Talk:Wildflower (The Avalanches album)

Writer / Sample writer

In the track listing, the column "Writer(s)" contains the name of members of the Avalanches which is normal but also some names of the samples writers. I think this is the point of the column "Sample(s)". Also I don't understand why there are some samples writers that appears (like John Lennon and McCartney) but some does not, like for track 11 "Harmony". Also, I think it makes it unclear, people could think John Lennon participated to the writing of The Avalanches album (which is sadly wrong obviously) as much as Chaz Bundick, except that Chaz is alive and did participated to the writing. I think only writers of this album should appear in the column "Writer(s)", and samples writers should only appear in the column "Sample(s)". I also think the column "Sample(s)" will grow with people listening to the album and finding new samples, maybe this column will need to be developed later but I don't know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.2.251.169 (talk) 16:01, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

The "Writers" column features those credited as such in the album liner notes. You can find Lennon/McCartney and the others listed there. It is normal for sampled music to list the writers of the original work as writers of the new song. The "Samples" column lists samples which have been confirmed by reliable sources such as the liner notes and other published works. As with the rest of Wikipedia, original research is not allowed. TarkusAB 16:50, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

{{Non-free}}

Sorry about the tagging, but there are a few things which need to be fixed concerning the non-free content in the article before this can be promoted to GA status. First, the rationales on all three items (the cover and the two samples) are a little lacking; the "NA"s jump out at me, for instance. Second, the cover image is a little large; 300 by 300 is standard. Third, the samples should (per WP:SAMPLE) be no more than 64kbps. I have no objection to the tag being removed once these small issues have been dealt with. Josh Milburn (talk) 00:02, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

OK thanks. I don't know the easiest way to reduce quality of the oggs. I'm using audacity but can't tell if it's working or not. I'll figure it out in due time. TarkusAB 00:59, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

All issues addressed now. TarkusAB 14:44, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Great, thanks- best of luck with the nomination. Josh Milburn (talk) 14:45, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

GA Review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Wildflower (The Avalanches album)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 23:29, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Lead

• studio album by Australian electronic music group → you can use "recorded by Australian" here for better fashion
• The album's production was stalled due → use "The record's" here for alternation
• Add year of release in brackets for King Kong'
• fashion to making a mixtape → fashion of making a mixtape
• Release year in brackets for "Frankie Sinatra"
• Link "Critics" to Music journalism
• The album was also a commercial success → The record also experienced commercial success (alternation + WP:FANCRUFT)
• it was a number-one album in the band's home country of Australia and a top-ten album in Scotland and the UK. → it reached number one in the band's native Australia and the top 10 in Scotland and the United Kingdom
• They plan to release these tracks "within a year" → use "songs" here for alternation
• provide a fresh start → omit "fresh" here as it's unencyclopedic

Infobox

• flawless ;)

Background

• was with Luke Steele in 2003 creating → comma before "creating"
• Release year of "Colours" in brackets
• considered for the album, but no estimated → state "record" here for alternation
• album's delay, however no new → , to ;
• providing a track name of "Frank Sinatra" → providing a track named "Frank Sinatra"
• musician David Berman reading a poem he composed → comma before "reading"
• combined into a new album. This was a similar process → combined into a new album, marking a similar process
• In regard to the group's second album → use "the band's" here for alternation
• February 2014: "Album sounds → : to ,

Production and composition

• because he was using Studio Vision → for his Studio Vision
• The group worked with multiple guest → state "The band" here for alternation
• and violinist Warren Ellis featured → ...was featured
• Release year for Madvillainy in brackets
• Release year for Uptown Saturday Night in brackets
• every track on the album → use "record" here for alternation
• was done by Pat Shannahan in Los Angeles who also cleared → comma before "who"
• The track would have not been → use "the song" here for alternation
• not be cleared.[8][18][3][25] → refs in numerical order
• release these tracks that were closely related to Wildflower → use "these recordings" here for alternation

Styles and themes

• Unlink Australia as it's a common term
• for the quote, fix - to –
• Add release year for There's a Riot Goin' On in brackets
• draw from the album's rebellious counter-culture nature, but their cover has a more psychedelic style → draw from the record's rebellious counter-culture nature, however approaching a more psychedelic style.

Release

• May, the group posted a video → use "the band" here for alternation
• Link "lead single" to its respective article here
• after the track debut → after the track's debut
• The album was promoted through a heavy advertising → use "It" here for alternation
• with TV → write out here to "television"

Reception

• Link "critics" to Music critics here, as well
• radio DJ → radio disc jockey
• foggy sound... reveals → foggy sound [...] reveals
• and ultimately calling the album "a faded → "calling" to "called"

Track listing

• Remove all album credit citations from "Contains samples of", and add the sentence "Credits adapted from the liner notes of Wildflower.[57]" atop the subtopic

Personnel

• Credits according to album notes:[57] → Credits adapted from the liner notes of Wildflower.[57]

Charts

• flawless ;)

Release history

• Unlink formats and labels
• Add references to the release on 1 July and 8 July

Other stuff

Copy-violation

• 47.4% is WAY too much! Please look for the first two sources at the top of the list and reduce the content from them in the article's body

Images and others

• Images and samples perfectly illustrate the article
• Sample seems stable ;)

Links

• No problems here!

References

• Please avoid WP:SHOUTING in several refs!!
• As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article.
• 1 dead link!! Please fix this!

Outcome

•  On hold for 7 days! Wow, BRILLIANT article; so few comments for such a long page ;) Cartoon network freak (talk) 11:38, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
  • @Cartoon network freak:: Thanks for your review, I addressed all your comments. My only concern is with the copy-vio. The reason for the high percentage is because the song titles are being flagged and each source had a long quote which was brought over. I'm not sure that calls for any editing? TarkusAB 18:43, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
    • @TarkusAB: Gladly passing! The article was GA even without my comments (It's ok with the COPYVIO thing now) ;) Best and congrats, Cartoon network freak (talk) 18:47, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

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