Talk:Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments/GA1

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Reviewer: Aoba47 (talk · contribs) 18:01, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Grabbing this for a review. Aoba47 (talk) 18:01, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

I would remove "recorded by" to simply say "by".

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The word "vocalist" in the term "American vocalist" is interesting to me as I have noticed a majority of GAs and FAs on albums use the word "singer". I would recommend using "singer" just for consistency with other articles, unless you have a special reason for using "vocalist".

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For this sentence (Followed by the premiere of a 1973 live television special used to improve Streisand's image and music, the accompanying album was released to the public.), I would lead with the information about the album as this article is about the album and not the television special. I would say "The album was made available following a 1973 live television special promoted to improve Streisand's image and music." I used "made available" as you used "released" in the previous sentence.

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It is not made directly clear what you mean by improving her "music". I can see how a TV special can improve an image, but how can it improve one's music in general? A little clarification would be helpful here.

Perhaps 'sound' sounds a bit better? ;) Carbrera (talk) 21:42, 2 June 2017 (UTC).[reply]

I see what you did there lol; that works for me. Aoba47 (talk) 22:34, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This sentence (With a majority of the songs on the album being cover songs, Streisand also sings various tracks that originated earlier in her career.) reads a little awkwardly to me and I would revise it to make it flow better. I am also not sure what you mean by "originated earlier in her career". I think you mean that she re-recorded songs from her early career like "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "People", but it can be worded better.

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Is this available on iTunes or any digital platforms? I would make a note of this in the lead and the body of the article if it has been made available in these formats.

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Body of the article

I am confused by the contrast you are trying to make in this sentence (Originally, Streisand had requested that her performance would be accompanied by several of "the world's greatest musicians"; however, Columbia Records instead had her sing with musicians from different countries and origins). It appears that you are contrasting Streisand's requests for the world's greatest musicians with how Columbia Records hired musicians from different countries (using both "however" and "instead"), but it feels like that they correlate more with each other than contrast with each other. Streisand wanted musicians from around the world and the record company hired them; I am not sure the contrasting elements here.

I reworded this entirely. Carbrera (talk) 16:40, 4 June 2017 (UTC).[reply]

In the phrase "Filmed in London, the album", do you mean "Recorded"? I doubt this was a video album.

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For the phrase "African, Japanese, and Spanish music", would it be helpful to use links to the different articles on the music from those countries/continent?

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Even though it is already stated in the body of the article, I would make a note in the track listing section that Martin Erlichman served as the producer of all of the songs.

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It may be helpful in the "Critical Reception" section to start a new paragraph with the Jim Farber review as that goes into exclusively negative reviews of the album. You can add a topic sentence about the more negative reviews, and it would give the section some more structure, which would be helpful since you do have a natural break already in the paragraph itself.

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Final comment

Wonderful job with this article. Once my comments are assessed and addressed, I will pass this. Good luck with your future work. Aoba47 (talk) 18:20, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aoba47 – A huge thanks on this one. I think I'm done with it. Good luck to you as well. Regards, Carbrera (talk) 16:40, 4 June 2017 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you for responding to my comments. I will ✓ Pass this. Hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. Aoba47 (talk) 23:33, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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