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The King Is Dead

album by The Decemberists
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The King Is Dead

Summary

The King Is Dead is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The King Is Dead's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The King Is Dead's genre is indie rock[4].
  • The King Is Dead followed The Hazards of Love[5].
  • The King Is Dead was followed by What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World[6].
  • The King Is Dead was performed by The Decemberists[7].
  • The King Is Dead's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[8].
  • The King Is Dead's record label is recorded as Rough Trade[9].
  • The King Is Dead's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • The King Is Dead's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The King Is Dead was published on 2011[12].

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[13]

  • First release date: 2011-01-14[14]

  • Genre(s): folk rock, indie rock, rock[15]

  • Community tags: folk rock, indie, indie rock, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 406ad200-9dda-42d5-abb9-0cb56ba9534b[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The King Is Dead was performed by The Decemberists[7].

Publication

The King Is Dead was published on 2011[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is indie rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The King Is Dead followed The Hazards of Love[5]. It was followed by What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World[6].

Why It Matters

The King Is Dead ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Capitol Records United States

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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