Adventure (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Adventure
Type = Album
Artist = Television


Released = April 1978
September 23, 2003 (Reissue)
Recorded = September - November 1977
Genre = Punk
Length = 37:09
Label = Elektra
Producer = John Jansen and Tom Verlaine
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djlvad3kv8w5 link]
*"Blender" Rating|5|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1922 link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22760-marquee-moon-adventure link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=television link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/television/albums/album/300358/review/6067928/adventure link]
Last album = "Marquee Moon"
(1977)
This album = "Adventure"
(1978)
Next album = "The Blow-Up"
(1982) |

"Adventure" is the follow up album to Television's critically acclaimed debut, "Marquee Moon". Upon its release, the album fared worse than its predecessor in the United States but entered the charts at #7 in the Britain.

A noticeable difference between "Adventure" and "Marquee Moon" is in the production. Where "Marquee Moon" is a raw and straightforward album, "Adventure" has softer and more layered sound with added nuances, such as keyboard textures and back-up vocals. Two of the songs, "Foxhole" and "Careful" were older songs from the band's live set, however, several songs have a reputation as being "filler."Fact|date=June 2008 The complex guitar work of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd that gave "Marquee Moon" its appeal is present on "Adventure" too.

Track listing

Original LP

All songs written by Tom Verlaine unless otherwise indicated.

*Side One:
# "Glory" – 3:11
# "Days" (Richard Lloyd/Verlaine) – 3:14
# "Foxhole" – 4:48
# "Careful" – 3:18
# "Carried Away" – 5:14

*Side Two:
# "The Fire" – 5:56
# "Ain't That Nothin'" – 4:52
# "The Dream's Dream" – 6:44

CD re-issue

# "Glory" – 3:11
# "Days" (Verlaine/Lloyd) – 3:14
# "Foxhole" – 4:48
# "Careful" – 3:18
# "Carried Away" – 5:14
# "The Fire" – 5:56
# "Ain't That Nothin'" – 4:52
# "The Dream's Dream" – 6:44
# "Adventure" – 5:38
# "Ain't That Nothin'" – 3:55
# "Glory" – 3:39
# "Ain't That Nothin' – 9:47

Tracks 9-12 are bonus tracks released exclusively on the CD reissue. Tracks 10 and 11 are alternate versions of the original songs. Track 12 is a "hidden" track i.e. neither listed on the CD packaging nor on the CD itself and is an early instrumental run-through of "Ain't That Nothin'".

Personnel

*Tom Verlaine - lead vocals, guitar, piano
*Richard Lloyd - guitar, vocals
*Fred Smith - bass, vocals
*Billy Ficca - drums