Talk:Lucid (Aṣa album)/GA2

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Reviewer: Skyshifter (talk · contribs) 16:31, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

This will be my first review in a while, let's see how it goes. Skyshifter ^talk 16:31, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@Versace1608: pinging you just to make sure you're aware of the review (in that case, please respond here). I just saw you haven't edited in a month. I'll get to it this week. Skyshifter ^talk 12:22, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I just read your messages. Please let me know if you need me to address anything relating to the article.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 16:29, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Let's begin.

Infobox and lead

• Infobox seems good; image has a valid non-free use rationale
• I think the general structure of the lead can be improved, since it doesn't read very good in my opinion. Right now, it has too many separated, short sentences that start the same. Taking the first paragraph, "It was [...] It is [...] It is [...] The [...] The [...]", and in the second paragraph, apart from the very first word, all sentences start with "The". I recommend merging some of the sentences and doing some different structures to allow for a more dynamic reading. For example, "It was released" could be merged with the previous sentence.
• "The production was primarily handled by drummer Marlon B and contains additional elements of jazz, reggae and neo-soul." — I don't think the "and contains additional elements of jazz, reggae and neo-soul" fits here. This should be merged with the "It is a soul, folk, and rock album [...]" sentence (will also be noted below).
• "The album's title depicts the place where she is currently at in her life." — temporal words like "currently" should be avoided, especially since 2019 was a long time ago. This should be reworded to something like "The album's title depicts the place where she was at the time of the album's release." (will also be noted below)
• "The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended the symbolic nature of Aṣa's songwriting and considered it to be her deepest and most emotionally robust record." This part in italics doesn't seem to be cited in the article.
• "The album was supported by a Lucid album tour" — feels a little too repetitive, could just be "The album was supported by a tour"

Background and promotion

• "Aṣa took a five-year hiatus from music before revealing plans to release Lucid." — should mention her previous release here (like "After releasing Bed of Stone in 2014, [sentence])
• "[...] the title Lucid depicts the place where she is currently at in her life." — remove "currently"; same suggestion I made in the section above
• "Prior to releasing Lucid, Aṣa released the singles [...]". — could just be replaced with the Singles section since singles it's part of promotion, Singles isn't a big section and it doesn't fit well after the music and lyrics section. (Will also be noted below)
• "Aṣa was scheduled to headline the Asa Live in Lagos concert" — just want to confirm, shouldn't it be Aṣa Live in Lagos?
• "[...] due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic" — remove ongoing to avoid temporal words

Music and lyrics

• If you added Bed of Stone in "Background and promotion", remove "and is a follow-up [...]". I think it fits better there
• "and contains additional elements of jazz, reggae, and neo-soul." — merge with the previous sentence mentioning the genres; same suggestion I made in "Infobox and lead"
• In the 3rd paragraph there are three sentences in sequence starting with "In"
• Leslie Addo -> Leslie Addo of Pop Magazine

Singles

• Could be merged with "Background and promotion", as said above

Critical reception

• The album is always cited either as "the album" or "Lucid", can try other words like "the work" for variation
• Music critic Michael Kolawole -> Culture Custodian's Michael Kolawole (or similar)
  • Same thing for Dami Ajayi. Write the publisher's name.
• "In a review for The Lagos Review" — unfortunately not the best place to use "in a review" since the website also has review in the name, so could do another variation like "Writing for The Lagos Review" for less repetitiveness

Track listing

• The "all_writing" also including the producer won't work because the template adds a dot at the end, creating a .[4]. I recommend just writing "All tracks are written by Bukola Elemide [...]" at the start of the section

Personnel

• "primary artist" is usually "performer"

Release history

• Seems good

References and other comments

• No copyvio, the links at the top just copies of this article
• Ref 17: change work to [[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]]
• Ref 19: change work to "The Guardian"
• Refs 20 and 21: change " to ' in title per MOS:QWQ

Spotchecks

• Y "On France 24, she recalled making an attempt to 'live normal' during her hiatus." — During the five-year hiatus between this and 2014's Bed of Stone, Aṣa spent her time away from the spotlight in a quiet life, attempting to "live normal" (as she put it in a summer interview with France 24) after several years of touring. This information about touring could be added.
• Y "In an interview with Griot magazine the following month, she said the title Lucid depicts the place where she is currently at in her life. Aṣa said some of the songs were written in her flat in Paris while others were written at her studio in Lagos. She also stated to have written the album like a diary and poured all of her 'joy, heartbreak, laughter and longing' on it." — Lucid is the place that I am currently at in my life (...)" "I've written and co-written all these songs, some while travelling, others while in my flat in Paris (...) Some of them were written in my studio in Lagos (...) The songs were about love, I had written like a diary with the experience of my last relationship. All the joy, the heartbreak, the laughter and the longing – I poured them all in Lucid.
• Y "'Good Thing' is an ode to moving on after an unfavorable circumstance; the song features a pop-soul instrumental arrangement." — "Good Thing" revels in the joy of moving on after an unfavourable relationship/circumstance. (lyrics), she gently and assuredly sings, over the radiant Pop-Soul instrumental arrangement."
• Not really "Motolani Alake of Pulse Nigeria commended the album for showing Aṣa documenting three different thematic perspectives, though he criticized it for having 'no sonic uniqueness.'" — [1] Writer said here that "Although documenting different scenarios, the album can be summed up in three perspectives", and later says "This writer also feels that while the album is still excellent with new themes, there is no sonic uniqueness to it." This doesn't really confirm that the writer "commended the album for showing Aṣa documenting three different thematic perspectives". He just said the album could be summarized in three perspectives and that the album is "still excellent with new themes". Could be reworded.

Final comments

 On hold. Skyshifter ^talk 01:10, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

@Versace1608: Pinging since it's been 8 days. Skyshifter ^talk 19:56, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

✗ Fail 11 days since my last ping (19 since the article was put on hold), and no response. Skyshifter ^talk 17:09, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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