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Surprise

2006 studio album by Paul Simon
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Surprise

Summary

Surprise is an album[1]. Surprise ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (256 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Surprise's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Surprise's genre is soft rock[4].
  • Surprise was followed by The Essential Paul Simon[5].
  • Surprise was produced by Paul Simon[6].
  • Surprise was performed by Paul Simon[7].
  • Surprise's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[8].
  • Surprise is part of Paul Simon studio albums discography[9].
  • Surprise was distributed by LP record[10].
  • Surprise was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Surprise was published on May 9, 2006[12].
  • Surprise's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Surprise'}[13].
  • Surprise's different from is recorded as Surprise[14].
  • Surprise's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2716'}[15].
  • Surprise's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+6'}[16].
  • Surprise's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+5'}[17].
  • Surprise's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[18].

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[19]

  • First release date: 2006-05-09[20]

  • Genre(s): art pop, folk pop, folk rock, folktronica, pop, pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock[21]

  • Community tags: art pop, classic pop and rock, folk pop, folk rock, folktronica, pop, pop rock, rock, rock / classic pop and rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: af869d4a-891f-3992-8b4f-0ac44c61e3ba[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Surprise was Paul Simon[7]. Surprise was produced by Paul Simon[6].

Publication

Surprise was released on May 9, 2006[12]. Surprise's genre is soft rock[4]. Surprise is part of Paul Simon studio albums discography[9]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[10] and music streaming[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Surprise was followed by The Essential Paul Simon[5].

Why It Matters

Surprise ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (256 views/month).[2] Surprise has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Paul Simon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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