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Track Listings
| 1. Glory |
| 2. Days |
| 3. Foxhole |
| 4. Careful |
| 5. Carried Away |
| 6. The Fire |
| 7. Ain't That Nothin' |
| 8. The Dream's Dream |
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Underrated sophomore album from 1978. Original CD issue - not remastered.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'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 it is as a kind of musical theatre where each instrument has its own dramatic role, and centre-stage is Verlaine's painterly guitar playing. Songs such as 'Carried Away', 'The Fire' and 'The Dream's Dream' are highly-developed soundscapes and, to these ears, more stirring than much of 'Marquee Moon', while other tracks such as 'Foxhole' wouldn't have sounded out of place on the first album.
So there isn't anything quite as bruising as 'Friction' here, but it's not really missed. I defy anyone to be disappointed with 'Adventure' and to wonder how it could have had such a lukewarm reception that the band disbanded not long after its release. 'Adventure' is aptly named - buy it and you'll have one.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I can't believe I am writing the first amazon review of this. There ought to be about 500 prose poems praising this one to the skies up by now. Television were the most stylish and the most edgy of the bands that kicked off the New York punk scene at CBGBs in 1970s. Blondie were cuter. Talking Heads were funkier and the Ramones were err faster. But Television, in their day, could blow them all off stage. The purists might prefer Marque Moon but Adventure is a classic album which has a clear right to be on anyone's top 100 of all time. It has hard edged geeetar stuff on Foxhole and it has the gentle touch of Carried Away -- which prefigures a lot of what verlaine would do solo. Brilliant.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The problem that this album has is that the previous release had material on it that the band had played in clubs live in front of an audience for several years and the only songs that they had left from that batch were "Glory" and "Foxhole",the rest of the album was written in the studio.
During the 9 weeks it took to record the band used a different recording technique compared to "Marquee Moon" using layers of sound such as keyboards and backing vocals and reverb on the drums, this gave the album "Adventure" a fuller sound, the orginal 8 tracks are all here sounding superb with the sonic overhaul they have been given.
The fact that the people from "Rhino" have gone into the archive and dug up bonus tracks such as the title track, "Adventure"(unreleased until now)which is a "John Lee Hooker" influenced boogie track (very unlike the rest of the bands songs)along with other rarities such as the un-listed (yes the people at "Rhino" have made a rare mistake the sleeve only lists 11 tracks there are actually 12) "Ain't that Nothin'" 9 minute 47 second instrumental version, which sounds like a studio jam now closes the album.
I must disagree with the general option of this album most reviews call this album dire,in truth it's not that bad it's just that the release before it is such a seminal album and it just didn't come close to it...
During the 9 weeks it took to record the band used a different recording technique compared to "Marquee Moon" using layers of sound such as keyboards and backing vocals and reverb on the drums, this gave the album "Adventure" a fuller sound, the orginal 8 tracks are all here sounding superb with the sonic overhaul they have been given.
The fact that the people from "Rhino" have gone into the archive and dug up bonus tracks such as the title track, "Adventure"(unreleased until now)which is a "John Lee Hooker" influenced boogie track (very unlike the rest of the bands songs)along with other rarities such as the un-listed (yes the people at "Rhino" have made a rare mistake the sleeve only lists 11 tracks there are actually 12) "Ain't that Nothin'" 9 minute 47 second instrumental version, which sounds like a studio jam now closes the album.
I must disagree with the general option of this album most reviews call this album dire,in truth it's not that bad it's just that the release before it is such a seminal album and it just didn't come close to it...
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A Few Good Tracks But Overall Simply Not Very Good
Television created a big problem for themselves with Marquee Moon, the simple fact is that any follow up was likely to pall compared to that staggering record. Read more
Published 15 months ago by L. C. Warne
Adventure is a fine album and i love it !
as you know "adventure" is Televisions follow up to the excellent "marquee moon".
In my opinion adventure is just as good, if not better than it,s predecessor. Read more
In my opinion adventure is just as good, if not better than it,s predecessor. Read more
Published on 20 April 2008 by Current Account
No misadventure
Having 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. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2007 by D. J. H. Thorn
Vastly underrated in comparison to its overrated predecessor
The problem with discovering Television now is that thier first album is one of the sacred cows of rock and roll: in other words, so many journos have put 'Marquee Moon' on their... Read more
Published on 30 April 2006 by Stephen E. Andrews
With the benefit of hindsight......
...not being in the target audience in the late 70's, I was only 6 when this was released, I've discovered the music of Television after the event. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2005 by Paul Blaney
Ain't nuthin' wrong with this
After the Classic "Marquee Moon" I don't think Television could have made a better album than that one,but they give it a damn good shot on "Adventure" In it's own right this is a... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2004 by Callie
Good Album - Bad Press
I have to agree with Jules, this album is hugely underrated. Judging this album against Marquee Moon is a bit like comparing "London Calling" to "The Clash". Read more
Published on 4 May 2004 by Steven Golby
Well I think it's underrated
It's only by comparison with Marquee Moon that people slag off this much misunderstood album so much. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2003 by Jules
As terrible as you are told....
Adventure is as dire as its reputation suggests, Tom Verlaine taking over the band...it is NOTHING remotely near Marquee Moon. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2003 by Jason Parkes
CARRIED AWAY!
I only became aware of Television in the last few years, but must confess to have been thrilled to have found them! Read more
Published on 21 May 2003 by Andy
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