Marquee Moon

Absolutely loved this. A revelation for me and if I get 5 albums like this from the 1001 where I know very little and then get educated then it’s worth listening to alll the shit. I hear so many of my fave bands today in this album, the guitar work is special, the tunes are special, I’m only sad it’s taken 45 years to hit my ears ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All your favorite rock bands fucking love this album.

Thank you Television for not letting Brian Eno ruin this album!!! They recorded demos of several of the songs and didn’t like Eno’s production. So the band waited for a better suited recording arrangement. I’ve had this album in my library for a long time, and I’ve gone through spurts of repeated listening. I love the guitar work on this album. The twinkling diddle-liddle-liddle-liddle-luh throughout Marquee Moon (song) is a great hook. And the little, repeated licks that go against the grain in several songs, which I found out are called countermelodies, are exquisite. The bass deserves recognition too, like on Elevation and Prove It for instance where it carries the melody at times. Listening to Marquee Moon (song) more closely now, I find it to be an unappreciated master piece. The repeated premature truncation of the chorus on Elevation is unsettling, but in a way I truly appreciate. Have you ever had a conversation with someone about what era you’d want to go back to for the music? Reading more about Television’s history, 1975 at CBGB in Manhattan is now on my list of potential answers. That year, Television shared a residence at the CBGB with Patti Smith when she had just recorded her album Horses. Oh what a time and place to be!

New York, CBGB, 70's. If that trio isnt a 5, tell me what is.

This album is a world unto itself. I've listened to a lot of music, but there's nothing else quite like this. Such a unique and often bizarre blend of post-punk-infused pop with a hint of psychedelia.

No further proof needed of Marquee Moon's mind-altering inventinveness than the fact that a significant number of people seem to think it sounds like the Strokes. Come again?

Marquee Moon is, of course, the cornerstone of the art punk side of post-punk. They gave an energetic boost to the otherwise very dark and dingy sounds of Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, and....oh, huh? Marquee Moon came out before all those bands? Huh. Well, even if they aren't the cornerstone! They put out some quintessential post-punk. Compositionally unique, it sticks with me even after repeated listens. They'll explore cool new bridges or verses and then move on to another, refusing to stick around too long leaving you wanting more. But then you get even more punk-y goodness that you can forgive it.

Meh. I've never been into Television. I don't think that they are bad or unskilled, but it's never grabbed me. If I want to listen to New York style new wave from the late seventies, it's going to look for something like early Blondie.

This album is just an inventive, intricate, and idiosyncratic mix of classic-guitar-hero-dad-rock, punk irreverence, and jazz interplay. I knew I was gonna give it this but this Aussie gives it five runs to Bunnings Warehouse out of five.

Am I missing something? What’s the big deal with this album?

Title track still bangs but I realized I find the vocalist a bit too shrill for a full album.

10 Albums You Actually Need to Hear Before You Die Chapter 7 Gimme Friction: Television’s “Marquee Moon” Back in early 2002, during the height of Strokes-mania in New York City, I was shopping for records in Greenwich Village after seeing a show at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre on a Saturday night. The shop I was in - I forget the name now, sorry - was in the basement of a three story walk up and was packed to the gills with records. On the counter by the register, the shop owner had a record on display, Television’s Marquee Moon, with a Post-It note affixed to it with these exact words scrawled on it: “Fuck The Strokes - This is the *real* sound of New York City” …and that was all it took to sell me on this record. Thank god for the curmudgeonly record store owners of the world.

A really special record, in my opinion one of the best guitar records ever. Verlaine & Lloyd’s duelling guitars are particularly notable on Friction & Elevation but the epic title track is a thing of wonder. No filler at all here.

I am not a massive fan of intricate guitar work, but this album just sings from start to finish. Delicate but tough, lyrical and unique. I love love love Verlaine's voice, and his lyrics, too. There's nothing quite like this album, and that is one of the many reasons I love it.

PREFS : TOUT MOINS PREF : RIEN

I actually quite like this album overall. Television is an essential part of that initial, American post-punk exploratory period that birthed bands like Violent Femmes and The Replacements. It's nihilistic and nonsensical at times, sure. But that's just true to its post-punk underpinnings. It also hits with some strong, jazz-rooted drums and more than a few prog-rock-leaning instrumental sections. Is it an amazing album? No. But it's pretty damn good. The title track, Marquee Moon, in particular, is great from both a technical and musical perspective.

Side 1 is post punk perfection. Side 2..... is really not.

