Talk:Band on the Run (song)/GA1

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Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 04:33, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Love the song! Figure I'd review it.

• How come the image in the infobox is the French one? Why not American/English?
• "also reaching to number 3" - "to" seems redundant
• "The single sold one million copies in 1974 in America." - exactly?
• ""Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five", the closing track of the Band on the Run album, concludes with a brief excerpt of the chorus." - source?
• "and the final a folk rock section. The lyrics of the entire song, however, are related, with all being based around a general theme of freedom and escape. Although the parts are thematically related, but do not necessarily form a continuous narrative." - source?
• "Originally, Paul McCartney, complaining that "Everybody pulls the bloody singles off", planned not to release any singles from Band on the Run, a strategy he compared to that used by The Beatles." - seems a bit off grammatically. Perhaps rephrase?
• "However, he was convinced by Capitol Records promotion man Al Coury to release singles from the album, resulting in the single release of "Jet" and "Band on the Run"." - source?
• ""Band on the Run" has also been featured on numerous McCartney/Wings compilation albums, including Wings Greatest, All the Best!, and Wingspan: Hits and History. The song is also performed in many of McCartney's live shows, with a live version being included on the 1976 live album Wings over America." - see above
• "In the video, all of the objects, including the "band on the run" itself, are made up of words." - see above

The prose is generally good, especially for a good article. Just some problems with sourcing and such, which I'll be happy to pass once addressed. Cheers! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 04:33, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi, Hurricanehink. Thanks for reviewing the article. I'll start to work on some of the issues.

• The infobox image is the French sleeve because in the US and UK, there was no sleeve available. Generally, when this is the case, I've seen European sleeves used as a substitute. However, if the pic is misleading, I could get a picture of the actual 7-inch record. Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 13:11, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
• "to number three" changed: just a little typo, :)
• changed "one million" to "over one million"
• added source for "1985" reprise
• added sources for final section and freedom theme. Couldn't find anything for the "are thematically related, but do not necessarily form a continuous narrative" bit, so I cut it.
• cut the "Everybody pulls the bloody singles off" to make phrasing clearer
• added source for "convinced by Capitol Records promotion man Al Coury to release singles from the album"
• added sources for compilation / live albums
• added source for video section

I believe I've addressed most of the issues you have found so far. If there are any other problems, I'll fix them right away. Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 13:50, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the very quick response! Happy to pass now. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

@Hurricanehink Thank you! I appreciate your speedy review! :) Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2015 (UTC)