Talking Heads: 77

Summary

Talking Heads: 77 is an album^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,098 views/month, #540 of 60,676).^[2]

Key Facts

• Talking Heads: 77's instance of is recorded as 77 — instance of (P31): album^[3].
• Talking Heads: 77's genre is 77 — genre (P136): art punk^[4].
• Talking Heads: 77's genre is 77 — genre (P136): new wave^[5].
• Talking Heads: 77 was produced by 77 — producer (P162): Tony Bongiovi^[6].
• Talking Heads: 77 was produced by 77 — producer (P162): Talking Heads^[7].
• Talking Heads: 77 was performed by 77 — performer (P175): Talking Heads^[8].
• Talking Heads: 77's record label is recorded as 77 — record label (P264): Sire^[9].
• Talking Heads: 77's place of publication is recorded as 77 — place of publication (P291): United States^[10].
• Talking Heads: 77 is part of 77 — part of (P361): Talking Heads' albums in chronological order^[11].
• Talking Heads: 77 is part of 77 — part of (P361): Talking Heads studio albums discography^[12].
• Talking Heads: 77's language of work or name is recorded as 77 — language of work or name (P407): English^[13].
• Talking Heads: 77 was distributed by 77 — distribution format (P437): LP record^[14].
• Talking Heads: 77 was distributed by 77 — distribution format (P437): music streaming^[15].
• Talking Heads: 77 was distributed by 77 — distribution format (P437): music download^[16].
• Talking Heads: 77's review score is recorded as 5^[17].
• Talking Heads: 77 was released on September 19, 1977^[18].
• Talking Heads: 77's distributed by is recorded as 77 — distributed by (P750): Tidal^[19].
• Talking Heads: 77's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Talking Heads: 77'}^[20].
• Talking Heads: 77's has characteristic is recorded as 77 — has characteristic (P1552): debut album^[21].
• Talking Heads: 77's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2317'}^[22].
• Talking Heads: 77's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+11'}^[23].
• Talking Heads: 77's form of creative work is recorded as 77 — form of creative work (P7937): studio album^[24].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[25]

• First release date: 1977-09-16^[26]

• Genre(s): art punk, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock^[27]

• Community tags: alternative, art punk, cbgb scene, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock^[28]

• MusicBrainz ID: d99084ee-de04-3ba1-8203-5f1a7e5355ee^[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Talking Heads: 77 was 77 — performer (P175): Talking Heads^[8]. Producers include 77 — producer (P162): Tony Bongiovi^[6] and 77 — producer (P162): Talking Heads^[7].

Publication

Talking Heads: 77 was published on September 19, 1977^[18]. Its place of publication is recorded as 77 — place of publication (P291): United States^[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as 77 — language of work or name (P407): English^[13]. Genres include 77 — genre (P136): art punk^[4] and 77 — genre (P136): new wave^[5]. Part of include 77 — part of (P361): Talking Heads' albums in chronological order^[11] and 77 — part of (P361): Talking Heads studio albums discography^[12]. Recorded distribution format include 77 — distribution format (P437): LP record^[14], 77 — distribution format (P437): music streaming^[15], and 77 — distribution format (P437): music download^[16].

Reception

Talking Heads: 77's review score is recorded as 5^[17].

Why It Matters

Talking Heads: 77 ranks in the top 0.89% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,098 views/month, #540 of 60,676).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]