The Idiot
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The Idiot is Iggy Pop’s 1977 debut solo studio album, co-written and produced with David Bowie, that helped pioneer the darker, experimental sound of post-punk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Idiot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5135835 — 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: The Idiot Context triple: [Iggy Pop, soloAlbum, The Idiot]
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A.
The Idiot
The Idiot is a 19th-century novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores innocence, morality, and the corruption of society through the tragic figure of Prince Myshkin.
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B.
The Idiot
The Idiot is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel of the same name and transposed to a postwar Hokkaido setting.
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C.
The Idiots
The Idiots is a 1998 Danish drama film directed by Lars von Trier, known for its provocative exploration of social norms and its role in the Dogme 95 movement.
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D.
Our Idiot Brother
Our Idiot Brother is a 2011 American comedy film starring Paul Rudd as an idealistic, well-meaning but hapless brother whose naivety disrupts his sisters’ lives.
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E.
An Idiot Abroad
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary comedy series that follows Karl Pilkington’s reluctant journeys around the world, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
- 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: The Idiot Target entity description: The Idiot is Iggy Pop’s 1977 debut solo studio album, co-written and produced with David Bowie, that helped pioneer the darker, experimental sound of post-punk.
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A.
The Idiot
The Idiot is a 19th-century novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores innocence, morality, and the corruption of society through the tragic figure of Prince Myshkin.
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B.
The Idiot
The Idiot is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel of the same name and transposed to a postwar Hokkaido setting.
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C.
The Idiots
The Idiots is a 1998 Danish drama film directed by Lars von Trier, known for its provocative exploration of social norms and its role in the Dogme 95 movement.
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D.
Our Idiot Brother
Our Idiot Brother is a 2011 American comedy film starring Paul Rudd as an idealistic, well-meaning but hapless brother whose naivety disrupts his sisters’ lives.
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E.
An Idiot Abroad
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary comedy series that follows Karl Pilkington’s reluctant journeys around the world, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTour | The Idiot Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKAlbums | 72 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboard200 | 72 ⓘ |
| closingTrack | Mass Production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtDesigner | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coWriter |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lust for Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
industrial rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOnArtist |
Joy Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ Siouxsie and the Banshees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Baby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Dum Dum Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ Funtime NERFINISHED ⓘ Mass Production NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightclubbing NERFINISHED ⓘ Sister Midnight NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiny Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
gothic rock
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 38:40 ⓘ |
| mainVocalist | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering a darker experimental sound associated with post-punk ⓘ |
| openingTrack | Sister Midnight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kill City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryProducer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedInCity |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedInYear |
1976
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1977 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1977-03-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Idiot Description of subject: The Idiot is Iggy Pop’s 1977 debut solo studio album, co-written and produced with David Bowie, that helped pioneer the darker, experimental sound of post-punk.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.