Wheels of Steel

album by Saxon
MusicAlbum album Q1440997
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Wheels of Steel

Summary

Wheels of Steel is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (493 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wheels of Steel's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Wheels of Steel's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Wheels of Steel was produced by Pete Hinton[5].
  • Wheels of Steel was performed by Saxon[6].
  • Wheels of Steel's record label is recorded as Carrère[7].
  • Wheels of Steel is part of Saxon's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Wheels of Steel's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Wheels of Steel was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • Wheels of Steel was released on May 5, 1980[11].
  • Wheels of Steel's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2336'}[12].
  • Wheels of Steel's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1980-04-03[15]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, rock[16]

  • Community tags: heavy metal, metal, rock[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f0556704-20f0-3831-8f7a-aab0855d5865[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Wheels of Steel was Saxon[6]. It was produced by Pete Hinton[5].

Publication

Wheels of Steel was released on May 5, 1980[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is heavy metal music[4]. It is part of Saxon's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

Wheels of Steel ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (493 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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