User:Moonriddengirl/albums
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My frequently used templates & style-guide for album articles.
Step one: the cover
[edit]Snag from AMG Upload the cover with the {{Album cover fur}} image copyright tag.
{{Non-free use rationale album cover | Article = | Use = <!-- Choose: Infobox / Header / Section / Artist / other (specify Purpose) --> <!-- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | Name = | Artist = | Label = | Graphic Artist = | Item = | Type = | Website = | Owner = | Commentary = <!--OVERRIDE FIELDS --> | Description = | Source = | Portion = | Low resolution = | Purpose = <!-- Must be specified if Use is not Infobox / Header / Section / Artist --> | Replaceability = | Other information = }}
Step two: establishing the page
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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | name = | type = | artist = | cover = | alt = | released = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | recorded = | genre = | length = <!-- {{Duration|m=MM|s=SS}} --> | label = | producer = | last album = | this album = | next album = }}
'''''Title''''' is.
==Track listing==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">citation</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Title of publication]]'' | rev2Score = favorable (citation) }}
==Personnel==
===Performance===
===Production===
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Artist albums]]
[[Category:Year albums]]
Other common categories & common genres
[edit]- [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
- [[Category:Rhythm and blues albums]]
Commonly used phrases
[edit]- In 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]'' listed the album at #? in its list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]".<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/? Title] [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] online. ([[November 1]] [[2003]]). Accessed [[Month Day]] [[2007]].</ref>
- [[Music recording sales certification|certified gold]] by the [[RIAA certification|RIAA]] on date.<ref>[http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH RIAA searchable database].</ref>
Commonly used wikilinks
[edit]- Albums chart, "Black Albums": "[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Black Albums]]"
- Albums chart, "Pop Albums": "[[Billboard 200|Pop Albums]]"
- Singles chart, "Adult Contemporary" or "Hot Adult Contemporary": [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]
- Singles chart, "Black Singles": "[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Black Singles]]"
- Singles chart, "Country Singles": "[[Hot Country Songs|Country Singles]]"
- Singles chart, "Pop Singles": "[[Billboard Hot 100|Pop Singles]]"
- Singles chart, "UK Singles":"[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]]"
- [[Arrangement|arranger]]
- [[Art director|art direction]]
- [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
- [[Conducting|conductor]]
- [[Cover art|cover design]]
- [[Drum machine|drum programming]]
- [[Audio engineering|engineer]]
- [[liner notes]]
- [[graphic design]]
- [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
- [[Audio mixing|mixing]]
- [[Record producer|producer]]
- [[Programming (music)|programming]]
- [[Remaster|remastering]]
- [[Remix|remixing]]
- [[Photography|photographer]]
- [[Music sequencer|sequencing]]
Commonly used templates & citations
[edit]Online
[edit]- AMG: {{allmusicguide |id= |label= }}
- Piero Scaruffi review: *[[Piero Scaruffi]] {{rating-10|?}} [ link] ([[Spanish language|Spanish]])
- Robert Christgau review: *[[Robert Christgau]] (Grade) [ link]
- Rolling Stone review: *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (Grade) [ link]
- Trouser Press citation: <ref name="trouser">Robbins, Ira. [link title] [[Trouser Press]]. Accessed [[date]] [[2007]].</ref>
- Bebop: The Best... <ref name="Bebop">{{cite book | last = Yanow | first = Scott | title = Bebop: The Best Musicians and Recordings | publisher = Backbeat Books | date = 2000 | pages = ? | isbn = 0879306084}}</ref>
- Blackwell Guide to Jazz: <ref name="Blackwell">{{cite book | last = Kernfeld | first = Barry Dean | title = The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz | publisher = Blackwell Publishing | date = 1995 | pages = ? | isbn = 0631195521}}</ref>
- Guinness British Hit Singles: <ref name="g">{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=Guinness World Records British Hit Singles |edition= 15th ed. |year=2002 |publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd. |location=London |isbn=0-85112-187-X}}, p.?</ref>
- Jazz: A Critic's Guide. <ref name="Ratliff">{{cite book | last = Ratliff | first = Ben | title = Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings | series=New York Times Essential Library | publisher = MacMillan | date = 2000 | pages = ? | isbn = 0805070680}}</ref> *New Rolling Stone Album Guide: <nowiki><ref name="rsag">{{cite book |last=Brackett |first=Nathan |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition= 4th ed. |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside |location=New York |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 | page = ?}}</ref>
- Rough Guide to Jazz: .<ref name="rough">{{cite book | last = Carr | first = Ian | coauthors=Brian Fairweather and Charles Alexander Priestley | title = The Rough Guide to Jazz | publisher = Rough Guides | date = 2004| pages = ? | isbn = 1843532565}}</ref>
- Blank citebook: {{cite book | last = | first = | title = | publisher = | date = | pages = | isbn = }}
Other situations
[edit]- This band article included album covers in its discography. These have had to be removed. Please see #1 under [[Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Unacceptable_images|"unaccepable images"]] and [[WP:Albums#Discography]]. --~~~~
- Extra covers, add to infobox:| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | Upper caption = caption | Type = [[Album]] | Cover = image link | Lower caption = caption}} Close box as usual.
- New Categories: {{catmore1|[[artist]]}}[[Category:Albums by artist]][[Category:American albums]]
- Multiple tracklists: Template:Tracklist
- Observer/Guardian 100 greatest british albums: see Road_to_Freedom_(album) for citation.
Notes, future articles
[edit]- Setting Standards: New York Sessions
- Kelman, John. (2008-01-16) Setting Standards: New York Sessions All About Jazz. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- Layman, Will. (2008-01-22) Setting Standards: New York Sessions Pop Matters. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
See also
[edit]- WP:ALBUM#Review_sites
- UK official charts
- dutchcharts.nl; ch=swiss charts[1], at=austrian charts[2], se=swedish charts[3], no=norwegian charts [4].