Shoot Out the Lights

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folk rock album studio album

Shoot Out the Lights is a critically acclaimed 1982 folk-rock album by Richard and Linda Thompson, renowned for its emotionally intense songwriting and guitar work chronicling the collapse of their marriage.

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Label	Occurrences
Shoot Out the Lights canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6067818 — 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: Shoot Out the Lights
Context triple: [Richard Thompson, notableWork, Shoot Out the Lights]

A. Kill the Lights
Kill the Lights is a country music studio album by American singer Luke Bryan, known for its chart-topping singles and commercial success.
B. Havoc and Bright Lights
Havoc and Bright Lights is a 2012 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette that blends introspective lyrics with pop-rock and spiritual themes.
C. Bright Lights
"Bright Lights" is a popular rock song by American band Matchbox Twenty, known for its emotive lyrics and piano-driven melody.
D. Two Lights
Two Lights is a well-known pair of historic lighthouses on the rocky coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, that has become an iconic maritime landmark and scenic attraction.
E. Chasing Lights
Chasing Lights is the first studio album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, featuring pop tracks that introduced them to mainstream success.
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: Shoot Out the Lights
Target entity description: Shoot Out the Lights is a critically acclaimed 1982 folk-rock album by Richard and Linda Thompson, renowned for its emotionally intense songwriting and guitar work chronicling the collapse of their marriage.

A. Kill the Lights
Kill the Lights is a country music studio album by American singer Luke Bryan, known for its chart-topping singles and commercial success.
B. Havoc and Bright Lights
Havoc and Bright Lights is a 2012 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette that blends introspective lyrics with pop-rock and spiritual themes.
C. Bright Lights
"Bright Lights" is a popular rock song by American band Matchbox Twenty, known for its emotive lyrics and piano-driven melody.
D. Two Lights
Two Lights is a well-known pair of historic lighthouses on the rocky coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, that has become an iconic maritime landmark and scenic attraction.
E. Chasing Lights
Chasing Lights is the first studio album by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays, featuring pop tracks that introduced them to mainstream success.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	folk rock album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	Linda Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	multiple year-end critics’ list placements ⓘ
chronicles	collapse of Richard and Linda Thompson’s marriage ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	critically acclaimed ⓘ
describedBySource	AllMusic NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolling Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Guardian NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Richard Thompson solo albums ⓘ
format	compact disc ⓘ digital download ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ
genre	British folk rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ
hasInfluenced	subsequent folk rock songwriters ⓘ
hasPart	A Man in Need NERFINISHED ⓘ Back Street Slide NERFINISHED ⓘ Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? NERFINISHED ⓘ Don’t Renege on Our Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Just the Motion NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoot Out the Lights (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Walking on a Wire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wall of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	conceptually unified breakup album ⓘ
label	Hannibal Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoot Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	approximately 38 minutes ⓘ
listedIn	Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics’ poll NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	emotional conflict ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ
notableFor	emotionally intense songwriting ⓘ guitar work by Richard Thompson ⓘ
partOf	Richard and Linda Thompson discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Linda Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Sunnyvista NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Gerry Rafferty NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Boyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1982 ⓘ
recorded	1981 ⓘ
recordedAt	Olympic Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Sound Techniques, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1982-03-15 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Thompson (British musician) → notableWork → Shoot Out the Lights ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson (British musician) → notableSong → Shoot Out the Lights ⓘ