The Serpent's Egg

album by Dead Can Dance
MusicAlbum album Q1934237
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The Serpent's Egg

Summary

The Serpent's Egg is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Serpent's Egg's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Serpent's Egg's genre is world music[4].
  • The Serpent's Egg's genre is ethereal wave[5].
  • The Serpent's Egg was produced by Brendan Perry[6].
  • The Serpent's Egg was produced by John A. Rivers[7].
  • Among the performers on The Serpent's Egg was Dead Can Dance[8].
  • The Serpent's Egg's record label is recorded as 4AD[9].
  • The Serpent's Egg is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[10].
  • The Serpent's Egg's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Serpent's Egg was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • The Serpent's Egg was released on October 1988[13].
  • The Serpent's Egg's official website is recorded as http://www.dead-can-dance.com/disco/dcd/serpents/serpents.htm[14].
  • The Serpent's Egg's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "The Serpent's Egg"}[15].
  • The Serpent's Egg's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2175'}[16].
  • The Serpent's Egg's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

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[18]

  • First release date: 1988-10-21[19]

  • Genre(s): electronic, ethereal wave, gothic rock, modern classical, neoclassical dark wave, rock[20]

  • Community tags: 359, alternative, electronic, ethereal wave, gothic rock, modern classical, neoclassical dark wave, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4a1a4bfc-c11d-31b7-8a10-12e8367a0da7[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Serpent's Egg was performed by Dead Can Dance[8]. Producers include Brendan Perry[6] and John A. Rivers[7].

Publication

The Serpent's Egg was released on October 1988[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include world music[4] and ethereal wave[5]. It is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[10]. It was distributed by music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

The Serpent's Egg ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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