Amused to Death
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Amused to Death is a 1992 concept album by former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters that explores themes of war, media manipulation, and societal desensitization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amused to Death canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5199474 — 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: Amused to Death Context triple: [Roger Waters, notableWork, Amused to Death]
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A.
American Idiot
American Idiot is a politically charged punk rock concept album by Green Day that follows the story of a disillusioned youth in post-9/11 America.
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B.
A Regular Guy
A Regular Guy is a novel by American author Mona Simpson that explores family dynamics, identity, and the emotional complexities surrounding a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and his estranged daughter.
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C.
Raising Hell
Raising Hell is a landmark 1986 hip-hop album by Run-D.M.C. that helped bring rap music into the mainstream and solidified the genre’s commercial and cultural impact.
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D.
Glad to Be Unhappy
"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a melancholy standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook that has been widely recorded in jazz and pop interpretations.
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E.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
- 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: Amused to Death Target entity description: Amused to Death is a 1992 concept album by former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters that explores themes of war, media manipulation, and societal desensitization.
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A.
American Idiot
American Idiot is a politically charged punk rock concept album by Green Day that follows the story of a disillusioned youth in post-9/11 America.
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B.
A Regular Guy
A Regular Guy is a novel by American author Mona Simpson that explores family dynamics, identity, and the emotional complexities surrounding a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and his estranged daughter.
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C.
Raising Hell
Raising Hell is a landmark 1986 hip-hop album by Run-D.M.C. that helped bring rap music into the mainstream and solidified the genre’s commercial and cultural impact.
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D.
Glad to Be Unhappy
"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a melancholy standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook that has been widely recorded in jazz and pop interpretations.
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E.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Roger Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtBy | William Stout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
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progressive rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Amused to Death
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
It’s a Miracle NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Home Tonight, Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Home Tonight, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ Perfect Sense, Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ Perfect Sense, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ballad of Bill Hubbard NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bravery of Being Out of Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Wishes NERFINISHED ⓘ Too Much Rope NERFINISHED ⓘ Watching TV NERFINISHED ⓘ What God Wants, Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ What God Wants, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ What God Wants, Part III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReissue | Amused to Death 2015 remastered edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
consumerism
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media manipulation ⓘ religion and politics ⓘ societal desensitization ⓘ television and mass media ⓘ war ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | television-watching ape ⓘ |
| nextWork | In the Flesh – Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableGuestMusician |
Don Henley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ P.P. Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Coolidge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roger Waters discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Roger Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWork | Radio K.A.O.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Patrick Leonard
NERFINISHED
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Roger Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992-09-07 ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Angel Studios
NERFINISHED
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CTS Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympic Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Music
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| reissueFormat |
SACD
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vinyl LP ⓘ |
| reissueLabel | Analogue Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | QSound 3D audio processing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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