The Way It Is

album by Bruce Hornsby
MusicAlbum album Q7773824
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The Way It Is

Summary

The Way It Is is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Way It Is's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Way It Is's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Way It Is was followed by Scenes from the Southside[5].
  • The Way It Is was performed by Bruce Hornsby[6].
  • The Way It Is's record label is recorded as RCA Records[7].
  • The Way It Is's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Way It Is was published on 1986[9].
  • The Way It Is's coordinates of the point of view is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 36.94426538, 'longitude': -76.12062587, 'precision': 1e-05}[10].

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[11]

  • First release date: 1986-04-01[12]

  • Genre(s): pop, rock, soft rock[13]

  • Community tags: pop, rock, soft rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d66727d5-161f-3af2-921d-137aeb9bbb0b[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Way It Is was Bruce Hornsby[6].

Publication

The Way It Is was released on 1986[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is rock music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Way It Is was followed by Scenes from the Southside[5].

Why It Matters

The Way It Is ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Musical Maps. Retrieved . musicalmaps.blogspot.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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

  1. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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