Talk:Born Under a Bad Sign/GA1

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Reviewer: MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) 17:43, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Infobox

• Should add the alt.
• "soul blues" is not on the body of the article, if it is a genre add it along with source

 Done

Lead

• If the sould blues genre is found please add it here
• Great work!

 Done

Recording and music

• But outside of his 1962 song "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong", he had yet to find any commercial success → what kind of commercial sucess are we talking about here?
• Born Under a Bad Sign is an electric blues album, with influences of soul and funk → soul blues if covered by a source must be added here
• Description of the sample is very poor "Sixteen second sample with refrain" → An 16-seconds sample of "Born Under a Bad Sign", where King sings the chorus.
• "His guitar genius wasn’t expressed by the number of notes and chords he could string together but instead was distinguished by the endless variations he could coax out of a few basic blues building blocks. His simple but subtle reconfigurations were accomplished through inflections, emphasis, and timing, not via sprinting through scales.” → use your words more often is given a copyvio strike.

 Done

Release and reception

• Born Under a Bad Sign was released in August 1967 → by who?
• "Born Under a Bad Sign" → wikilink the song with date between bracks, do the same for the other songs.

 Done

Legacy

• It has been inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame → years?
• "King's first album for the Stax label combines his hard, unflashy guitar playing with the sleek sound of the label's house band, Booker T. and the MG's. Hits such as 'Crosscut Saw' and 'Laundromat Blues' earned King a new rock & roll audience." → use your own words more often
• King recorded several more albums for Stax over the next few years, including Years Gone By (1969), I'll Play the Blues for You (1972), and I Wanna Get Funky (1974) → not revelant

 Done

Track listing

• Side 1 and Side 2 - is the vynil version? If so say it and add a source

 Done

Personnel

• Use {{spaced ndash}}

 Done

References

• Fine

Overall

• Use the reference above, it has some good content.  Done
• You can adress the issues. Just let me know when you are finished. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 01:07, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

@MarioSoulTruthFan: Alrighty, took care of everything except for the the track listing issue, I'm not sure how to say that is the standard version. Also regarding the soul blues thing, I could't find any source that makes a direct claim that Born Under a Bad Sign is a soul blues album, so I just got rid of it. Famous Hobo (talk) 02:58, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@Famous Hobo: Well, taking into consideration the year of the album release that's something that is not necessary. But I was taking a secod look, Side 1 and Side 2 is from vyniland if so, do you have the inlay notes from where you took it? You did well by removing it. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 17:18, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

@MarioSoulTruthFan: Does the track listing look good now? Also, sorry for the double ping, but I wanted to make sure you saw the change from compilation to studio album. Famous Hobo (talk) 14:40, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

@Famous Hobo: It is a compilation album , so don't chage it. Look at the comment below by Ojorojo. Perhaps using the All Music source when you first call it a compilation album in the body of the article so it doesn't rise questions wouldbn't be a bad idea at all. Anyway, thanks for the comments @D1119: and @Ojorojo:. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 17:05, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

@MarioSoulTruthFan: Added a hidden note in the lede. Famous Hobo (talk) 17:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

@Famous Hobo: I took a look at your hidden note, it is great work. I made a small change see if you are ok with it. If so, I will pass it. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 17:28, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

@MarioSoulTruthFan: Works for me. There's a user (I'm forgetting their name) who's adamant about including the rolling stone 500 ref in the lede. I've don't understood why, but it's never really bothered me. Famous Hobo (talk) 18:23, 9 February 2020 (UTC)