Adventure is a Punk album by Television, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 78 pressings tracked, owned by 33 collectors.
About
New York City’s Television shall be remembered for their 1977 guitar-heroic debut, <i>Marquee Moon</i>, which proved to be a defining moment in rock ’n’ roll history. Yet on 1978’s relatively ignored <i>Adventure</i>, the tunes themselves are better constructed, the songwriting’s more concise and evolved, and the harmonies and melodies are more fleshed-out (listen to the vocal and organ parts on the beautiful “Carried Away”). A narcissistic head-turner (“Glory”) and an anthem to indifference (“Ain’t That Nothing”) sport uptempo pop hooks and choruses and are, for many fans, the band’s finest moments. “Foxhole” (“Goodbye arms/So long, head”) stings as much as anything on the grittier debut album, while droning theremin and acid-like guitar give “The Fire” an entirely spooky feel, unlike anything else Television had recorded. The album’s guitar counterpoints (Television’s stock-in-trade) between frontman Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd are as beautifully curlicue here as ever, if not more restrained than on the debut (save for the head-spinning guitar arrangement of “Days”).
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The Clerk says
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Tracklist
- 1Glory3:11
- 2Days3:14
- 3Foxhole4:48
- 4Careful3:17
- 5Carried Away5:12
- 6The Fire5:55
- 7Ain't That Nothin'4:52
- 8The Dream's Dream6:36
- 9Adventure (Previously Unissued)5:35
- 10Ain't That Nothin' (Single Version)3:52
- 11Glory (Early Version)3:36
- 12Ain't That Nothin' (Run-Through) [Instrumental]9:47
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- angular
- driving
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy FiccaBAND, DRUMS DRUMS
- Fred SmithBAND, BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS, SUPERVISED BY
- Richard LloydBAND, GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS BAND, GUITAR
- Tom VerlaineBAND, LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS BAND, GUITAR
33 collectors on Gatefold own this · 78 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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