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The Head on the Door

1985 studio album by The Cure
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The Head on the Door

Summary

The Head on the Door is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.91% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month, #550 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Head on the Door's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Head on the Door's genre is pop music[4].
  • Close to Me is named after The Head on the Door[5].
  • The Head on the Door was produced by David M. Allen[6].
  • The Head on the Door was produced by Robert Smith[7].
  • The Head on the Door was performed by The Cure[8].
  • The Head on the Door's record label is recorded as Fiction Records[9].
  • The Head on the Door's record label is recorded as Elektra[10].
  • The Head on the Door is part of The Cure studio albums discography[11].
  • The Head on the Door is part of The Cure's albums in chronological order[12].
  • The Head on the Door's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Head on the Door was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • The Head on the Door's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Angel Studios[15].
  • The Head on the Door was published on August 13, 1985[16].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Inbetween Days[17].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Kyoto Song[18].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as The Blood[19].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Six Different Ways[20].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Push[21].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as The Baby Screams[22].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Close to Me[23].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as A Night Like This[24].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Screw[25].
  • The Head on the Door's tracklist is recorded as Sinking[26].
  • The Head on the Door's cover art by is recorded as Porl Thompson[27].

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[28]

  • First release date: 1985-08-13[29]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, art pop, electronic, gothic rock, new wave, post-punk, rock, synth-pop[30]

  • Community tags: alternative, alternative rock, art pop, electronic, goth rock, gothic rock, new wave, post-punk, rock, rollingstone.de, synth-pop[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cf5d6187-e43b-3848-ba51-8ec1df3d97e3[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Head on the Door was performed by The Cure[8]. Producers include David M. Allen[6] and Robert Smith[7].

Publication

The Head on the Door was published on August 13, 1985[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is pop music[4]. Part of include The Cure studio albums discography[11] and The Cure's albums in chronological order[12]. It was distributed by music streaming[14].

Why It Matters

The Head on the Door ranks in the top 0.91% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,683 views/month, #550 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

Elektra Robert Smith The Cure

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Never Enough: The Story of The Cure (2009 Omnibus Press ed.). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The Head on the Door. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Never Enough: The Story of The Cure (2009 Omnibus Press ed.). wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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