Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)/archive1

TFA Blurb

The album was narrated by Michael Jackson

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an audiobook and soundtrack companion album for the 1982 film of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. Composed by John Williams, the album was narrated by Michael Jackson, and distributed by MCA Records. The original song, "Someone in the Dark" sung by Jackson, bookends the album. The album was released on November 15, 1982—the same month as Michael Jackson's album Thriller, which led to a lawsuit by his label, Epic Records, over the soundtrack being released first. The soundtrack album had to be removed from the market, and the release of the single "Someone in the Dark" was cancelled. The album also featured a poster of Jackson with an animatronic model of E.T. which appeared on the cover of Ebony Magazine the following month. Despite its curtailed release, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reached number 37 on the Billboard 200 and number 82 on the UK Albums Chart. It was well-received critically and won Jackson a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children.(Full article...)

Resolved comments from Crisco 1492

Image check

Both images look fine. One fair-use image (album cover), which is necessary for identification of the subject. One free image, license on flickr checks out Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:02, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Prose

• Content

Overlinking: Earth, extraterrestrial

Unlinked

• Background

"The album was a critical success and received favorable reviews. It was also a commercial success and eventually sold over 20 million copies worldwide." -- Why not merge it? "The album was a critical and commercial success, receiving favorable reviews and eventually solling over 20 million copies worldwide."

Done

"befriends a friendly extraterrestrial" -- Repetition (befriends... friendly). Any other ways to put it?

Changed 'friendly' to 'good-natured'

• Production

"During the recording of the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial narration," -- Is repeating the name of the album necessary?

Removed album name

"Aside from producer and narrative writer Quincy Jones,..." - He was mentioned above, perhaps the introduction could be dealt with at first mention

Done

Former manager of The Jacksons or The Jackson 5?

They were the managers of The Jacksons only

• Release and legal issues

"MCA Records were forced to withdraw the album and were prohibited from releasing "Someone In the Dark" as a single after court action was taken by Epic against them in a $2 million lawsuit." - A little long, may want to simplify

Reworded and shortened

"... some have been sold for over £1000" - This is an American album, so I'm assuming we need US$ figures as well (note that you have $ figures above)

Added the US dollar amount in brackets after the £ value.

"...it reached number 82 on the UK Albums Chart" -- Did it chart in the US? Other countries?

I don't believe it did chart anywhere else.

• Looks interesting, although there are still a couple issues. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:24, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Pyrrhus16 17:13, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

• Comprehensiveness:

Billboard says part of the case was an injunction against MCA Records forbidding them from putting on performances by Mr. Jackson(p1) and from producing further albums featuring him. The article describes the album as one of MCAs larger efforts in recent years and says that Epic claimed MCA was promoting "The Girl is Mine" as being on the E.T. album(p76). P68 describes it as "lavishly packaged, lovingly produced" and worth the (expensive) asking price.

As this was one of the first hits when I searched for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Michael Jackson in Google, I'd suggest going over potential sources once more. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I've now added the information from the Billboard source. I spent several hours yesterday looking for any more sources or information, but I believe most of the details are now covered. Pyrrhus16 15:09, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

• The asking price need not be included (not encyclopedic). Perhaps just that it was considered somewhat pricey at the time or something Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

• Removed the asking price and noted that it was expensive. Pyrrhus16 11:09, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

• Alright, I'm leaning support but would like to see a bit more feedback Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:15, 10 April 2012 (UTC)