Talk:Spirit of Eden/Archive 1

Colour of Spring
"Spirit of Eden's experimental nature was in contrast to the pop leanings of Talk Talk's previous releases, the most recent being their 1986 hit The Colour of Spring." - I had tought Colour of Spring was the break away from their pop sound. Ceoil 13:00, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've changed it. Punctured Bicycle 05:10, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * "While Talk Talk were not favourites amongst critics, the European commercial success of their first two albums provided enough money to incorporate acoustic instruments on 1986s The Colour of Spring." - This has been rephrased, but I don't get it. Normally an acoustic album signals "No Cash Here". Should it read orchestra. Ceoil 21:57, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Acoustic just means any "real" instrument—piano, violin, harmonica, trumpet, etc. It's in contrast to synthesizer. Punctured Bicycle 23:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC)#
 * So why not just say that. Ceoil 23:10, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Because it would be a long winded way of saying what acoustic already captures by itself. If the article referred to the album as an "acoustic album", I'd sympathize with your concern, but it doesn't say that. Punctured Bicycle 23:22, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * My reading so that money, effectively, should mean "Additional musicians". Ceoil 23:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If c/e contributes are not welcome, you might however cut out some of the blue links. As a tip maybe assume your audience is aware of basic English. Ceoil 01:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Copyedits that improve the text are welcome. Arbitrary edits that do nothing other than make the text conform to your own personal style aren't. I don't know which blue links you have a problem with, but "tour" has been delinked (although I don't think it was much of a problem). Punctured Bicycle 03:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if this is the right way to put in an comment, but I try :) In the artical there is written: "Around November, Tim Pope directed a music video for "I Believe In You", featuring Hollis sitting with his guitar, singing the lyrics."... It can not be recorded around November 'cos I was on 18 august 1988 at the press presentation of the album in the Imax theatre at The Hague... (and yes I met Mark Hollis there :), and they showed the videoclip of "I believe in you" there. Appeboy (talk) 06:37, 3 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.191.48.191 (talk) 22:10, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Too much focus on negative reviews?
In the "critical reception" section, there is a short line saying it's been critically acclaimed, then a whole paragraph of negative criticism. Unfair? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.25.55 (talk) 00:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It's because the negative criticism paragraph is easier to write, since there hasn't (to my knowledge) been much negative criticism directed towards the album. There is, by contrast, tons of positive criticism, and it will take work to combine it all into a few concise paragraphs. Wounder (talk) 20:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:50, 1 May 2016 (UTC)