Friday, June 12, 2009

Television - Days

Marquee Moon is such an undisputed classic that it's not surprising Television's second album, Adventure, is often overlooked. To be honest I would have to say it doesn't deserve the acclaim of its predecessor. The songs aren't as good and Tom Verlaine's vocals, never great to begin with, are particularly jarring in a lot of spots.

But Television were never really about the vocals anyway, of course. It was the dual guitar work of Verlaine and Richard Lloyd (one of my first rock star crushes, incidentally, even if he was a bit before my time). And for me nothing on this album highlights that better than this one does.

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