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The Queen Is Dead

album by The Smiths
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The Queen Is Dead

Summary

The Queen Is Dead is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,270 views/month, #327 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Queen Is Dead's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Queen Is Dead's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • The Queen Is Dead was produced by Morrissey[5].
  • Among the performers on The Queen Is Dead was The Smiths[6].
  • The Queen Is Dead's record label is recorded as Rough Trade[7].
  • The Queen Is Dead's record label is recorded as Sire[8].
  • The Queen Is Dead's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • The Queen Is Dead is part of The Smiths' albums in chronological order[10].
  • The Queen Is Dead's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Queen Is Dead was distributed by vinyl record[12].
  • The Queen Is Dead was released on June 16, 1986[13].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624465[14].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624466[15].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624467[16].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624468[17].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624470[18].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624475[19].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624476[20].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624477[21].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624478[22].
  • The Queen Is Dead's tracklist is recorded as Q131624481[23].
  • The Queen Is Dead's coordinates of the point of view is recorded as {'lat': 53.4770172, 'lon': -2.2745662}[24].
  • The Queen Is Dead's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2227'}[25].
  • The Queen Is Dead's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[26].
  • The Queen Is Dead's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[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: 1986-06-16[29]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, neo-acoustic, post-punk[30]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, neo-acoustic, post-punk[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d8dde278-482c-3cc8-a530-fea70476f3a5[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Queen Is Dead was The Smiths[6]. It was produced by Morrissey[5].

Publication

The Queen Is Dead was released on June 16, 1986[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It is part of The Smiths' albums in chronological order[10]. It was distributed by vinyl record[12].

Why It Matters

The Queen Is Dead ranks in the top 0.54% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,270 views/month, #327 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

Morrissey Sire United Kingdom

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.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Musical Maps. Retrieved . musicalmaps.blogspot.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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