Talk:Rio (Duran Duran album)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ippantekina (talk · contribs) 11:42, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Review to come soon- Ippantekina (talk) 11:42, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Lead

• "pursuing a crush" I am unsure if "crush" is encyclopedic tone

• love interest?

• "The iconic cover artwork" a little puffery

• Adjusted

• "Initially unsuccessful in the United States, Capitol Records commissioned a remix to better match American radio at the time, which went on to spend" grammar

• Spent?

Background and development

• "demos of several songs at the basement studio of EMI's Manchester Square building that would appear on their next album" grammar

• Fixed

• What do we mean by "sessions proper"?

• Official. Changed to that.

• I am pretty sure it's "cherished" instead of "charished"

• Fixed

• "the sequenced-based tracks" I don't get what this means

• Built using sequences via synthesizers

• I'd link synthesiser

• Done

Recording

• I'd link overdubs, mix, kibbutz

• Done

• "Hamilton had previously contributed to the "night version" of "Planet Earth" " Is "Planet Earth" a song by the band?

• Yessir. Clarified

Promotion

• "With "Planet Earth" director Russell Mulcahy, the band produced videos" I'd write "Russel Mulcahy, who had directed "Planet Earth", worked with the band on..."

• Fixed

• "All the videos were storyboarded and art directed by former film student Marcello Anciano" I'd switch to the active voice

• Done

• De-italicize Associated Press

• Done

• "Entering the UK Singles Chart at number 35, Duran Duran mimed to the song" grammar

• Fixed

Critical reception

• I don't see how the quotebox is helpful; usage of quotebox is discouraged per WP:LONGQUOTE. I'd also revise the quoteboxes in the prior sections.

American remix

• "issued Rio through its Harvest subsidiary, which debuted at number 164 on Billboard's Top LPs & Tape" grammar

• Done

Overall

• Too many quoteboxes! See WP:LONGQUOTE (which I raised above) and revise them.

• How's that look?

• Except for the issues I raised above, the article is overall well-written. Putting this  On hold. Ippantekina (talk) 04:23, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

• Ippantekina Replies above. Thanks for reviewing! – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 00:04, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks for addressing my comments. I went on to rewrite a sentence in the lead. The article looks fine now, great job! Ippantekina (talk) 02:26, 29 September 2022 (UTC)