Talk:Takin' My Time

John Hall was indeed the producer of Takin' My Time, but he is not the NY politician that the link goes to. Takeenan (talk) 00:56, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
Of course he IS the musician and politician John Hall, just read the section Musical career! Thomas279 (talk) 08:00, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Takin' My Time/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 16:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

This article is not too large but should be fine to become a GA; I will start reviewing soon to verify --K. Peake 16:41, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

• Target Warner Bros. to Warner Records
• Target John Hall to John Hall (New York politician)
• "released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records." → "It was released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records." as a new sentence, with the appropriate target
• "Takin' My Time is an amalgamation" → "The album is an amalgamation"
• "The ten tracks on the album are" → "The 10 tracks are" per MOS:NUM
• Wikilink upbeat per MOS:LINK2SECT
• "hired to produce the album, but was replaced" → "hired to handle the production, but was ultimately replaced"
• "from critics, and reached number eight-seven on the" → "from music critics, while it reached number 87 on the US"
• "has also been positive, as critics liked" → "have also been positive, with critics praising"
• "believes Takin' My Time was Raitt's" → "believed the album was Raitt's"
• "until her comeback" → "up to her comeback" to avoid repetitive wording
• Mention the accompanying tour in the last sentence of the lead, though just state "accompanying tour" without "for the album" since accompanying makes it obvious

Recording and composition

• Retitle to Background and composition
• "In 1973, Bonnie Raitt moved to" → "In 1973, Raitt moved to"
• "of the band Little Feat." → "of American rock band Little Feat." with the target
• "After the release of Dixie Chicken," → "After the release of their third studio album Dixie Chicken (1973),"
• "and Raitt hired frontman" → "with Raitt hiring the frontman"
• "Musician John Hall was then brought in" → "American musician John Hall was then brought in for production" with the target
• "to July 1973, at Sunset Sound in" → "to July 1973 at Sunset Sound Recorders in" with the wikilink
• [1] should solely be at the end of the para since it is the only ref of it
• Are you sure there isn't any more background info to add?
• "explores many different" → "combines many different"
• "Takin' My Time is similar to Raitt's previous release," → "Takin' My Time is similar to Raitt's previous studio album"
• Add release year of the album in brackets
• Wikilink upbeat per MOS:LINK2SECT
• "bluesy intimacy" according to" → "bluesy intimacy," according to"
• "vary in genre." → "vary in genre;"
• "a dance track inspired by" → "a dance track, inspired by" with the target
• "All ten tracks on the album are" → "All 10 tracks on Takin' My Time are"

Release and reception

• "in October 1973, by" → "in October 1973, through"
• Target Warner Bros. Records to Warner Records
• "reached number eigthy-seven on the" → "reached number 87 on the US"
• "and number ninety-one on the" → "and number 91 on the US"
• "with a nonstop touring schedule" → "with a continuous touring schedule"
• Mention when the tour was
• Wikilink Mark Bego
• Any more promotion of the album other than what is currently here about the tour, maybe?
• "received positive reviews from critics." → "was met with positive reviews from music critics." with the target
• "Billboard described the album" → "The staff of Billboard described the album"
• "and wrote: "it's" → "with him writing that "it's"
• "Retrospective reviews have also" → "Retrospective reviews of Takin My Time from critics have also"
• "and "Wah She Go Do."" → "and "Wah She Go Do"."
• "toward some of the other folk-inspired tracks," → "towards some of the folk-inspired tracks,"
• "and said:" → "with him saying:"
• "the ten cover tracks," → "the album's 10 cover tracks,"
• "Iyengar believes" → "Iyengar believed"

Track listing

• You need to put "Credits adapted..." at the top with an appropriate ref to verify the credits here
• Writers should be separated by using hlist
• Are you sure there are no producers for the tracks known?
• Target Ivy Hunter to Ivy Jo Hunter

Personnel

• Target bottleneck guitar to Slide guitar
• Remove wikilink on slide guitar
• Target John Hall to John Hall (New York politician)

Production

• This should be under a sub-heading instead of having a sub-section

Charts

• See MOS:TABLECAPTION

References

• Copyvio score looks smooth at 22.5%
• Make sure all of these are archived by using the tool
• Cite AllMusic as publisher instead for ref 2
• Authorlink Dave Marsh on ref 4 and wikilink Random House
• The author of ref 6 does not seem to show up?
• Target Ticknor & Fields to Ticknor and Fields on ref 7
• Authorlink Gary Graff on ref 8
• WP:OVERLINK of Billboard on ref 13
• WP:OVERLINK of Record World on ref 14

Book sources

• This should be under a sub-heading instead of having sub-section
• Authorlink Mark Bego

Final comments and verdict

•  On hold, even though this article is short, I did notice that you have some reasonably good writing skills! --K. Peake 08:42, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

@Kyle Peake: Alright, I believe I have addressed your concerns, and thank you for the review!. Regarding the lack of information about...well everything related to this album, I don't think there is any more information out there. This isn't one of Raitt's bigger albums, and I think I've exhausted all the information I could find. Regarding the possibility of more promotional stuff, I don't think there is any more. Raitt was a touring machine back in the 1970s, and for the longest time that was the only way she was able to promote her music. She wouldn't even release a single until 7 years after she entered the music business. Famous Hobo (talk) 21:40, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

@Famous Hobo: There were a few changes you missed but they were only minor, so I did some brief copy editing and made the required fixes to ✓ Pass this! --K. Peake 05:32, 9 October 2020 (UTC)