Year Zero

2007 studio album by Nine Inch Nails
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Year Zero

Summary

Year Zero is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,224 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Year Zero's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Year Zero's genre is industrial rock[4].
  • Year Zero is named after Year Zero[5].
  • Year Zero was produced by Trent Reznor[6].
  • Year Zero was produced by Atticus Ross[7].
  • Among the performers on Year Zero was Nine Inch Nails[8].
  • Year Zero's record label is recorded as Interscope Records[9].
  • Year Zero's place of publication is recorded as United States[10].
  • Year Zero is part of Nine Inch Nails' albums in chronological order[11].
  • Year Zero's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Year Zero was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Year Zero was distributed by music download[14].
  • Year Zero was released on April 17, 2007[15].
  • Year Zero's narrative location is recorded as United States[16].
  • Year Zero's official website is recorded as http://yearzero.nin.com/[17].
  • Year Zero's main subject is Christian fundamentalism[18].
  • Year Zero's main subject is surveillance state[19].
  • Year Zero's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Year Zero'}[20].
  • Year Zero's has characteristic is recorded as concept album[21].
  • Year Zero's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3822'}[22].
  • Year Zero's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+16'}[23].
  • Year Zero's derivative work is recorded as Year Zero Remixed[24].
  • Year Zero's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[25].
  • Year Zero's form of creative work is recorded as concept album[26].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[27]

  • First release date: 2007-04-13[28]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electro, electro-industrial, electronic, glitch, hard rock, idm, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, post-industrial, rock, synth-pop[29]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock, art rock, electro, electro-industrial, electronic, glitch, hard rock, idm, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, modular, pop/rock, post-industrial, rock, rock and indie, synth punk, synth-pop[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3bd76d40-7f0e-36b7-9348-91a33afee20e[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Year Zero was Nine Inch Nails[8]. Producers include Trent Reznor[6] and Atticus Ross[7].

Publication

Year Zero was released on April 17, 2007[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is industrial rock[4]. It is part of Nine Inch Nails' albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[13] and music download[14].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Christian fundamentalism[18] and surveillance state[19].

Why It Matters

Year Zero ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,224 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nin.wiki. Retrieved . nin.wiki. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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