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Au-delà du délire

1974 album by Ange

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ195055 ↗
Source-derived summary

Au-delà du délire is the third album by the French progressive rock band Ange, released in 1974. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 73rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).

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The public source identifies “Au-delà du délire” as 1974 album by Ange. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Au-delà, délire and album.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Au-delà, délire and album providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Au-delà du délire”, the useful work is to connect “1974 album by Ange” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q195055. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974.

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This entry incorporates text from “Au-delà du délire” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.