Template:Did you know nominations/Floodland (album)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:51, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Floodland (album)

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• ... that the amount of water in Hamburg (pictured) inspired the title and main lyrical theme for the Sisters of Mercy's 1987 album Floodland? Source: Sounds magazine, December 1987 — "Although 'Floodland' is soaked in water imagery, Eldritch insists that the theme wasn't international. 'I just wrote the songs and it's only afterwards that you think, My God, there's water all the way through this. It's obviously got a lot to do with living here, because Hamburg's full of water.'" (Magazine text transcription available here under the 1987 tab)
  • ALT1: ... that the Sisters of Mercy recorded their 1987 album Floodland after all but one of their previous lineup's members left the band two years prior? Source: Article prose
  • ALT2: ... that although it received mixed reviews at release, Floodland (1987) by the Sisters of Mercy has since been considered an essential gothic rock album? Source: The following it label it as such: Classic Rock, Consequence of Sound, Spectrum Culture, LA Weekly, Treble. See the article's Reception section for the "mixed reviews" claim.

• Reviewed: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90)
• Comment: Special occasion request for November 16 (album's anniversary date)

Improved to Good Article status by Aria1561 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:53, 9 October 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: --evrik ^(talk) 16:07, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

• ALT3: ... that though it received mixed reviews at its release in 1987, Floodland by the Sisters of Mercy is now considered an essential gothic rock album?

• @Aria1561: Thoughts on Alt3? This review needs someone to weigh in on the hooks. --evrik ^(talk) 16:20, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Evrik: Why exactly did you strike out the first two hooks? An explanation would be nice before moving forward. Aria1561 (talk) 16:27, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

• In my review, I thought that the first two hooks were less than optimal. Given that this has a request to go on the day of the albums release, Alt2 seemed like the best - although I think Alt2 needs some rewording or refining. --evrik ^(talk) 16:30, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

• @Evrik: ALT3 looks good to me. Aria1561 (talk) 20:20, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

• --evrik ^(talk) 00:03, 12 October 2020 (UTC)