856 views/month).[2] Spectres has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  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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