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King & Queen

 * ... that the Redding/Thomas album King & Queen was Redding's first duet album?
 * Comment: Feel free to suggest other blurbs :P

Created/expanded by GreatOrangePumpkin (talk). Self nom at 11:56, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Overall pass, but the readable prose has been expanded almost fivefold, according to my calculations, so better add one or two lines to the article. The information is referenced, but for example, the first line in the first para (Jim Stewart had the idea to produce a duet album with Redding and Carla Thomas) should be referenced to Bowman book, and this ref is located only at the end of the para, while there are more references in the middle, so it is better to place an additional reference at the first line. Length, neutrality etc. look OK. Hook is not bad, but perhaps there could be more interesting variants. Grey Hood   Talk  13:55, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Although I've done some minor edits that have satisfied the 5x requirement, the first sentence of the "Release" section needs major surgery before this article can be improved. It currently reads: "Ten out of six songs were cut during their session; the rest was overdubbed by Redding in the next days due to their concert obligations." First, it's eleven songs total, not ten, and this should be "six out of eleven" if that's all that was recorded in the session. However, the whole section is confusing: was there only one session when Redding and Thomas were in the studio together? (One source implies that Redding and Thomas never sang together in the studio at all.) Whose concert obligations interfered with the joint recording? And, above all, the information here desperately needs a citation.


 * I think the hook definitely needs Redding's full name, which is more recognizable, and I thought adding that it was his last studio album adds a bit extra to the hook's flavor. How's this?:
 * ALT1: ... that the Otis Redding/Carla Thomas album King & Queen was Redding's first duet album, and the last studio album he recorded before his death? BlueMoonset (talk) 15:51, 17 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your responses. I added the Bowman ref after the first sentence. I changed the silly clause to "six out of eleven". Some pages, including the pages 110-111, are currently restricted, but I absolutely think that they both were in the studio. I also believe there was only one session, and due to the busyness of Thomas, Redding later overdubbed some parts. Redding and Thomas were both pretty busy, as they also performed on gigs during the session. I prefer the alternative blurb. Regards.-- ♫GoP♫  TCN 13:26, 18 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg This would be ready to go except for one thing: there needs to be a QPQ (quid pro quo) review, as has been required for your last few DYK nominations. Please post a link to your DYK review below, once you've completed it, so this nomination can be passed. In the meantime, I can confirm that the problematic article text has indeed been fixed, article length is still 5x according to DYKcheck and has already been confirmed to be neutral, ALT1 hook preferred by author is only 141 characters and has the requisite citations in the article. Only QPQ remains. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 23:59, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I reviewed List of Sturgeon class submarines.-- ♫GoP♫  TCN 14:58, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg QPQ review satisfied (but please, do sign your review!), all other requirements settled (as per above). Thank you! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:28, 20 February 2012 (UTC)