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The Madcap Laughs

1970 debut solo album by Syd Barrett
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The Madcap Laughs

Summary

The Madcap Laughs is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,061 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Madcap Laughs's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Madcap Laughs's genre is psychedelic folk[4].
  • The Madcap Laughs's genre is folk rock[5].
  • The Madcap Laughs's genre is psychedelic rock[6].
  • The Madcap Laughs was produced by David Gilmour[7].
  • The Madcap Laughs was produced by Roger Waters[8].
  • Among the performers on The Madcap Laughs was Syd Barrett[9].
  • The Madcap Laughs's record label is recorded as EMI[10].
  • The Madcap Laughs's record label is recorded as Harvest[11].
  • The Madcap Laughs's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • The Madcap Laughs is part of Syd Barrett's albums in chronological order[13].
  • The Madcap Laughs's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • The Madcap Laughs was distributed by music streaming[15].
  • The Madcap Laughs's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Abbey Road Studios[16].
  • The Madcap Laughs was released on January 3, 1970[17].
  • The Madcap Laughs's tracklist is recorded as Dark Globe[18].
  • The Madcap Laughs's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Madcap Laughs'}[19].
  • The Madcap Laughs's has characteristic is recorded as debut solo album[20].
  • The Madcap Laughs's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2267'}[21].
  • The Madcap Laughs's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[22].

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[23]

  • First release date: 1970-01-03[24]

  • Genre(s): experimental rock, folk rock, lo-fi, psychedelic, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, rock, singer-songwriter[25]

  • Community tags: abstract, alienation, anxious, apathetic, autumn, avant-pop, bittersweet, cold, cryptic, dark, drugs, english underground, experimental rock, folk rock, introspective, lethargic, lo-fi, lonely, love, male vocalist, melancholic, melodic, playful, poetic, psychedelic, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, psychedelic/garage, quirky, raw, rock, sad, sentimental, singer-songwriter, surreal[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f8d4bee5-0b74-3bb4-9010-2a454adbfbe7[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Madcap Laughs was Syd Barrett[9]. Producers include David Gilmour[7] and Roger Waters[8].

Publication

The Madcap Laughs was published on January 3, 1970[17]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include psychedelic folk[4], folk rock[5], and psychedelic rock[6]. It is part of Syd Barrett's albums in chronological order[13]. It was distributed by music streaming[15].

Why It Matters

The Madcap Laughs ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,061 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

David Gilmour Harvest Roger Waters Syd Barrett United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [15] ↑ . Tidal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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