Meaningless (album)
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Meaningless is the critically acclaimed 2001 debut solo album by American musician and producer Jon Brion, known for its intricate pop songwriting and lush, meticulously crafted arrangements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meaningless (album) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3172563 — 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: Meaningless (album) Context triple: [Jon Brion, notableWork, Meaningless (album)]
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A.
Doesn’t Mean Anything
"Doesn’t Mean Anything" is a soulful pop-R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that reflects on love, loss, and emotional resilience.
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B.
No More Words
"No More Words" is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh reflecting on the final years and declining health of her mother, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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C.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women is a 1927 short story collection by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of masculinity, loss, and emotional isolation through his characteristic sparse, understated prose.
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D.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women is the 1982 debut solo rock album by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, released under the name Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.
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E.
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
"Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New" is a track by The Roots from their critically acclaimed hip-hop album "Things Fall Apart."
- 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: Meaningless (album) Target entity description: Meaningless is the critically acclaimed 2001 debut solo album by American musician and producer Jon Brion, known for its intricate pop songwriting and lush, meticulously crafted arrangements.
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A.
Doesn’t Mean Anything
"Doesn’t Mean Anything" is a soulful pop-R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that reflects on love, loss, and emotional resilience.
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B.
No More Words
"No More Words" is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh reflecting on the final years and declining health of her mother, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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C.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women is the 1982 debut solo rock album by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, released under the name Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.
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D.
Men Without Women
Men Without Women is a 1927 short story collection by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of masculinity, loss, and emotional isolation through his characteristic sparse, understated prose.
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E.
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
"Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New" is a track by The Roots from their critically acclaimed hip-hop album "Things Fall Apart."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut album
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solo album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Jon Brion ⓘ |
| composer | Jon Brion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
critically acclaimed
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cult favorite ⓘ |
| follows | Jon Brion production work in the 1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
baroque pop
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indie pop ⓘ pop rock ⓘ power pop ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Meaningless (Jon Brion album) cover ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary indie pop artists ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.jonbrion.com/ (artist site referencing album) ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Dead to the World
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Gotta Start Somewhere ⓘ Happy with You ⓘ Her Ghost ⓘ Hook, Line and Sinker ⓘ I Believe She’s Lying ⓘ Meaningless ⓘ Ruin My Day ⓘ Same Mistakes ⓘ The Same Mistakes (hidden track) ⓘ Trouble ⓘ Voices ⓘ Walking Through Walls ⓘ |
| label |
Straight to Cut-Out
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Yeti Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 45 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jon Brion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intricate pop songwriting
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lush arrangements ⓘ meticulous production ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jon Brion
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surface form:
Jon Brion discography
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| performer | Jon Brion ⓘ |
| producer | Jon Brion ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1997–2000 ⓘ |
| reviewedBy |
AllMusic
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Pitchfork ⓘ PopMatters ⓘ |
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: Meaningless (album) Description of subject: Meaningless is the critically acclaimed 2001 debut solo album by American musician and producer Jon Brion, known for its intricate pop songwriting and lush, meticulously crafted arrangements.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.