Not something I would have chosen to listen to, I find this post-punk isn't a good release of anger or sadness or any emotion it just winds you up. I really appreciate some of the guitar parts and the vocals but all together I do not like the songs. I wish the guitar parts, which are really cool and impressive, could be combined with some more melodic parts as well then I would love it. Guitar parts in Marquee Moon for example absolutely gorgeous and so impressive, but could it be put with more melodic instrumentation and then it would be a masterpiece to me, also we do not need 10 minutes of this fuck saaaake. I get why a lot of people think they're amazing though and they seem to have been extremely influential from research (I hadn't heard of Television before). This is apparently one of Tom's favourite albums of all time though...

That's it. I'm done. Fuck this list. This was supposed to be fun, and it has been a slog to get through 80% of these albums. Music shouldn't feel like a chore to listen to. This guy's voice is like nails on a chalkboard

Amazing album front to back, all killer no filler. Truly one of the best albums ever created, not only based on the quality of songs but also the composition of the album itself. Absolutely exceptional album.

A truly classic from the great New York punk rock scene.

This feels like the definition of "proto". Sonically it's roots really resonate far and wide, and in its own right it is surprisingly strong. Plus it fits my flavors in some really strong ways.

This is a pretty great record. Television is a complete blindspot for me but seems like they should be in my wheelhouse. The guitar interplay is great. The vocals aren't amazing but they mostly work in the context of the songs. Cool record.

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Wow. What a find. Never listened to them before but after Venus I knew this album was going to be a good one. I don't throw 5 stars around willy nilly, and certainly not for an album I've only heard once, so this is a strong 4.

Weird songwriting, yet impossibly cool. The lyrics are a masterpiece of tonality. Some of the hooks and melodies are to die for. I have to realise that one of the ways I judge an album is if I want to party with the band. I definitely want to party with Television.

Fun, jazzy, angular, theatrical. Your favorite band's favorite album. Paved the way for a lot of great music. Favorite tracks: "Friction", "Marquee Moon", "Elevation", "See No Evil"

Enjoyable enough but nothing that makes it standout. Suffers from lots of bands coming after that do it slightly more to my taste.

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Another one of those punk albums that's influenced a lot of my favourite music and more broadly favourite genres. Can hear plenty of Wire in here to the point it sounds like the same drummer. Talking Heads were for sure listening too. Don't get me started on who of my favourites it's touched but Parquet Courts is the clear call out here.

I know this record so well, and have read so much about it, review feels redundant, so I’ll leave three passing observations. 1. The clean, lapidary and chiming sound of the playing camouflages the fact that it really swings. My two-year old went ape over the first minute of the title track. 2. I used to disregard the second half, probably due to the vulnerable tone after the brasher first half; of course, now I might prefer it. 3. If, like I did, you think this is the only Television record worth checking out, here’s some happy news: Adventure and the self-titled are great records, and the live “The Blow-Up” is sorcery, especially “Little Johnny Jewel”.

I've been thinking about how to review this for a while (or "Horses", if it came up first), concerned I would go into an old man rant about how people don't make records like this anymore. I've settled on this: Records of this quality and importance are like elements of the periodic table; once they've been discovered by the pioneers who made them, we should all be happy that Platinum exists, not sad that no-one will isolate it for the first time again. Pretentious, moi?

I was a tad worried by this album's opening track being a bit too stereotypical rock, but as soon as Venus presented itself (a song I know very well) it was "smooth" sailing from then on. You can hear so much of the DNA found in the music industry in this one album, with complex percussion, fantastic guitar solos/riffs, and lyrical content that seems to actually be trying to say something. That isn't to say none of these things existed in music prior, because obviously that isn't the case, but this album takes all of those features, whether it be its poeticism, or its almost jazz instrumentation, and makes it unabashedly a rock statement. Its almost like the anti-punk, with its long songs and complete and utter dreariness when examining the world and itself, but still has this rebellious energy that can easily be found in New York at the time, but somehow this just makes it feel all so devastating. Very little artists would be able to pull off a song like Marquee Moon, yet Television did it on their first try, and that is breathtakingly impressive. This may not be an album to dance to, or an album to jam out in the car with your friends to, but its still an album to FEEL something with, and considering it bore an entire genre of its own (albeit with some help of the likes of Brian Eno and Pere Ubu years before) its no wonder that this is considered essential listening today. It just strikes you the longer it goes on that you are listening to one of the highest forms of musical art, and I cannot express how amazing yet oddly terrifying that is at the same time.

one of my favourite albums oat? and on my birthday? what a lovely little treat

I could write 10,000 words about how phenomenal this record is. Not only one of the best records of the post-punk era, or even the 70s, but arguably one of the greatest rock records of all time.

