Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Born to Run/archive1

Born to Run

Featured article candidates/Born to Run/archive1

Nominator(s): – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 14:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about... Bruce Springsteen's third studio album Born to Run. A make a break record for the singer-songwriter, it's easy to say he made it (very well). Now regarded by many as his magnum opus (although this editor would argue Darkness on the Edge of Town or Nebraska), I rewrote this article from the ground up and after its GAN it went through a helpful peer review and I believe it's now ready for the star. I'm looking forward to any comments or concerns. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 14:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'll take a look at this one when I have a sufficient block of uninterrupted time..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D

It's great to see an article on a major popular music album here instead of the more common FACs on modern pop. I'd like to offer the following comments:

" was designed to break him into the mainstream" - bit clunky

How about "Recorded in New York, it was Springsteen's effort to break into the mainstream..."? – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"the band and producers spent six months alone working on the title track" - seems like trivia for the lead

I would say otherwise because it displays how "prolonged and grueling" the sessions were; plus, most songs did not take that long to record, especially at the time. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Springsteen's lack of direction and confidence" - this appears out of the blue after text that stresses that Springsteen was ambitious about the record

Removed confidence

"Springsteen was sent multiple mixes as he was on the road and rejected all of them, approving the final one in early August." - this needs to be tweaked: if he rejected all of them how could he have approved one?

How about "...and rejected all but one, which he approved in early August."? – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"such as a road can take you anywhere" - I suspect that a 'that' is missing here

Fixed

""Born to Run" uses an automobile to escape from a depressing life" - this is unclear

""Born to Run" uses an automobile as a means to escape from a depressing life." That better? – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The success of Born to Run revitalized Springsteen's career" - this is unclear given the article previously stresses that the album led Springsteen to move from relative obscurity into stardom.

Would 'revitalized' not work here? He had a career before this (albeit struggling financially), but this record turned that around and brought him success. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Had the album been performed live in total before 2008?

Not that I could find. Setlists for the Born to Run tours are hard to find. I know he has performed all the songs from Born to Run quite often since 1975, but the album itself in order front to back I could not find. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article cites a wide range of very high quality sources, but not any academic articles. Nick-D (talk) 08:36, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does this one not count? – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D Thanks for the comments! Replies above. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 23:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]