Talk:Forget What You Know

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Reviewer: MarioSoulTruthFan (talk · contribs) 12:33, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Needs alt

It already has alt-text though. Yeepsi (talk) 21:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recorded: November 2003 → no source

Per the body: "lasting three weeks in November". Yeepsi (talk) 21:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Studio: Ruby Red Studios → Ruby Red

Done

Lead

final studio album → should mention on the body of the article since the band split up
Critics gave the album a mixed reception and complimented its energy and sound → since it was mixed add a critic
Midtown went on two US tours → Midtown went on two other US tours (they did one first)

Done

Background

Fine

Writing and recording

Hitt said the group "didn't put our next album out there at that moment to make it seem like we had all these things going on". → the tenses are not right, need to be re-written
started managing the group. → started to manage the group.
With tracking lasting → what does tracking mean in this context?
Walker and T mixed the recordings, and with the exception of "Give It Up" they were mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York City. "Give it Up" → All the recordings, but "Give it Up", were mixed by Walker and Russ T, and mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York City. "Give It Up" was

Done

Composition

"Goodbye Sky Harbor" → date of release

Done

Release and promotion

"Give It Up" was released to radio on May 18 that year and two days later it was released as a single. → wasn't a single when it was sent to radio? They made the song available for download
Midtown went on a → Midtown went on a co-headline
All these releases I would suggest you create a release history section
and a five shows with → and five shows with
Weren't they on Geffen Records? How did the album ended up being release under Columbia Records? Why didn't Geffen wanted to release it?

I'm presuming they were dropped by Geffen Records due to lack of activity, but it's not mentioned in any source. Yeepsi (talk) 21:38, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Reception

Forget What You Know peaked at number 109 on the Billboard 200. → weeks spent + date
"The album received mixed reviews from most music critics"
AllMusic is a mixed review, should be after Exclaim, Melodic and OX-Fanzine and punknews, the rating is just 2,5 stars.

Done

Track listing

Take a look at the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums/Album_article_style_advice#Track_listing examples
You have Butch Walker as a producer.

Done

Personnel

Fine

Charts

Fine

References

You need to wikilink most of the sources, but Billboard as that is already done.

Done

External links

Fine

Overall

You can now address the issues. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 21:22, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Yeepsi (talk) 22:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yeepsi: I made minor changes, see if you are ok with them. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 23:47, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Changes are alright with me. Yeepsi (talk) 07:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]