Talk:Forget What You Know/GA1

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

=Infobox=

  • Needs alt

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

  • Recorded: November 2003 → no source

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

  • Studio: Ruby Red Studios → Ruby Red

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=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)

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=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

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=Composition=

  • "Goodbye Sky Harbor" → date of release

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=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)

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=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.

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=Track listing=

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=Personnel=

  • Fine

=Charts=

  • Fine

=References=

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

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=Overall=

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

{{ping|Yeepsi}} I made minor changes, see if you are ok with them. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 23:47, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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