Talk:Blood & Chocolate

Blood & Chocolate is currently an Albums good article nominee. Nominated by – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} at 21:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

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Blood and Chocolate

What is the significance of the cover art and who is the artist? Adrianjwilson (talk) 19:37, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Original Cassette packaging

The original cassette release of Blood and Chocolate was a parody of the then current version of Cadbury's (as they were then known) Bournville dark chocolate, with Costello's name written in the Cadbury's style logo. Notice the overall colour of the revised packaging is very similar, with dark red background and gold lettering. Naturally, Cadbury's objected to the design and it was hastily withdrawn.

A reference - with photo - is available at the following URL:

https://www.discogs.com/release/4165396-Elvis-Costello-And-The-Attractions-Blood-Chocolate

SamXT (talk) 21:23, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Blood & Chocolate/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Zmbro (talk · contribs) 21:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Elephantranges (talk · contribs) 23:04, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'd be happy to review this! I'm still pretty new to doing reviews so please bear with me but I intend on following the guidelines to the best of my understanding – so hopefully there are no issues. Elephantranges (talk) 23:04, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good G :-) – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 01:44, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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, as shown by a source spot-check. 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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Comments

Alright, looking at the prose everything looks good. Only suggestion I would make is when stating in the lead that "The Pogues' bassist Cait O'Riordan guested on multiple tracks", maybe point out that she's guesting on backing vocals but not bass. First time I read this through I got the impression that she was playing some of the bass on this album in place of Bruce (which wouldn't be surprising, considering his and EC's strained relationship). But yeah, everything looks good here; I mean you clearly know what you're doing at this point, lol. Elephantranges (talk) 23:40, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed/clarified :-) – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 01:44, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just need to complete the spotcheck and we should be all good here! Will update you when done. Elephantranges (talk) 16:33, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]