Television - Adventure
Original Release Date
1978
Release Information
US LP 1978 (Elektra - 6E-133)
UK LP 1978 (Elektra - K 52072)
A1 Glory 3:10
A2 Days 3:12
A3 Foxhole 4:49
A4 Careful 3:15
A5 Carried Away 5:09
B1 The Fire 5:54
B2 Ain't That Nothin' 4:52
B3 The Dream's Dream 6:39
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Europe CD 2003 (Elektra/Rhino - 8122-73921-2)
US CD 2003 (Elektra/Rhino - R2 73921)
1 Glory 3:11
2 Days 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
Bonus Tracks
9 Adventure 5:38
10 Ain't That Nothin' (Single Version) 3:55
11 Glory (Early Version) 3:39
12 Ain't That Nothin' (Run-Through) 9:47
Chart Placings
UK Chart Hit: 7, 4 wksCredits
UK/US LP:
Produced by John Jansen & Tom Verlaine
Recorded at Soundmixers and Record Plant, NYC
Engineers: John Jansen, Craig Bishop, Gray Russsell, Jay Borden.
Unauthorized Supervision: Fred Smith
Mastering: Joe Brescio
Art Direction: Paul Jansen
Design: Johnny Lee
Photography: Gerritt Van Der Meer
Tom Verlaine: Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Richard Lloyd: Guitar, Vocals
Fred Smith: Bass, Vocals
Billy Ficca: Drums
Guitar Solos:
Richard Lloyd on 'Days ' & 'Ain't That Nothin''
Tom Verlaine on the others (switchblade guitars on 'The Fire')
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Additional Credits on Elektra/Rhino CD:
Reissue Supervision: Patrick Milligan & Andy Zax
Remastering: Dan Hersch at Digiprep
Tape research & mastering supervision: BIll Inglot
Editorial supervision: Sheryl Farber
Art direction: Bryan Lasley
Design: Greg Allan@GAPD and Bryan Lasley
Reviews & Opinions
JULIE BURCHILL, NME, APRIL 1978: I don't know about you, but I'd rather sit through a Nick Lowe album than listen to the latest lax waxing by yet another 'New Wave' American band, with their selfish fantasies of individual reality and desperate desires for the root of all evil. Well, why do you think Television persist in putting out records stamped on red or green plastic? Is Tom Verlaine's creative genius burning? At least Kiss gives you a free sheet of transfers. Still, as the Roman Emperor who hid his money in his chamber-pot was fond of saying, "Non olet". Money doesn't smell -- not like this record anyway. Drag yourself past the 'literary' sleeve -- they're not a pretty band and Tom faces up to baldness with bad grace -- and what you get is more acid-casualty-type gibberish in the tradition of "Marquee Moon".
PUNKY GIBBON: Belying its title, Adventure is more restrained but hardly the failure many critics at the time considered it to be. It’s actually hard to believe that this still gets slated in some quarters. 'Foxhole' and 'Careful' are superbly crafted, tense and even humorous numbers that, with a less peculiar-sounding singer, might have been considered commercial. (The likewise high-minded Talking Heads were, after all, on the verge of stardom.) 'Days' and 'Carried Away' are probably the loveliest songs to have come out of the whole punk scene, with haunting imagery and some of Verlaine’s best vocals. Finally, 'The Dream's Dream' is as astonishingly beuatful extended jam that ends the album on a suitably ambigious note. 'Adventure' itself was intended for the record but left off due to time constraints, and didn’t see the light of day until Rhino’s digitally remastered version came out on CD in 2003, along with two alternate versions of ‘Ain’t That Nuthin’’, one taken from an edited promotional single, the other an early stab.
Additional Notes
The packaging on the US Rhino CD is essentually the same as on the European.
Images
US LP 1978 (Elektra - 6E-133). Click here for more
UK LP 1978 (Elektra - K 52072). Red or black vinyl. Click here for more
Europe CD 2003 (Elektra/Rhino - 8122-73921-2). Click here for more
