Who's Next

1971 studio album by The Who
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Who's Next

Summary

Who's Next is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.45% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,843 views/month, #271 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Who's Next's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Who's Next's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Who's Next was produced by Glyn Johns[5].
  • Who's Next was performed by The Who[6].
  • Who's Next's record label is recorded as Track Record[7].
  • Who's Next's record label is recorded as Decca[8].
  • Who's Next's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Who's Next is part of The Who's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Who's Next's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Who's Next was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Who's Next was distributed by music download[13].
  • Who's Next was published on August 25, 1971[14].
  • Who's Next was published on August 14, 1971[15].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Baba O'Riley[16].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Bargain[17].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Love Ain't for Keeping[18].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as My Wife[19].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as The Song Is Over[20].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Getting in Tune[21].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Going Mobile[22].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Behind Blue Eyes[23].
  • Who's Next's tracklist is recorded as Won't Get Fooled Again[24].
  • Who's Next's coordinates of the point of view is recorded as {'lat': 54.791435, 'lon': -1.31763}[25].
  • Who's Next's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Who's Next"}[26].
  • Who's Next's different from is recorded as Who's Next[27].

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[28]

  • First release date: 1971-08-14[29]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, art rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, mod, pop rock, progressive rock, rock[30]

  • Community tags: album rock, anthemic, arena rock, art rock, bittersweet, blues rock, classic rock, eclectic, energetic, epic, hard rock, hardrock, introspective, love, male vocalist, melodic, mod, passionate, pop rock, pop-rock, progressive rock, rebellious, rhythmic, rock, triumphant, uplifting[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9584e28b-66a7-3846-8d52-b3008a283539[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Who's Next was performed by The Who[6]. It was produced by Glyn Johns[5].

Publication

Publication dates include August 25, 1971[14] and August 14, 1971[15]. Who's Next's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of The Who's albums in chronological order[10]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[12] and music download[13].

Why It Matters

Who's Next ranks in the top 0.45% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,843 views/month, #271 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Musical Maps. Retrieved . musicalmaps.blogspot.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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