There's a Riot Goin' On

1971 studio album by Sly & the Family Stone
MusicAlbum album Q258003
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There's a Riot Goin' On

Summary

There's a Riot Goin' On is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • There's a Riot Goin' On's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's genre is funk[4].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's genre is psychedelic funk[5].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's genre is avant-pop[6].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's genre is avant-funk[7].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On was produced by Sly Stone[8].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On was performed by Sly and the Family Stone[9].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's record label is recorded as Epic Records[10].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's place of publication is recorded as United States[11].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On is part of Sly and the Family Stone's albums in chronological order[12].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On was released on November 20, 1971[15].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "There's a Riot Goin' On"}[16].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2853'}[17].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[18].
  • There's a Riot Goin' On's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[20]

  • First release date: 1971-11-20[21]

  • Genre(s): deep funk, funk, progressive soul, psychedelic soul, soul[22]

  • Community tags: deep funk, funk, progressive soul, psychedelic soul, soul[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d8b8448a-2634-3e92-ac86-cf55e018f825[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

There's a Riot Goin' On was performed by Sly and the Family Stone[9]. It was produced by Sly Stone[8].

Publication

There's a Riot Goin' On was released on November 20, 1971[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include funk[4], psychedelic funk[5], avant-pop[6], and avant-funk[7]. It is part of Sly and the Family Stone's albums in chronological order[12]. It was distributed by music streaming[14].

Why It Matters

There's a Riot Goin' On ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (945 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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