White Light/White Heat

studio album by The Velvet Underground
MusicAlbum album Q523347
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White Light/White Heat

Summary

White Light/White Heat is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,830 views/month, #539 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • White Light/White Heat's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • White Light/White Heat's genre is experimental rock[4].
  • White Light/White Heat was produced by Tom Wilson[5].
  • White Light/White Heat was performed by The Velvet Underground[6].
  • White Light/White Heat's record label is recorded as Verve Records[7].
  • White Light/White Heat's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • White Light/White Heat is part of The Velvet Underground's albums in chronological order[9].
  • White Light/White Heat's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • White Light/White Heat was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • White Light/White Heat was published on January 30, 1968[12].
  • White Light/White Heat's tracklist is recorded as Here She Comes Now[13].
  • White Light/White Heat's topic has template is recorded as Q18565489[14].
  • White Light/White Heat's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White Light/White Heat'}[15].
  • White Light/White Heat's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2413'}[16].
  • White Light/White Heat's form of creative work is recorded as studio 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]

  • First release date: 1968-01-30[19]

  • Genre(s): acid rock, art rock, avant-garde, experimental rock, lo-fi, noise rock, proto-punk, psychedelic, rock[20]

  • Community tags: acid rock, alternative/indie rock, apathetic, art rock, avant-garde, bisexual, chaotic, dark, deadpan, death, dense, dissonant, disturbing, drugs, energetic, experimental rock, hedonistic, humorous, hypnotic, improvisation, lgbtq, lo-fi, macabre, male vocalist, manic, nihilistic, noise rock, noisy, opioids, pessimistic, proto-punk, protopunk, psychedelic, raw, rebellious, repetitive, rhythmic, rock, rock & roll, sexual, stream of consciousness, surreal, transgender, urban, vulgar[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fc0885e0-0284-3f9d-81ee-17c5e7196346[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

White Light/White Heat was performed by The Velvet Underground[6]. It was produced by Tom Wilson[5].

Publication

White Light/White Heat was published on January 30, 1968[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is experimental rock[4]. It is part of The Velvet Underground's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Why It Matters

White Light/White Heat ranks in the top 0.89% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,830 views/month, #539 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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