Talk:New Frontier (song)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) 19:03, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello, I'll be reviewing your article. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 19:03, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Infobox

 * Needs alt the cover.
 * Need source for that release date.
 * R&B genre is nowhere to be found in the article.
 * The Length could use a source placed in the body of the article.

Lead

 * The song was released as the second single from The Nightfly in January 1983 through Warner Bros. Records. → The song was released as the second single from the album in January 1983 through Warner Bros. Records. (we already know which one).
 * Musically, the song contains elements of jazz and funk. → If it contains elements it means it is influenced by, not its genre. Now according to the RS source it is the song's genre. Threfore; Musically, the song has been described as jazz-funk.
 * The song received acclaim from music critics → could use a little more description. Since "Billboard labeled it a top single pick" and "one of Fagen's most delightful tunes." something like this would prove your point.
 * Use so there is space on both sides.
 * "t was less successful on the charts than its predecessor, however, reaching number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It performed better in the Netherlands, reaching number 47." → First of all, when I check the other song, it has no chart information and Fagen doesn't have a discography page for his solo work. Secondly "however, it reached number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US." Finally, please see below since there is some issue regarding a chart section.

Background

 * Here you have the composition section mixed with the background.
 * I would suggest the fusion of a background and release section.
 * The narrator of the song is a "gawky teenager circa 1962." He has also been described as a "wannabe hipster." → The narrator of the song is a "gawky teenager circa 1962", who has also been described as a "wannabe hipster."
 * He meets a girl → The narrator meets a girl
 * He also holds big → The teenager also holds big
 * "four-note piano riff that functions as a sort of musical exclamation point to certain lines in the verses." → your own words along with some quote
 * "the music sounds as frenetic as the teenage hero's hormones, and its deliberately cheesy tone matches the kid's skin-deep sophistication. → same as previous

Critical reception

 * Audio sample needs to be reduced and comply with WP:SAMPLE. Why is even here an audio sample, this belongs to a composition section.
 * It looks like a quotefarm the entire section. Most of the quotes could be said for on your own words.
 * Some of the reviews have a lot more information and valuable one as well, take for instance "The Independent" source.

Music video

 * The music video continues the song's concept of a teenage hangout in a bomb shelter. → The music video continues the song's concept of a teenage romantic evening in a bomb shelter. Stick to your sources, hangout could be between friends, romance is not friends for sure.
 * Needs more description the video. What you say in the first sentence just summarizes it up.
 * Once the previous point is done I would consider doing a paragraph to divide the Reception of the music video from the synopsis. However, just paragraphs you don't need the subsections.

Formats and track listing

 * Source?
 * Something could be added here as well, some prose
 * Two columns please.
 * Use spaced ndash so there is space on both sides.

Personnel

 * Use spaced ndash so there is space on both sides.
 * Where is the producer mentioned?

Charts

 * Fine.

Overall GA review

 * You miss a chart performance section. Only two, three lines in the charts in the "Charts" section would be good enough, since it didn't chart in many places.
 * Missing a composition section as well.
 * I have seen one live performance of this song, should be included as well.
 * I'm sorry but I don't think this is anywhere near GA material, not only it has some inconsistencies throughout the entire article, but also it is also not broad in coverage (quick fail). I will leave some articles with some yet few information regarding this song in order to expand this article in just a quick search in google.


 * Fagen’s liner notes from The Nightfly "The songs on this album represent certain fantasies that might have been entertained by a young man growing up in the remote suburbs of a northeastern city during the late fifties and early sixties, i.e., one of my general height, weight and build. D.F."
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emsunken-condosem-a-conve_b_1965856.html?
 * http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2013/02/bass-transcription-anthony-jacksons-bass-part-on-i-g-y-by-donald-fagen/
 * https://www.allaboutjazz.com/donald-fagen-the-nightfly-trilogy-by-john-kelman.php
 * http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/10/26/steely-dan-sunday-best-donald-fagen-songs/