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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

album by Dead Can Dance
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Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

Summary

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (419 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is world music[4].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is dream pop[5].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is neoclassical music[6].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is ethereal wave[7].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is dark wave[8].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is 20th-century classical music[9].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's genre is neoclassical dark wave[10].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was produced by Brendan Perry[11].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was produced by John A. Rivers[12].
  • Among the performers on Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was Dead Can Dance[13].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's record label is recorded as 4AD[14].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[15].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was distributed by music streaming[17].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was published on July 27, 1987[18].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's official website is recorded as http://www.dead-can-dance.com/disco/dcd/dying/dying.htm[19].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Within the Realm of a Dying Sun'}[20].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2323'}[21].
  • Within the Realm of a Dying Sun's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[22].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[23]

  • First release date: 1987-07-27[24]

  • Genre(s): dark ambient, electronic, ethereal wave, gothic, gothic rock, modern classical, neoclassical dark wave, rock[25]

  • Community tags: alternative, dark ambient, electronic, ethereal wave, gothic, gothic rock, modern classical, neoclassical dark wave, neoclassical darkwave, rock[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e1d35c40-2649-3f92-b4da-ff8572d6daa2[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was performed by Dead Can Dance[13]. Producers include Brendan Perry[11] and John A. Rivers[12].

Publication

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun was released on July 27, 1987[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Genres include world music[4], dream pop[5], neoclassical music[6], ethereal wave[7], dark wave[8], and 20th-century classical music[9]. It is part of Dead Can Dance's albums in chronological order[15]. It was distributed by music streaming[17].

Why It Matters

Within the Realm of a Dying Sun ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (419 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

4AD Dead Can Dance

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . artistdirect.com. artistdirect.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . myzuka.ru. myzuka.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . spirit-of-rock.com. spirit-of-rock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Rate Your Music. 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] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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