Talk:Confessions (Usher album)

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[edit] Errors

"To date Confessions has been Ceftificated 4x Platinum in the UK and has sold over 1,400,000 million ciopies."

I'm going to go right ahead and correct these

[edit] Faith Evans?

Are Faith Evans's vocals featured on Superstar?

No the song Superstar features Jamelia.

[edit] Weird Al

He made a parody of Confessions in his 2006 Album

[edit] Augustine of Hippo

I admit, I put this bit in many, many versions ago as a joke. There is no way Usher, for all his sophistication, knows shit about St. Augustine...so if it's true, that's cool, but i doubt it, so could someone remove that or fact check it? xoxo

Removed. --Efe (talk) 08:38, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

The GA review of this article is currently taking place at /GA1, and is transcluded below.

[edit] GA review 1

  • "in its first week, the most copies ever sold in a week" - repetition (a week)...can you reword
    • Changed one instance of week to debut. --Efe (talk) 07:01, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "dominate the chart." - should that be plural?
    • Ahm, sounds awkward. --Efe (talk) 07:01, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "A classic R&B album" - NPOV, does anyone actually call it this?
    • Its the opinion of Usher himself and the producers but I removed it. --Efe (talk) 07:01, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "claimed the record his story." - missing word? The record is his story?
    • Fixed. --Efe (talk) 07:01, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "Usher "didn't look too far" when he started working on Confessions." - I don't get what this is trying to say...
    • Copy edited. Please re-check. Im not sure. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "to give the new record with personal touch" - huh?
    • This is funny sentence. Changed. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "thought of doing it would let the people knew Usher introspectively" - huh again? this is sometimes very unclear
    • Yes! I was thinking this before. This word doesn't fit. Fixed. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "For instance, "Burn" was built around a situation like that of its lyrics" - that tells nothing to someone who hasn't heard the song
    • Fixed. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "Same through with the supposedly title track "Confessions Part II", they were conversing and its concept was written down" - same again (and second word appears to be a typo, and comma should be semicolon)
    • Which one? Fixed semicolon. Added info bout the lyrics/concept. (Actually its supported in the following lines but to not break the story, I put it in here, as suggested.) --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "When "Yeah!" came in, however, Usher and the label were plagued by marketing strategies" - the however makes no sense at the start of the section
    • Yah. Removed. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Early reaction and lyrical interpretation section needs a good copyedit...
    • I'll to try contact someone while doing my thing. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "Although songs like "Burn" is a reference to his dying relationship with Chilli" - were there any other Chilli-related songs, or just that one?
    • There is. For instance, "Truth Hurts". --Efe (talk) 07:50, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "prevented it to happen" - prevented it from happening would read better I think
    • As suggested. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "With strategies to keep the album boosts its sales" - huh?
    • Fixed. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "However, it actually began when American R&B and soul singer Alicia Keys, who is featured on the track, that "brought in that the talk of repackaging started"" - rmv "that"
    • REmoved. --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • "The success of the album has put Usher in the mainstream for becoming the biggest artist of the year" - needs past tense
    • Changed to "The success of the album put Usher in the mainstream, becoming the biggest artist of 2004." --Efe (talk) 07:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
  • More critical response (what reviewers said) would be good

Please leave a note on my talk page when you're done with these comments. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 06:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

The copyedit worked wonders; looking much better so passed. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 10:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Damn

Oh, i missed all the fun! ;-) --Realist2 (Come Speak To Me) 15:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)