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The Sound

English post-punk band
Organization Musical Group Q732151
The Sound
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Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official name
The Sound[8]

Status and dates

Inception
1979[6]

Location

Location of formation
London[7]

Relations

Has part(s)
Adrian Borland[5]
More facts +6
Genre
alternative rock[1]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[4]
Different from
The Sound, Sound[9][10]
Discography
The Sound discography[3]
Record label
Korova[2]
Start of work period
1979[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en A. Borland en The Sound
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000107210586
VIAF cluster ID
276372931
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no98018039
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000040922
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13906629z
Deezer artist ID
15016
Discogs artist ID
171148
Facebook username
Adrian-Borland-The-Sound-130067167080346
Freebase ID
/m/077nhd
LyricsTranslate ID
sound-lyrics.html
Museum of Modern Art work ID
8896
MusicBrainz artist ID
b2c36d47-e5e3-4ac8-a967-10e0265d3fff
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000051449
Myspace ID
thesounduk
Rate Your Music artist ID
the_sound
Songkick artist ID
275753
Spotify artist ID
4hzCcF4Leos2sKnz79nwhz
Tidal artist ID
3584169
📚 Sources · 1
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Licence
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Credit
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From the Lions Mouth, Heads and Hearts, All Fall Down, Jeopardy, Propaganda, Shock of Daylight, The BBC Recordings, Thunder Up
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
alternative rock
Has part(s) 1
Adrian Borland
Instance of 1
musical group
Location of formation 1
London
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Semyrenky
← Mb:member of band 1
Adrian Borland
← Performer 1
From the Lions Mouth
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London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Adrian Borland
    Location of formation → London
    Inception → 1979
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
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