Adventure (album)

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Adventure
Adventure cover
Studio album by 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
Professional reviews
Television chronology
Marquee Moon
(1977)		 Adventure
(1978)		 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." The complex guitar work of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd that gave Marquee Moon its appeal is present on Adventure too.


Contents

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[edit] Original LP

All songs written by Tom Verlaine unless otherwise indicated.

  • Side One:
  1. "Glory" – 3:11
  2. "Days" (Richard Lloyd/Verlaine) – 3:14
  3. "Foxhole" – 4:48
  4. "Careful" – 3:18
  5. "Carried Away" – 5:14
  • Side Two:
  1. "The Fire" – 5:56
  2. "Ain't That Nothin'" – 4:52
  3. "The Dream's Dream" – 6:44

[edit] CD re-issue

  1. "Glory" – 3:11
  2. "Days" (Verlaine/Lloyd) – 3:14
  3. "Foxhole" – 4:48
  4. "Careful" – 3:18
  5. "Carried Away" – 5:14
  6. "The Fire" – 5:56
  7. "Ain't That Nothin'" – 4:52
  8. "The Dream's Dream" – 6:44
  9. "Adventure" – 5:38
  10. "Ain't That Nothin'" – 3:55
  11. "Glory" – 3:39
  12. "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'".

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