Talk:Makedonsko Devojče 2/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Retrohead (talk · contribs) 11:51, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

I'll do the review on this one. Glad to see an album by Macedonian artist going GA.

Lead

• First paragraph – "and see arrangement and production credits by Nikola Micevski and Dejan Momirovski" Perhaps has or contains instead of see?  Done
• "and the other one of a record originally performed by Macedonian singer Pepi Baftiroski" why not "and the other being a cover of Macedonian singer Pepi Baftiroski"  Not done - I like the current sentence as it is & can't spot any grammatical problems with it.
• Published is not used very often as a synonym for released, especially not referring singles. Use released instead, even though it might sound repetitive.  Done
• "From 2015, the album was also promoted in Serbia." From 2015 till when? Why not in 2015?  Done

Refs and non-prose sections

• Check ref 10, you have some problems in the formatting.  Done
• For references 5, 9, 22, 41, 45, please avoid writing the title with caps lock even if the title is in capital letters in the link given.  Done
• Generally, YouTube is not recommended when writing good quality articles, but since this one has no sources in English, I'll accept those.
• About the personnel, is anyone in the liner notes credited for playing instruments or being in the technical staff?  Done

Reception

• "who had the opportunity to listen to it in its entirety and publish a review" – just "listened it and wrote a review" sounds better  Done
• In an article published in  Done
• that Goceva has reached her musical zenith and the brightest point of her career with an album characteristic of her hometown, Bitola  Done

Background

• it represented a change in the musical style  Done
• why not "folk music" instead of "folk type of music"?  Done
• turned out to be a big commercial and critical success  Done
• in the vein of Macedonian folk music and folklore  Done
• were revealed by Gočeva for the first time You can't reveal something for the second time, right?  Done

Composition and lyrics / Recording and development

• This section is well researched, but you have some attributes such as "mellow woman", "prominent elements", "state of sadness" that are repeated several times. I've altered some of them in order to avoid repetitiveness.
• The recording section is also well researched, but the prose is verbose at places. I won't require a brand new copy-editing, but if you plan to nominate this article for FA, you'll definitely need a copyediting.

Release and promotion

• All the album songs were also available on the platform Spotify and every song (each of them) was separately published along with an accompanying lyric video on Gočeva's official YouTube account in the last days (at the end) of February and the beginning of March  Done
• the album was available for digital purchase worldwide through iTunes Store  Done
• It represented (was) one of the first projects (albums) in Macedonian released in ex-Yugoslavian countries after a longer period of time.  Done
• Longer period of time is how many years? It might range from five to fifty.  Not done the source does not specify that.
• In the period from 20 to 24 February  Done
• along with their purchased entrance tickets  Done
• an official listening party... Was there an unofficial listening party?  Done
• which represented a celebration of celebrated (or was a celebration of) the existence  Done
• Gočeva embarked on a small tour  Done
• Gočeva explained during in an interview  Done
• accompanied her on-stage  Done
• where she presented (performed) the songs from both of the albums  Done
• three of the album's songs from the album:, namely,  Done
• "Dve liri (ne ni bilo pišano)" was alsoL released as a single in Macedonia and was published for the first time on 13 January 2014.  Done
• The song "Koj da mi zapee" was also released as a single in April 2015, being and was sent to different radio stations across in Macedonian cities in Macedonia and other countries of ex-Yugoslavia.  Done

All right, the article passed the review. Congratulations and well done. Hope to see more articles about Macedonian music get promoted.--Retrohead (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2017 (UTC)