The Hard Way

1990 studio album by Steve Earle and The Dukes
MusicAlbum album Q7738867
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The Hard Way

Summary

The Hard Way is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Hard Way's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Hard Way's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Hard Way's genre is country rock[5].
  • The Hard Way was produced by Steve Earle[6].
  • The Hard Way was performed by Steve Earle & The Dukes[7].
  • The Hard Way's record label is recorded as MCA Records[8].
  • The Hard Way's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Hard Way is part of Steve Earle & The Dukes' albums in chronological order[10].
  • The Hard Way is part of Steve Earle's albums in chronological order[11].
  • The Hard Way's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • The Hard Way was distributed by compact disc[13].
  • The Hard Way was released on July 1, 1990[14].
  • The Hard Way's title is recorded as The Hard Way[15].
  • The Hard Way's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+13'}[16].
  • The Hard Way's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[18]

  • First release date: 1990-06-26[19]

  • Genre(s): country rock, rock[20]

  • Community tags: country rock, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: db9093c9-9f68-35fe-93ee-8d042db25f8d[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Hard Way was Steve Earle & The Dukes[7]. It was produced by Steve Earle[6].

Publication

The Hard Way was published on July 1, 1990[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include rock music[4] and country rock[5]. Part of include Steve Earle & The Dukes' albums in chronological order[10] and Steve Earle's albums in chronological order[11]. It was distributed by compact disc[13].

Why It Matters

The Hard Way ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . 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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