Talk:Songs of Faith and Devotion/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:03, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Will take a look at this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:03, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

• Article needs some discussion of the tracks and their writing.

• One new approach to recording was performance. - sentence is meaningless - remove and let facts speak for themselves

• though the album used a great deal of live recorded audio than previous Depeche Mode releases - which album we talking about? Also, "than" needs a comparative adjective

• link "distortion"

• link "outro"

• Upon returning, they found it difficult to re-integrate as a unit, - ummm, how about "difficult to work/collaborate together...?

• The concept of the band living and working together in the same house meant that they rarely got breaks from each other - wasn't a concept it was reality. I'd say "Living and working together in the same house meant that the band members rarely got breaks from each other"

• The band also began to jam together, something which they had not previously done, only for fun. - huh? either they hadn't or they had..only for fun?

• The lack of success of coming up with musical ideas from such jams led to frustration that the band were not making any progress - remove everything after "frustration"

• The lack of progress increasingly frustrated recording. --> "The lack of progress increasingly frustrated everyone/the band."

1. Well written?:

Prose quality: - tweaks pending as above

Manual of Style compliance:

2. Factually accurate and verifiable?:

References to sources: - need to look at these

Citations to reliable sources, where required:

No original research:

3. Broad in coverage?:

Major aspects: - as it stands, lacks any discussion on the songs themselves. Needs a summary at least.

Focused:

4. Reflects a neutral point of view?:

Fair representation without bias:

5. Reasonably stable?

No edit wars, etc. (Vandalism does not count against GA):

6. Illustrated by images, when possible and appropriate?:

Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions: - single fair use image.

Overall: on hold. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:11, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Ok, I am failing this as no action taken for a month. It doesn't need that much but is lacking in some material. Hopefully this review will be helpful for a future reader. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:34, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

All adjustments made that have been suggested. The only thing missing is a song summary, largely because information on all tracks individually is surprisingly difficult to come by. (82.27.188.98 (talk) 20:58, 23 October 2015 (UTC))