Moondance (album)
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Moondance is a critically acclaimed 1970 jazz-influenced rock album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, often regarded as one of his finest and most accessible works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moondance | 8 |
| Moondance (song) | 3 |
| Moondance (album) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4207833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moondance (album) Context triple: [Van Morrison, notableWork, Moondance (album)]
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A.
Moone Boy
Moone Boy is an Irish comedy television series created by and starring Chris O'Dowd, following the imaginative adventures of a young boy and his eccentric imaginary friend in a small Irish town in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Paper Moon
"Paper Moon" is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, celebrated for its Depression-era setting and the Oscar-winning performance of child actress Tatum O'Neal.
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C.
Under the Blue Moon
Under the Blue Moon is a 1986 studio album by R&B group New Edition featuring doo-wop and classic pop covers that highlight the group's vocal harmonies.
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D.
The Concert
"The Concert" is a Baroque genre painting by Dutch artist Dirck van Baburen depicting musicians gathered around a table performing music.
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E.
The Concert
The Concert is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate musical gathering in a refined domestic interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moondance (album) Target entity description: Moondance is a critically acclaimed 1970 jazz-influenced rock album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, often regarded as one of his finest and most accessible works.
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A.
Moone Boy
Moone Boy is an Irish comedy television series created by and starring Chris O'Dowd, following the imaginative adventures of a young boy and his eccentric imaginary friend in a small Irish town in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Paper Moon
"Paper Moon" is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, celebrated for its Depression-era setting and the Oscar-winning performance of child actress Tatum O'Neal.
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C.
Under the Blue Moon
Under the Blue Moon is a 1986 studio album by R&B group New Edition featuring doo-wop and classic pop covers that highlight the group's vocal harmonies.
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D.
The Concert
"The Concert" is a Baroque genre painting by Dutch artist Dirck van Baburen depicting musicians gathered around a table performing music.
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E.
The Concert
The Concert is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate musical gathering in a refined domestic interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| composer | Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
AllMusic
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Rolling Stone ⓘ |
| featuredInstrument |
acoustic guitar
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bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ flute ⓘ horn section ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| followedBy | His Band and the Street Choir ⓘ |
| follows | Astral Weeks ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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blue-eyed soul ⓘ folk rock ⓘ jazz rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
adult contemporary music
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singer-songwriter genre ⓘ |
| hasPart |
And It Stoned Me
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Brand New Day ⓘ Caravan ⓘ Come Running ⓘ Crazy Love ⓘ Everyone ⓘ Glad Tidings ⓘ Into the Mystic ⓘ Moondance (album) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moondance (song)
This Dream of You ⓘ
surface form:
These Dreams of You
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| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 38 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible songwriting
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horn arrangements ⓘ jazz-influenced rock sound ⓘ |
| performer | Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfRecording | A&R Recording Studios, New York City ⓘ |
| producer |
Lewis Merenstein
ⓘ
Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1970-02-28 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1969 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moondance (album) Description of subject: Moondance is a critically acclaimed 1970 jazz-influenced rock album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, often regarded as one of his finest and most accessible works.
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