Spleen and Ideal

album by Dead Can Dance
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Spleen and Ideal

Summary

Spleen and Ideal is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spleen and Ideal's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Spleen and Ideal's genre is dark wave[4].
  • Spleen and Ideal was produced by Brendan Perry[5].
  • Among the performers on Spleen and Ideal was Dead Can Dance[6].
  • Spleen and Ideal's record label is recorded as 4AD[7].
  • Spleen and Ideal is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Spleen and Ideal's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Spleen and Ideal was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • Spleen and Ideal was released on November 1985[11].
  • Spleen and Ideal's official website is recorded as http://www.deadcandance.com/main/albums/spleen-and-ideal-1985/[12].
  • Spleen and Ideal's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spleen and Ideal'}[13].
  • Spleen and Ideal's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2291'}[14].
  • Spleen and Ideal's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[15].

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.

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  • Release type: Album[16]

  • First release date: 1985-11-25[17]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, dark wave, dream pop, electronic, ethereal wave, experimental, gothic, gothic rock, modern classical, neoclassical dark wave, rock[18]

  • Community tags: 359, alternative, alternative rock, dark wave, darkwave, dream pop, electronic, ethereal wave, experimental, gothic, gothic rock, modern classical, neoclassical dark wave, rock[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a9f6f32d-7f83-3067-8a85-642a9c2e0121[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Spleen and Ideal was performed by Dead Can Dance[6]. It was produced by Brendan Perry[5].

Publication

Spleen and Ideal was released on November 1985[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is dark wave[4]. It is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

Spleen and Ideal ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Tidal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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