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Writing and recording
  • When asked in May what the status of the album was, frontman Tim McIlrath told KROQ that the band was in the middle of the recording process. Please clarify what KROQ is.
  • Asked later about the writing and recording process, frontman and vocalist Tim McIlrath said… Since McIlrath was mentioned previously in the same section, there's no need to reintroduce him.
  • "We kind of blocked a month off over the winter and said, "Let's all get together, get the rehearsal space, and start putting some ideas together," which is what we did. And then, we also blocked off a week or two at the Blasting Room after we arrived in Fort Collins to just kind of jam stuff out, get some new ideas going." This quote is a bit confusing. If its a quote within a quote, it should be written as: "We kind of blocked a month off over the winter and said, 'Let's all get together, get the rehearsal space, and start putting some ideas together,' which is what we did. And then, we also blocked off a week or two at the Blasting Room after we arrived in Fort Collins to just kind of jam stuff out, get some new ideas going." Note that the quotation inside the first uses a singular apostrophe (') rather than quotation marks (").
  • The only hint given on the musical style of the album was Meteus' statement that… Who or what is Meteus? It isn't mentioned anywhere else in the article.
    Sorry. That was a minor spelling error. It should actually be "Mateus", and it was mentioned earlier in the paragraph. Timmeh!(review me) 17:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Musical style and themes
  • Appeal to Reason is considered by most critics… This is a weasel word, considering only Jon Pareles of The New York Times touched this subject.
  • According to some critics… This is another weasel word, considering only Bill Stewart of PopMatters wrote this.
  • There are quite a few quotes that are far too long. Consider rewording them or using a block quotes (see MOS:QUOTE).
    None are longer than four lines or one paragraph. Timmeh!(review me) 17:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Promotion and release
Reception and sales
  • The singles released from Appeal to Reason did well on the music charts… Text in bold is not a neutral point of view.
    You're omitting the context. It says they did well "compared to the band's previous releases". Maybe a bit of rewording to "did better than" would satisfy your concern, but it seems NPOV right now. Timmeh!(review me) 17:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    How about something like The singles released from Appeal to Reason charted higher on the music charts…?
Release history
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Media review

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General comments

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I am placing the article on hold for seven days to allow for the above concerns to be addressed. Additional comments may be made afterward. — Σxplicit 05:38, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have addressed all your concerns except those I responded to. Timmeh!(review me) 17:20, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All your concerns have now been addressed. Timmeh!(review me) 22:56, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All concerns have been addressed, I'm passing the article. Good work! — Σxplicit 23:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the great review. :) Timmeh!(review me) 23:10, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]