Turn on the Bright Lights

debut studio album by the American rock band Interpol
MusicAlbum album Q1340055
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Turn on the Bright Lights

Summary

Turn on the Bright Lights is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.071% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,606 views/month, #43 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turn on the Bright Lights's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights's genre is post-punk revival[4].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights was produced by Peter Katis[5].
  • Among the performers on Turn on the Bright Lights was Interpol[6].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights's record label is recorded as Matador Records[7].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights is part of Interpol's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights was published on August 2002[11].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Turn on the Bright Lights'}[12].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights's charted in is recorded as Top Albums France[13].
  • Turn on the Bright Lights's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 2002-08-19[16]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival, rock[17]

  • Community tags: alternative, alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e7227840-5ef2-3813-af26-15dab34e1a51[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Turn on the Bright Lights was Interpol[6]. It was produced by Peter Katis[5].

Publication

Turn on the Bright Lights was published on August 2002[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is post-punk revival[4]. It is part of Interpol's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

Turn on the Bright Lights ranks in the top 0.071% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,606 views/month, #43 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . lescharts.com. Retrieved . lescharts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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