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Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed

1977 compilation album by Lou Reed
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Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed

Summary

Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's instance of is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — instance of (P31): album[3].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's genre is The Best of Lou Reed — genre (P136): rock music[4].
  • Among the performers on Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed was The Best of Lou Reed — performer (P175): Lou Reed[5].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's record label is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — record label (P264): RCA Victor[6].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's place of publication is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — place of publication (P291): United States[7].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed is part of The Best of Lou Reed — part of (P361): Lou Reed's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's language of work or name is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — language of work or name (P407): English[9].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed was distributed by The Best of Lou Reed — distribution format (P437): LP record[10].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed was distributed by The Best of Lou Reed — distribution format (P437): music streaming[11].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's review score is recorded as 4.5[12].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed was released on April 1977[13].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Walk on the Wild Side'}[14].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2450'}[15].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+11'}[16].
  • Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's form of creative work is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — form of creative work (P7937): compilation 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]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[19]

  • First release date: 1977[20]

  • Genre(s): art rock, classic rock, glam rock, hard rock, proto-punk, punk rock, rock[21]

  • Community tags: album rock, alternative and punk, art rock, classic rock, contemporary pop/rock, glam rock, hard rock, pop/rock, proto-punk, punk rock, rock, rock & roll[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 15085020-d16f-3d70-914b-131f2da99775[23]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed was The Best of Lou Reed — performer (P175): Lou Reed[5].

Publication

Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed was published on April 1977[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — place of publication (P291): United States[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as The Best of Lou Reed — language of work or name (P407): English[9]. Its genre is The Best of Lou Reed — genre (P136): rock music[4]. It is part of The Best of Lou Reed — part of (P361): Lou Reed's albums in chronological order[8]. Recorded distribution format include The Best of Lou Reed — distribution format (P437): LP record[10] and The Best of Lou Reed — distribution format (P437): music streaming[11].

Reception

Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed's review score is recorded as 4.5[12].

Why It Matters

Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Lou Reed United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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.
  6. [23] ↑ . 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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