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Adventure by: Television List Price: £7.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £3.01 (38%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075596052320 Label: Warner Manufacturer: Warner Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Release Date: October 21, 1993 Studio: Warner Sales Rank: 59290 Disc 1: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - No misadventureHaving played 'Marquee Moon' to death, I was going to buy Television's follow up on its release. Adverse reviews put me off, and I didn't change my mind until recently. Now I find it's sometime talked of in classic terms. It is a very good album, I think, but the praise is as exaggerated as the criticism. 'Glory' sets the tone with an alluring repeated riff, something that several of the tracks boast. 'Foxhole' is a more ingenious song than I remember it being cast as when it was released as a single. There are also some imaginative musical digressions on the later tracks. Even so, it's the usual case of the lean, hungry and vital debut album being followed by a more polished and rather more comfortable second effort. The tracks are not as distinctive ... Read More: Rating:  - Second album syndrome? Not a chance.'Adventure' was always going to get a thorough musical examination from critics, coming as it did, not long after the rapturously acclaimed 'Marquee Moon'. But the panning it received on its release seemed grossly unfair at the time and now, well over 25 years later, downright ridiculous. Which means to say that 'Adventure' was, is and always will be a truly great album. Television's sound has admittedly become less intimately raw and involving on 'Adventure' but the standard of songwriting and playing is truly something to behold. Smoother production cannot hide the sheer creativity of these songs, the way instrumental passages come flying in unexpectedly, and Tom Verlaine's singing sounds more assured. The nearest I can come to describing ... Read More: Rating: - CARRIED AWAY!I only became aware of Television in the last few years, but must confess to have been thrilled to have found them! Adventure seems not to get the same cred as Marquee Moon, but that shouldn't detract from the fact that this is a great album. Although released not long after Marquee Moon. there is still room for some amazing stuff on Adventure. The closing hypnotic sway of Dream's Dream has got to be one of Verlaine's finest moments. Foxhole is classic Television (as if it's not all classic), with trademark swagger which makes for addictive listening. My personal fave is Carried Away, which is awesome in its fragility, and boasts a magical middle section. One day this band will get the respect it deserves. Rating: - Good, but should have been betterTelevision's follow-up to the astounding and hugely influential classic Marquee Moon, this was hastily-recorded and as a result suffered in comparison. It was released too soon after Marquee Moon and consequently, critics still reeling from Marquee Moon's brilliance gave it a panning. But with the opportunity to look at this album from a fresh viewpoint, it quickly becomes clear that it is actually a fine work itself. Of course, it isn't as good as Marquee Moon (hardly anything is), but it's a different kind of album. Where Marquee Moon was angular and more than a little funky, this is smooth and laid-back, with Marquee Moon's Torn Curtain and Guiding Light seemingly providing the blueprint for several of its songs. All the Television hallmarks are there ... Read More: Rating: - A dazzling work of geniusExcellent album, at least the equal of Marquee Moon if not even better. Nobody ever got Fender guitars to sound better as they clash, blend and weave in and out of each other in fabulous soundscapes of noise, backed by the blissful pulse of glorious bass playing. This album with its dreamlike quality is really the starting point for Verlaine's solo stuff..all his solo albums are brilliant, and infuriatingly hard to get nowadays-I'm still searching for 'Dreamtime' on CD-but buy 'a Miller's Tale' to get a taste.. |
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