You Are What You Is

1981 album by Frank Zappa
MusicAlbum album Q1049900
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You Are What You Is

Summary

You Are What You Is is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You Are What You Is's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • You Are What You Is's genre is hard rock[4].
  • You Are What You Is's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • You Are What You Is's genre is comedy rock[6].
  • You Are What You Is was produced by Frank Zappa[7].
  • You Are What You Is was performed by Frank Zappa[8].
  • You Are What You Is's record label is recorded as Barking Pumpkin Records[9].
  • You Are What You Is is part of Frank Zappa's albums in chronological order[10].
  • You Are What You Is's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • You Are What You Is's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Utility Muffin Research Kitchen[12].
  • You Are What You Is was published on September 23, 1981[13].
  • You Are What You Is's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+4031'}[14].
  • You Are What You Is's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[15].

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[16]

  • First release date: 1981-09-23[17]

  • Genre(s): blues, hard rock, rock[18]

  • Community tags: 1981, blues, hard rock, rock, vyrzukhisuc-album[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5cb84f98-6e5b-32bd-bbba-d176ba313092[20]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on You Are What You Is was Frank Zappa[8]. It was produced by Frank Zappa[7].

Publication

You Are What You Is was released on September 23, 1981[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include hard rock[4], progressive rock[5], and comedy rock[6]. It is part of Frank Zappa's albums in chronological order[10].

Why It Matters

You Are What You Is ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,362 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . amazon.com. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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