Adventure (Television album)

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Adventure
Adventurealbumcover.jpg
Studio album by
Television
ReleasedApril 1978
RecordedSeptember–November 1977
StudioSoundmixers and the Record Plant, New York City
Genre
Length37:09
Label Elektra
Producer
Television chronology
Marquee Moon
(1977)		Adventure
(1978)		 The Blow-Up
(1982)

Adventure is the second studio album by American rock band Television, released in April 1978 by Elektra Records.

Contents

The album features a softer and less aggressive sound compared to their first album, Marquee Moon . Produced by John Jansen, the production rounds off the edges of the band's sound, unlike Andy Johns' work on the first album. While Adventure received positive reviews, it was considered less urgent and satisfying compared to Marquee Moon. The difference was attributed to the material, with Adventure's lyrics being more song-like and less visionary.

Musical style

On the album's sound, Mark Deming of AllMusic writes, "Where Marquee Moon was direct and straightforward in its approach, with the subtleties clearly in the performance and not in the production, Adventure is a decidedly softer and less aggressive disc, and while John Jansen's production isn't intrusive, it does round off the edges of the band's sound in a way Andy Johns' work on the first album did not." [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [9]
The Village Voice A− [10]

Ken Emerson of Rolling Stone wrote, "By daring to be different, Adventure lives up to its title, but it also comes as something of a disappointment because it lacks the jagged tension and mysterious drama that imbued last year's Marquee Moon with such dark but lucid power." [11] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was favorable, writing, "I agree that it's not as urgent, or as satisfying, but that's only to say that Marquee Moon was a great album while Adventure is a very good one. The difference is more a function of material than of the new album's relatively clean, calm, reflective mood. The lyrics on Marquee Moon were shot through with visionary surprises that never let up. These are comparatively songlike, their apercus concentrated in hook lines that are surrounded by more quotidian stuff." [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Verlaine, except where indicated

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Glory" 3:11
2."Days"Verlaine, Richard Lloyd 3:14
3."Foxhole" 4:48
4."Careful" 3:18
5."Carried Away" 5:14
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."The Fire"5:56
2."Ain't That Nothin'"4:52
3."The Dream's Dream"6:44
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Adventure"5:38
10."Ain't That Nothin'" (single version)3:55
11."Glory" (early version)3:39
12."Ain't That Nothin'" (instrumental)9:47

Personnel

Television

Technical

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