Adventure (Television Album)

Adventure (Television album)

Adventure is the second album by New York punk pioneers Television. The follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut, Marquee Moon, upon its release it fared worse than its predecessor in the United States but entered the charts at #7 in the UK.

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. Four of the songs, "Foxhole", "Ain't That Nothing", "Careful" and "The Dream's Dream" were older songs from the band's live set. The complex guitar work of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd that gave Marquee Moon its appeal is still apparent on Adventure. Tom Verlaine plays a ghostly ondes Martenot keyboard on the song, "The Fire".