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Wiped Out (Raven album)

album by Raven

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ4020487 ↗
Source-derived summary

Wiped Out is the second full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1982.

Reception

In 2005, Wiped Out was ranked number 495 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher, and Hunter.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Wiped Out (Raven album)” as album by Raven. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-06-03. The account is most persuasive where Wiped, Raven and album can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as album by Raven. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Feb 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4020487. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982 and 2005.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Wiped Out (Raven album)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Wiped Out (Raven album) primary sources, Wiped Out (Raven album) archive and Wiped research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Wiped Out (Raven album)” 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.