Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs recorded by Radiohead/archive2

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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 6 February 2019 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of songs recorded by Radiohead[edit]

Nominator(s): BeatlesLedTV (talk) 22:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC) and Popcornduff 22:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I previously nominated this back in November but after a while of inactivity, I decided to withdraw it. After reconsideration, I am renominating it because I feel it's featured quality. I received input from Popcornduff during the first nomination so I am nominating him with me on this one. I would appreciate any comments or concerns anyone has. Thanks everyone! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 22:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Popcornduff[edit]

Damn I'd love to support this... it's a really nice bit of work. I mean, if your article teaches even a diehard nerd like me something new about Radiohead, that's impressive. (I didn't know some post-OKC songs weren't produced by Godrich.) But I think the lead still needs a bit of work to be truly special.

The claim about unreleased songs needs a citation.

I got you. BeatlesLedTV (talk) 09:22, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This one's more difficult.. the description of the different albums is still not ideal, I think. It's rather abstract and doesn't give a really clear picture of the differences. For example, writing that OKC has "abstract lyrics that reflected themes of modern alienation" I think is fine - you're making a concrete claim there, lyrics about modern alienation. But "subtle, complex and textured songs" is rather abstract and waffly. Likewise the description of IR's songs ranging from "alternative rock to art pop". You're just sorta throwing genres there that don't sound different from the rest of their catalogue, and what is art pop anyway, really? However, I appreciate this is extremely difficult to do, especially when you can only restate claims from other sources. Popcornduff (talk) 02:13, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Popcornduff The biggest problem I've found with In Rainbows is that everything I find about it only talk about the type of genres it is and not lyrics or topics. I personally haven't heard In Rainbows so I can't make any claims as well. I'll continue looking. BeatlesLedTV (talk) 09:14, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Popcornduff I found a source where Ed O'Brien talked about In Rainbows lyrics being "universal" and Thom Yorke saying they're very personal. I also added mention of the difference of the political lyrics from Hail to the Thief. That better? BeatlesLedTV (talk) 11:52, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm happy this is good enough. Sorry for my slowness in replying. Support! Popcornduff (talk) 05:10, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Image review and other comments

All of the images used on this article have valid fair use rationales and alt texts. Though I'd prefer the alt for the first Radiohead image to be expanded a bit.
"Since their debut in 1992" -- I do not believe this bit is necessary in the opening sentence, since its impossible for them to have released music before they debuted. It can be accomodated into a followup sentence though.
I think saying Kid A and Amnesiac were recorded "simultaneously" is a bit confusing, this might sound better as "in the same year" or "during the same sessions" depending on what the source says.
I do not believe The Guardian needs to be written as "guardian.co.uk" in the sources.
There are instances of overlinking in the references, particularly AllMusic and Radiohead. Most featured articles only link the first instance of a source being used but its probably fine either way.

Great job overall with this article. These issues are minor and will be easily fixed.--N Ø 06:13, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MaranoFan All done. Thanks very much! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 09:36, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support--N Ø 10:54, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Dudley[edit]

Any reason why the band is described as English instead of British?

They're described as English on their main page and discography page. BeatlesLedTV (talk) 22:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see that an editor has proposed a merger since the article was nominated. Giants2008 is it still eligible for FLC? Dudley Miles (talk) 22:45, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Since it looks like the proposal is for a merger into this page, as opposed to this article being merged into the main Radiohead page, I wouldn't consider a merger an automatic fail in this case. That being said, we'll need to see a decision reached on the proposal before a promotion can occur, both for stability and to allow the potential new content to be reviewed if necessary. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:29, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that it will be better to wait until the issue is settled before reviewing. Dudley Miles (talk) 13:02, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dudley Miles Giants2008 The merger proposal has been solved. BeatlesLedTV (talk) 22:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"anthemic rock". It seems a bit strange that there is no Wiki article about a style of rock. Maybe you could create a stub article to link to?

I can maybe look into it, but for now I don't wanna have it red linked.

"Radiohead recorded a title song for the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected." "title song" and "Spectre" both link to the film - two links to the same article in one sentence! The first should link to the song.

Oops; Fixed

Why are two songs shown as having no producer?

Couldn't find them at first. Just did and added

Looks fine. Dudley Miles (talk) 23:39, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dudley Miles All done. Thanks again! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 01:10, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Dudley Miles (talk) 18:11, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, made some tweaks, but source review passed, promoting. --Pres N 18:33, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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