Talk:All Summer Long (album)

Please explain this remark, which I am deleting.

Please explain "For a brief period of time", which I am deleting. Beach Boys music (at least before "Pet Sounds") continued to have a fun-in-the-sun feel, but the themes would be becoming more "mature".

"For a brief period of time following its release, All Summer Long was to be their final album which reveled in California beach culture." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.47 (talk) 22:25, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

They did not record a single song about surfing or the beach until 1969 with "Do It Again".--Ilovetopaint (talk) 03:31, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

"Do It Again" was recorded and released in 1968. Andrew G. Doe (talk) 14:56, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

"None of the songs are about cars"

I think this claim is debatable, it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to say that I Get Around is about a car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tangerines404 (talk • contribs)

I Get Around is about the Beach Boys themselves, their boredom with "driving up and down the same old strip", and their success at attaining wealth, fame, and women. It's about a car like Good Vibrations is about perfume. ili (talk) 17:40, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:All Summer Long (album)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Realmaxxver (talk · contribs) 13:13, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Reviewing soon. Realmaxxver (talk) 13:13, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

• "The album also served as a riposte to the Beatles, who had recently overtaken the Four Seasons as the Beach Boys' chief rival act. It contained the band's most complex arrangements and refined vocal performances on a record to date, including the songs "Wendy", "Drive-In", "Don't Back Down", and a rendition of the Mystics' 1959 hit "Hushabye"." → "The album, which also served as a riposte to the Beatles, who had recently overtaken the Four Seasons as the Beach Boys' chief rival act, contained the band's most complex arrangements and refined vocal performances on a record to date. These included the songs "Wendy", "Drive-In", "Don't Back Down", and a rendition of the Mystics' 1959 hit "Hushabye"."
• "Biographer Mark Dillon states that the album generally projects "a whole season of teenaged good times" with the exception of "a couple of numbers" ("We'll Run Away" and "Wendy") "that threaten to kill the buzz."[26]" → "Biographer Mark Dillon states that the album generally projects "a whole season of teenaged good times" with the exception of "a couple of numbers that threaten to kill the buzz", listing "We'll Run Away" and "Wendy".[26]"
• " ' "Girls on the Beach" is a ballad in a similar vein to Wilson's 1963 song "Surfer Girl" ' " link to Surfer Girl (song)
• remove the possessive apostrophe for "the film featured scenes in which the Beach Boys' lip sync to this song, "Little Honda", and the Surfin' U.S.A. track "Lonely Sea".[16][49]"
• "director Don Was had attempted to coax Wilson into discussing the unfinished album Smile." → "director Don Was attempted to coax Wilson into discussing the unfinished album Smile."

• That's all my prose comments. Realmaxxver (talk) 10:13, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Referencing and copyvio

• Add page number for Larkin 2002 [78]
• Not needed, but access dates could be added for [23], [46] and [43].
• Consider shortening the quotes in the Content section, as the article has a 55% similarity with Little Deuce Coupe liner notes.

Images

• Two images (The Beach Boys September 16 1967 Billboard.png and The Beach Boys (1965).png) are from Billboard magazine before 1978.
• Sunset Boulevard image is someone's own work, Paradise Cove image is from flickr
• Sullivan Beach Boys.jpg has good licensing, but a link to the actual trailer in the source parameter would help.
• Putting on hold now. Realmaxxver (talk) 10:13, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Overall

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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• I'll address this once I have the time to do so. However, I already know I won't be able to supply a page number for the Larkin source simply because the Google preview does not show page numbers. ili (talk) 03:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
•  Done ili (talk) 16:08, 26 May 2022 (UTC)