Talk:Acting Very Strange

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Y A casual reader should learn something about the album. Andrzejbanas (talk) 04:22, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To meet the more rigorous criteria of the revised B class, this article needs improved sourcing. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums/Assessment for additional information on B class in album articles. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:15, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Making a Big Mistake

I'm removing the claim that Rutherford did lead vocals on "Making a Big Mistake". It took me a while to get around to it, but I sat down and listened to "Making a Big Mistake" three times over, and not only does that not sound like Rutherford singing, the voice sounds so unlike his that I can't imagine it could possibly be him. Neither the "Against All Odds" single nor the soundtrack album provide any performance credits, either. Without a source substantiating that Rutherford did that lead vocal, I can't see any reason to leave in that claim.--Martin IIIa (talk) 19:11, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm restoring the sentence about Rutherford doing lead vocals on "Making a Big Mistake." Sure, the singing is better than on "Acting Very Strange," but I can recognize it as Rutherford's voice. He is clearly more practiced than before (as were fellow Genesis instrumentalists Steve Hackett, Tony Banks and Anthony Phillips after their initial lead vocal attempts), besides hiding behind reverb somewhat; even so, a little of his earlier vocal weakness does show through (listen to the word "mistake"). If it were someone else singing, the song most likely would have been credited to "Mike Rutherford with so-and-so." Also, keep in mind that "Making" was Rutherford's next solo release after he sang on "Acting Very Strange" and came before Mike + The Mechanics where he no longer sang. At any rate, there seems to be no source anywhere claiming that it's anyone but Rutherford, much less naming an actual suspect for who it might be. Therefore any claim that it's not Rutherford would need to bear the burden of proof. --Ftg3plus4 (talk 20:13, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]