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Spike

Elvis Costello album
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Spike

Summary

Spike is an album[1]. Spike ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (372 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spike's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Spike's genre is rock music[4].
  • Spike was produced by T Bone Burnett[5].
  • Spike was performed by Elvis Costello[6].
  • Spike's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[7].
  • Spike is part of Elvis Costello's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Spike was published on 1989[9].
  • Spike's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spike'}[10].

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[11]

  • First release date: 1989-02-06[12]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, folk, instrumental, pop, rock, rock and roll[13]

  • Community tags: adult alternative pop/rock, alternative pop/rock, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock, ballade, college rock, contemporary pop/rock, folk, instrumental, pop, pop/rock, rock, rock and roll, rock/pop[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1736bf4d-1a96-3689-8c87-5d3d0db75cf0[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Spike was performed by Elvis Costello[6]. Spike was produced by T Bone Burnett[5].

Publication

Spike was published on 1989[9]. Spike's genre is rock music[4]. Spike is part of Elvis Costello's albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Spike ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (372 views/month).[2] Spike has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Elvis Costello

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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Spike. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-q3493471
MLA “Spike.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-q3493471.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spike-q3493471_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Spike}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-q3493471}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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