Talk:Plastic Beach/Archive 1

Album Art

With all this info coming out today, how big of a chance is there that the picture posted here [1] is the final album art? Carbo45 (talk) 20:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

• Nevermind this. This text was added before the album artwork was put up. Carbo45 (talk) 14:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

• The covers have such long "title" text describing them, I like it, but I consider it should be an "Album Art" section because is hard to read that way and Im sure a lot of visitors don't even know the information is there.189.148.202.218 (talk) 13:42, 13 July 2010 (UTC) Manuel Herrera (manuelherrera [4t] live d0t com d0t mx)

About the album

Is there any release date for south america? Just asking —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laundromatlock (talk • contribs) 21:31, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

The Who, Tommy

The article's reference to the Who's film Tommy states that none of the members were in the actual film, but they were; even the Wiki entry for the film states that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.68.15.66 (talk) 04:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Experience Edition Bonus Tracks

Just asking, are the 2 bonus tracks: "Pirates Progress" and "Three Hearts, Seven Seas and Twelve Moons" on the Experience edition or not, the page seems to be being updated everyday saying it is, then it isn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.177.81 (talk) 17:16, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

They are only both available on the iTunes Deluxe Edition. "Pirate's Progress" is available on the Japanese Standard Edition and the Japanese Experience Edition. The non-Japanese Standard Edition and non-Japanese Experience Edition contain neither bonus tracks. Transparent 6lue (talk) 19:22, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Awww, that sucks! Oh well, thanks for the help, I see there's now a table for it as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.245.139 (talk) 10:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Yep, got to say I'm pretty disappointed I only got the "standard" edition... a one page folded insert and no bonus tracks...

LOL!

LOL to the just added "Charts" section, will probably get deleted within minutes though :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ottsworth (talk • contribs) 18:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Messing Around

It seems that there are people who are messing around with stuff like all the ratings got deleted for no apparent reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mircea Calarasu (talk • contribs) 20:51, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

can we all agree to keep the ratings up in the right hand column? i don't understand why people keep deleting them... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.51.106 (talk) 04:34, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Albums: "Professional reviews should no longer be included in the infobox..." I personally think that including them is better, but rules are rules. Transparent 6lue (talk) 04:40, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Charts

Based on this week's UK charts so far, it looks like Plastic Beach is up for the number 1 spot! --Jenx222 (talk) 23:42, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Damn, just missed it at No. 2 :( -Ottsworth (talk) 20:16, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Stylo Video Not HD

In the chart, for information about releases, I see that it says the Stylo Video on the iTunes Deluxe Edition is in HD.

I own this version, and it's not in HD, it's 640x264..

Can this be corrected? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmd8x28 (talk • contribs) 22:51, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Doncamatic re-release

It's mentioned that Plastic Beach was re-released to add Doncamatic on the Doncomatic page, but oddly, not mentioned here. Well, it's hinted it, vaguely. It should at least get a quick line, but i'm not sure which section it'd go in. The reference links to an MP3 album download - No CD release with a sticker on the cover then? And is it worth adding to the Release History chart? JaffaCakeLover (talk) 00:02, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Plastic Beach/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

I am nominating this GA for Reassessment because the "review" by User:Special Cases was thoroughly inadequate. The following are my concerns:

• My primary issue with the article is the large swathes of uncited information, especially in the Release and promotion section. Also note, a lot of the stuff in that section is trivial/non-notable and should be removed.

• The personnel section is very misleading. 2D et al. are fictional characters and fictional characters cannot compose real music. Please remove their names and include out-of-universe only. I am particularly shocked by the absence of one Damon Albarn in the section...

• "As of October 2010, Plastic Beach has sold just over 1,000,000 copies worldwide." - ref?

• Was wondering, the Reception section is huge in comparison with the rest of the article. (I see 20+ reviews that are extensively quoted!) Please remove half of those reviews, while at the same time representing all that is being said (many reviewers tend to say the same thing). Also, is there an order by which you have ordered these reviews? I suggest either positive reviews first then negative, or reviews by music publications then mainstream publications.

• Is the Release history section useful ro anybody in any way? Further, is everything in that section reliably sourced? Most of the sources that exist go to retailers like Apple or Amazon, which aren't reliable sources.

• The lead could use some rewriting - mention the musical styles and themes on the record. Don't think the names of all those collaborators is needed there.

Apart from that the article is quite good, especially the first three sections. I've significantly contributed to another Damon Albarn album GA, Modern Life Is Rubbish, which you can use as a template if you want. I'll keep this Reassessment open for 1-2 weeks; if improvements haven't been made by then, I will delist it.—indopug (talk) 10:00, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

• I now agree. A quarter way through the article it loses it's best work. Special Cases ^{Spit out your comments} 11:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Since no improvements have been made in the past week, I am delisting this article of its GA status.—indopug (talk) 19:25, 1 November 2010 (UTC)