Desire (Bob Dylan album)
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Desire is a 1976 Bob Dylan studio album known for its narrative songwriting, prominent use of violin by Scarlet Rivera, and songs like "Hurricane" and "Isis."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Desire (Bob Dylan album) canonical | 2 |
| Bob Dylan album Desire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4791218 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desire (Bob Dylan album) Context triple: [Scarlet Rivera, notableWork, Desire (Bob Dylan album)]
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A.
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan is a 1964 studio album by Bob Dylan that marked a shift from protest songs toward more introspective and personal songwriting.
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B.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 Martin Scorsese–directed documentary film chronicling Bob Dylan’s early career and rise to fame in the 1960s folk and rock scenes.
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C.
Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is a landmark 1965 rock album by Bob Dylan, renowned for its electric sound and the iconic track "Like a Rolling Stone."
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D.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is Bob Dylan's landmark 1963 folk album that helped establish him as a major songwriter and voice of the 1960s protest movement.
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E.
Bob Dylan's Dream
"Bob Dylan's Dream" is a reflective folk song by Bob Dylan that nostalgically recalls lost youth and friendships, featured on his early 1960s album *The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan*.
- 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: Desire (Bob Dylan album) Target entity description: Desire is a 1976 Bob Dylan studio album known for its narrative songwriting, prominent use of violin by Scarlet Rivera, and songs like "Hurricane" and "Isis."
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A.
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan is a 1964 studio album by Bob Dylan that marked a shift from protest songs toward more introspective and personal songwriting.
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B.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 Martin Scorsese–directed documentary film chronicling Bob Dylan’s early career and rise to fame in the 1960s folk and rock scenes.
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C.
Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is a landmark 1965 rock album by Bob Dylan, renowned for its electric sound and the iconic track "Like a Rolling Stone."
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D.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is Bob Dylan's landmark 1963 folk album that helped establish him as a major songwriter and voice of the 1960s protest movement.
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E.
Bob Dylan's Dream
"Bob Dylan's Dream" is a reflective folk song by Bob Dylan that nostalgically recalls lost youth and friendships, featured on his early 1960s album *The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bob Dylan album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKAlbumsChart | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboard200 | 1 ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Blood on the Tracks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | Street-Legal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtPhotographer | Ken Regan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument | violin ⓘ |
| featuresMusician | Scarlet Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Americana
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folk rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 56 minutes ⓘ |
| hasSongStructure | storytelling ballads ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
political commentary
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romantic relationships ⓘ travel and adventure ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Black Diamond Bay
NERFINISHED
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Hurricane ⓘ Isis NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Oh, Sister NERFINISHED ⓘ One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) NERFINISHED ⓘ Romance in Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSingle |
Hurricane
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Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
Jacques Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
narrative songwriting
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prominent use of violin ⓘ song Hurricane about Rubin Carter ⓘ |
| partOf | Bob Dylan discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| producer | Don DeVito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Columbia Recording Studios, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-01-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Desire (Bob Dylan album) Description of subject: Desire is a 1976 Bob Dylan studio album known for its narrative songwriting, prominent use of violin by Scarlet Rivera, and songs like "Hurricane" and "Isis."
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Bob Dylan album Desire