Playing the Angel
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Playing the Angel is a 2005 studio album by English electronic band Depeche Mode, known for its dark, synth-driven sound and the hit single "Precious."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Playing the Angel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13524595 — 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: Playing the Angel Context triple: [Depeche Mode, notableWork, Playing the Angel]
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A.
Portrait of an Angel
"Portrait of an Angel" is a painting that depicts an angelic figure, typically emphasizing ethereal beauty and spiritual serenity.
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B.
I’m Your Angel
"I'm Your Angel" is a 1998 pop ballad duet by Celine Dion and R. Kelly that became a major international hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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C.
Voice of an Angel
Voice of an Angel is the debut classical crossover album by Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, released when she was a young teenager and noted for showcasing her remarkable vocal talent.
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D.
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" is an energetic, fast-paced song by the American rock band Talking Heads, originally from their 1978 album "More Songs About Buildings and Food."
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E.
Send Me an Angel
"Send Me an Angel" is a power ballad by the German rock band Scorpions, known for its melodic rock sound and emotional lyrics, released in 1990 on their album "Crazy World."
- 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: Playing the Angel Target entity description: Playing the Angel is a 2005 studio album by English electronic band Depeche Mode, known for its dark, synth-driven sound and the hit single "Precious."
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A.
Portrait of an Angel
"Portrait of an Angel" is a painting that depicts an angelic figure, typically emphasizing ethereal beauty and spiritual serenity.
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B.
I’m Your Angel
"I'm Your Angel" is a 1998 pop ballad duet by Celine Dion and R. Kelly that became a major international hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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C.
Voice of an Angel
Voice of an Angel is the debut classical crossover album by Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, released when she was a young teenager and noted for showcasing her remarkable vocal talent.
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D.
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" is an energetic, fast-paced song by the American rock band Talking Heads, originally from their 1978 album "More Songs About Buildings and Food."
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E.
Send Me an Angel
"Send Me an Angel" is a power ballad by the German rock band Scorpions, known for its melodic rock sound and emotional lyrics, released in 1990 on their album "Crazy World."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | Depeche Mode studio albums ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtDesigner | Anton Corbijn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dark
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synth-driven ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
electronic rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
CD
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ vinyl ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Pain That I’m Used To
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Damaged People NERFINISHED ⓘ I Want It All NERFINISHED ⓘ Introspectre NERFINISHED ⓘ John the Revelator NERFINISHED ⓘ Lilian NERFINISHED ⓘ Macro NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing’s Impossible NERFINISHED ⓘ Precious NERFINISHED ⓘ Suffer Well NERFINISHED ⓘ The Darkest Star NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sinner in Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTour | Touring the Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Mute Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reprise Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Dave Gahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 52:25 ⓘ |
| mainSingle | Precious NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextWork | Sounds of the Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
A Pain That I’m Used To
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suffer Well NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 12 ⓘ |
| performer | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWork | Exciter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Ben Hillier
NERFINISHED
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Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded |
2004
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2005 ⓘ |
| recordLabelRegion |
Mute Records (Europe)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reprise Records (North America) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sire Records (US) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2005-10-17 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Dave Gahan
NERFINISHED
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Martin Gore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Playing the Angel Description of subject: Playing the Angel is a 2005 studio album by English electronic band Depeche Mode, known for its dark, synth-driven sound and the hit single "Precious."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.