The Royal Scam

1976 album by Steely Dan
MusicAlbum album Q628072
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The Royal Scam

Summary

The Royal Scam is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,906 views/month, #294 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Royal Scam's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Royal Scam's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Royal Scam's genre is jazz fusion[5].
  • The Royal Scam was produced by Gary Katz[6].
  • The Royal Scam was performed by Steely Dan[7].
  • The Royal Scam's record label is recorded as ABC Records[8].
  • The Royal Scam's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Royal Scam is part of Steely Dan's albums in chronological order[10].
  • The Royal Scam's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Royal Scam was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • The Royal Scam was released on May 1976[13].
  • The Royal Scam's tracklist is recorded as Kid Charlemagne[14].
  • The Royal Scam's tracklist is recorded as Don’t Take Me Alive[15].
  • The Royal Scam's tracklist is recorded as Green Earrings[16].
  • The Royal Scam's tracklist is recorded as Haitian Divorce[17].
  • The Royal Scam's tracklist is recorded as The Royal Scam[18].
  • The Royal Scam's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Royal Scam'}[19].
  • The Royal Scam's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

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[21]

  • First release date: 1976-05[22]

  • Genre(s): jazz pop, jazz rock, pop rock[23]

  • Community tags: jazz pop, jazz rock, jazz-rock, pop rock, sophisticated rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 586013b7-6cb0-39d4-b3cc-702b665fd830[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Royal Scam was performed by Steely Dan[7]. It was produced by Gary Katz[6].

Publication

The Royal Scam was published on May 1976[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include rock music[4] and jazz fusion[5]. It is part of Steely Dan's albums in chronological order[10]. It was distributed by music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

The Royal Scam ranks in the top 0.48% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,906 views/month, #294 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . spirit-of-rock.com. spirit-of-rock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . spirit-of-rock.com. spirit-of-rock.com. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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