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The Ballasted Orchestra

1997 studio album by Stars of the Lid
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The Ballasted Orchestra

Summary

The Ballasted Orchestra is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ballasted Orchestra's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's genre is ambient music[4].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra was performed by Stars of the Lid[5].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's record label is recorded as Kranky Records[6].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's place of publication is recorded as United States[7].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra is part of Stars of the Lid's albums in chronological order[8].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[9].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra was distributed by compact disc[10].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra was distributed by 2 × LP[11].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra was published on March 10, 1997[12].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's title is recorded as The Ballasted Orchestra[13].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's has characteristic is recorded as instrumental album[14].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+8'}[15].
  • The Ballasted Orchestra's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1997-03-10[18]

  • Genre(s): ambient, drone, electronic, rock[19]

  • Community tags: ambient, drone, electronic, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 96f1e04a-4388-32ff-9daa-c84dd1bfb37b[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Ballasted Orchestra was performed by Stars of the Lid[5].

Publication

The Ballasted Orchestra was published on March 10, 1997[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[9]. Its genre is ambient music[4]. It is part of Stars of the Lid's albums in chronological order[8]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[10] and 2 × LP[11].

Why It Matters

The Ballasted Orchestra ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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