''Adventure'' is the second studio album by American

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, released in April 1978 by

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Musical style

On the album's sound, Mark Deming of

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writes, "Where ''

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'' 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

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' work on the first album did not."

Reception

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'' 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."

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'' 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."

Track listing

Personnel

Television *

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– drums * Richard Lloyd – guitar, vocals * Fred Smith – bass, vocals *

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– lead vocals, guitar, keyboards,

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* Guitar Solos: Richard Lloyd on "Days" & "Ain't That Nothin'" Tom Verlaine on the others (switchblade guitars on "The Fire") Technical * Craig Bishop –

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* Jay Borden – engineering * John Jansen – production, engineering * Paul Jansen –

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* Gray Russell – engineering * Gerrit van der Meer – photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1978 albums Television (band) albums Elektra Records albums