''Privilege'' is an album by English
rock
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band
Television Personalities
The Television Personalities are an English post-punk band formed in 1977 by London singer-songwriter Dan Treacy.Earp, Joseph.The Missing Man Of Music: A Search For The Elusive Dan Treacy Of Television Personalities. ''The Brag'', 26 July 2016 ...
.
It was released in 1990 through
Fire Records
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Swell Maps
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member Jowe Head and drummer Jeffrey Bloom accompanying Dan Treacy.
Critical reception
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gave the album a positive review, describing it as "one of the group's most personal and dark records."Chicago Tribune
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'' critic David Levinsky wrote that "the LP suffers from overly lush production, supplying one too many monolithic synth chords." Levinsky also stated: "We get a record suffering from the shotgun approach: a couple of exceptional singles and a lot of also-rans."Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to ...
'' stated: "''Privilege'' dresses Treacy's characteristically direct songs with just the right amount of keyboards, and his voice is as boyishly engaging as ever."Spin Alternative Record Guide
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'' called the album "overproduced," but wrote that "Treacy can still make his pop obsessions gleam like vintage Campbell's soup cans."[
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Track listing
All songs written by Dan Treacy, except where noted.
# "Paradise Is For The Blessed" – 3:49
# "A Good And Faithful Servant" – 3:38
# "Conscience Tells Me No" – 3:29
# "My Hedonistic Tendencies" – 4:05
# "All My Dreams Are Dead" – 3:00
# "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" – 3:32
# "The Man Who Paints The Rainbows" – 2:44
# "What If It's Raining?" – 3:37
# "Sad Mona Lisa" – 2:40
# "The Engine Driver Song" – 2:55
# "Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself" – 1:51
# "Privilege" – 3:43
# "The Room At The Top Of The Stairs" (Randall Hylton, Treacy) – 3:35
# "This Time There's No Happy Ending" – 2:20
# "Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations" – 1:47
Personnel
;Television Personalities
*Jowe Head – bass
*Jefferey Bloom – drums
*Dan Treacy – guitar, keyboards, vocals
*Jowe Head – strings, trumpet
;Technical
* Matthew Fisher – engineering
* Wilson Sharp – engineering
* Television Personalities – production
* Phil Vinall – production
References
External links
*
1989 albums
Television Personalities albums
Albums produced by Phil Vinall
Fire Records (UK) albums
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