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Zebra IV

album by Zebra

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ8068283 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zebra IV is the fourth studio album by American hard rock trio Zebra. It was released on 8 July 2003, 20 years after their 1983 debut album, and 17 years after their last studio effort, 3.V from 1986.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Zebra IV” is album by Zebra. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Zebra and album, not as a finished interpretation.

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—2003, 1983, 1986—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003. For this dossier, Zebra and album is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “album by Zebra” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8068283. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2003, 1983 and 1986.

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.

Best used for
  • 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.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Zebra IV”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Zebra IV primary sources, Zebra IV archive and Zebra 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

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Zebra IV”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Zebra IV” 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.