2005, Elektra
Reissue! Television's 1977 debut album, Marquee Moon, immediately earned critical raves and inspired a number of musicians and bands. Tom Verlaine's vocals and fret work, Richard Lloyd's angular guitar playing, and Billy Ficca and Fred Smith's halting, unexpected drum and bass work all combined to reassert a guitar-based music during a time when soft-rock and disco ruled the airwaves. The band also ventured -- very successfully -- into extended sonic explorations, despite punk's call for shorter, faster songs.
In addition to Marquee Moon's original eight flawless cuts (including the searing opener, "See No Evil" and the epic title track), this expanded version includes previously unreleased alternate takes of "See No Evil," "Friction," and "Marquee Moon," a previously unreleased instrumental track, and the never-before-on-CD, full-length version of the single "Little Johnny Jewel," which pre-dated the album.
In addition to Marquee Moon's original eight flawless cuts (including the searing opener, "See No Evil" and the epic title track), this expanded version includes previously unreleased alternate takes of "See No Evil," "Friction," and "Marquee Moon," a previously unreleased instrumental track, and the never-before-on-CD, full-length version of the single "Little Johnny Jewel," which pre-dated the album.
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Customer Reviews
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Anne InsoundNot owning this album is like going to school without pants on. Marquee Moon is so essential it’s ridiculous. I have owned this album in every format short of reel to reel, and would consider buying between four and six more copies just to be safe. Nothing sounds more pivotal, more influential, more exactly like when New York was edgy than Television circa 1977. Smart, raw, angular, and almost totally perfect example of what (post) punk could have been. Toss in Richard Hell minus his literary career for the preeminent fire escape and/or art school record. Zero percent cheesy or illiterate. One hundred percent radical.