Adventure (album)

Adventure
Television studio album
Publication (s)	April 1978
Label (s)	Elektra Records
Format (s)	LP , CD , MC
Genre (s)	Post-punk , new wave
Title (number)	8th
running time	37:09
occupation	Tom Verlaine - vocals , guitar , keyboard Richard Lloyd - guitar , vocals Fred Smith - bass , vocals Billy Ficca - drums
production	John Jansen, Tom Verlaine
Studio (s)	Soundmixers, New York City Record Plant , New York City
chronology Marquee Moon (1977) Adventure Television (1992)

Adventure is the second studio album by the New York rock band Television .

The album was released in April 1978 on the Elektra Records label. It was not as hymnically praised as its predecessor Marquee Moon , but it was also positively reviewed. Adventure was a commercial failure in the United States . In Great Britain , however, the album rose to number 7 on the national album charts . Foxhole and Glory were released as single. It was the last release before the band split and didn't get back together until 1992.

Adventure was released on CD by Elektra in 1988 and was released in a version with four bonus tracks .

Track list

All songs except Days were written by Tom Verlaine .

page 1

1. Glory - 3:11
2. Days (T. Verlaine, Richard Lloyd ) - 3:14
3. Foxhole - 4:48
4. Careful - 3:18
5. Carried Away - 5:14

Page 2

1. The Fire - 5:56
2. Ain't That Nothing - 4:52
3. The Dream's Dream - 6:44

CD bonus tracks

1. Adventure - 5:38
2. Ain't That Nothing - 3:55 (single version)
3. Glory - 3:39 (early version)
4. Ain't That Nothing - 9:47 (instrumental version)

reception

source	rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone
Pitchfork Media
Music Express

Television's second album received positive reviews, but failed to match the exuberant reviews of the debut album Marquee Moon . Mark Deming from Allmusic Adventure rates a “great record” on every scale, but not a masterpiece (“It's not quite a masterpiece, but it's a brilliant record by any yardstick.”). While Marquee Moon is represented in many leaderboards today, the successor was denied.

Web links

• Adventure at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review by Mark Deming on Allmusic (accessed October 21, 2018)
2. ^ Review by Rob Sheffield, in: Rolling Stone 10/2003, Issue 933, p. 90.
3. ↑ Review by Chris Dahlen on Pitchfork Media (accessed October 21, 2018)
4. ↑ Review by Hermann Haring, in: Musikexpress 7/1978, issue 270, p. 49.
5. ↑ Mark Deming on Adventure by Television on Allmusic