Talk:Pod (The Breeders album)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: ElectricController (talk · contribs) 14:29, 8 October 2017 (UTC)


 * GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)


 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):  d (copyvio and plagiarism):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:

Lead

 * "Pod is the debut album [...]" - Unlink "album".
 * "The seeds of the group began when the Pixies' Kim Deal and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly became friends in 1988 and decided they would like to create music together." - "The group began when the Pixies' Kim Deal and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly became friends in 1988, and decided they would like to create music together."
 * "[...] and Pitchfork ranked it as the #81 best of the 1990s" - "[...] and Pitchfork ranked it number 81 on its list of best albums of the 1990s".

Background and demo

 * "(For the Breeders' first album, Walford used the pseudonym Shannon Daughton, because he did not want his participation to overshadow his role in Slint.)" - Maybe it would be better to convert it into a note.

Music and lyrics

 * "[...] noted how Pod resembled the Pixies music" - "[...] noted how Pod resembled the Pixies' music"
 * "'rides the edge between sweet and delicate frivolity and a fierce head-banging sing-a-long [...]'" - "'rides the edge between sweet and delicate frivolity and a fierce head-banging sing-a-long [sic] [...]'"
 * "(For US distribution, 4AD originally licensed it to Rough Trade, which later went bankrupt; in 1992, its American distribution was picked up by Elektra Records.)" - I think this sentence does not need to be inside brackets.

Legacy

 * "Wiggs has described her 'abiding affection' for Pod, calling its creation 'a pretty special experience. As individuals coming together to work on a shared project, and with so little time, everybody was really present, thoughtful, and focused, which I think you can hear in the song arrangements and the playing on that record.'" - Close paragraphing.
 * "In 2003, Pitchfork listed the album at #81 on their list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s." - "In 2003, Pitchfork listed the album at number 81 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s."

Personnel

 * Please put a non-breaking space before the dashes.
 * "Vaughan Oliver/ v23" - I believe it would be better to introduce to the reader what "v23" means (For what I've seen, it is a graphic design studio, isn't it? I'm not sure.)