Adventure is the second album by the American rock band Television, released in April 1978 by Elektra Records.
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Musical style
The music of Adventure have been described as art punk, punk rock and new wave. On the album's sound, Mark Deming of AllMusic writes, "Where Marquee Moon was direct and straightforward in its approach, with the subtleties clearly in the performance and not in the production, Adventure is a decidedly softer and less aggressive disc, and while John Jansen's production isn't intrusive, it does round off the edges of the band's sound in a way Andy Johns' work on the first album did not."
Reception
Ken Emerson of Rolling Stone wrote, "By daring to be different, Adventure lives up to its title, but it also comes as something of a disappointment because it lacks the jagged tension and mysterious drama that imbued last year's Marquee Moon with such dark but lucid power." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was favorable, writing, "I agree that it's not as urgent, or as satisfying, but that's only to say that Marquee Moon was a great album while Adventure is a very good one. The difference is more a function of material than of the new album's relatively clean, calm, reflective mood. The lyrics on Marquee Moon were shot through with visionary surprises that never let up. These are comparatively songlike, their apercus concentrated in hook lines that are surrounded by more quotidian stuff." Music critic Dave Thompson called Adventure "fabulous", describing it as "a punk album without a single punk element."
Personnel
Television
Billy Ficca – drums
Richard Lloyd – guitar, vocals
Fred Smith – bass, vocals
Tom Verlaine – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, production
Guitar Solos: Richard Lloyd on "Days" & "Ain't That Nothin'" Tom Verlaine on the others (switchblade guitars on "The Fire")
Technical
Craig Bishop – engineering
Jay Borden – engineering
John Jansen – production, engineering
Paul Jansen – art direction
Gray Russell – engineering
Gerrit van der Meer – photography