Great album recommendation. As for someone who likes the Strokes, this album is a gem. Some fine production and guitar works here. Also Venus sounds amazing, currently my favourite song. 10/10 album right here

An all timer. From the opening chords of "See No Evil," it's clear that Television was forging a new, unique sound that blended elements of post-punk, new wave, and art rock. Side A leads up to the iconic title track, a showcase of guitar excellence. Side B is no slouch, despite perhaps lacking a heavyweight track. “Elevation” opens the second half in a moody fashion with its minor key never letting go of a somber demeanor in addition to that angular, off-tempo guitar recording multiple times in each chorus. "Guiding Light" is surprisingly direct and heartfelt, which hits harder now given Tom Veraline's recent passing. "Prove It" provides some light-hearted fun but is still wound tight as a corkscrew. "Torn Curtain" is an appropriately weighty, minor key closer. Perfection. This album just turned 46 years old two days ago! I even have an enamel pin of the album cover's back. RIP Tom Veraline.

Bought this in '77 so really know it well, Love Toms work and you can see the influence of Television on the New York Punk scene through later bands like Talking Heads et-al. I Love the Idea that Joey Ramone could have been in the band at one time, wonder what kind of fusion that would have made? Richard Hell was a contemporary who didn't make the cut also, luckily for us as we then got the Voidoids! You can here the influence of The Velvet Underground on this album too. Love "Venus" "Friction" and "Marquee Moon". An influential album rightfully on the list here.

Angular and hooky and melodic and oh so influential, this is music for intelligent folk. It’s also the Rosetta Stone for New Wave and indie rock, a source document that would be plundered in the decades that followed. The vocals are pretty mediocre (and not too pleasant to hear), but the vibes, mood and tempo are compelling, as is the lack of studio trickery. The title track is an epic of understatement, how you can go big in rock without being utterly bombastic – it’s a minor miracle that it was recorded in one track. “Elevation” and “Guiding Light” (oh, the lilting outro) are also fantastic, simultaneously entrancing and ear-wormy. It’s amazing how much they could mine from a pretty simple and straightforward approach. One for the ages and rounding up because they have been criminally overlooked and underrated.

Tom Verlaine’s lyricism on Marquee Moon, influenced by French and Bohemian poetry, filled to the brim with puns, double entendres, and other clever witticisms, could’ve been enough to establish the record as a classic in itself, but then, the interweaving, lyrical guitar playing of Verlaine and Richard Lloyd could’ve done the same. There are very few records I love as much as this one. It has had an immeasurable impact on the way I think about guitar playing, lyricism, even music itself. High praise, I know, but it’s entirely deserved. Standout Tracks: See No Evil, Venus, Marquee Moon, Prove It, Torn Curtain

One of my favorite albums. Love every track. So simple yet entrancing and melodic. I think a lot of it comes from its jazz-like structure, despite only using rock instruments. This isn't like anything out there. Explores several themes, none of which overstay their welcome, and never tries to be flashy. Atmosphere is wistful and mysterious, sometimes very dark, which works perfectly with Verlaine's haunting vocals and creepy lyrics. This is best exemplified in "Friction," from the beginning tune to the guitar interludes between every line. It amazes me how each track stands out in these remarkable, memorable ways. It helps that there are only 8 tracks, each deserving full attention. The mixing is as best as it could be, you could hear everyone clearly, as subtle as they may be. A bad production job would have likely dulled the contributions of the drums, which I feel play the major role in carrying the power and tempo in this album compared to most. When the drums change, you know we're moving into new territory. The second side doesn't get enough love. Starting with the garage-style wild opener, it feels like the first few tracks are building up the mood to the titular masterpiece, but we abruptly shift to the post-apocalyptic second half. Again, with each track I can pull out 10 things that I obsess over. And yet there's always a commendation about the vocals, guitar solos, lyrics, and drums... no one's being dragged behind in any of them. "Elevation" carries the themes we saw in "Friction" and "Marquee Moon," but "Guiding Light" really mellows the tone for the rest of the album. When people say Marquee Moon is one of the most influential album to the alternative and indie scene, the song I typically thing of is "Prove It;" there's something so standard about that song that really sets the benchmark of how rock music should sound like, simple yet constantly evolving, with dynamic vocals and solos that naturally come in and out of the song's riffs, closing with an extended satisfying ending. Also, it has the abrupt stops, which is one of my favorite things about punk music. Finally, the album closes with the gothic, eery "Torn Curtain." Absolutely love the yearning chorus and the isolating guitar. Best choice to close the experience.

"Friction" is one of the horniest songs I've ever heard. "Marquee Moon" pioneering the brain-fuck off-time guitar part solo intro. Also pioneering self-indulgent guitar wankery at the end of the album

I have this on vinyl and is played at least once a month as It's one of my favourite albums. You can hear how it's so influential on many other bands.

The Strokes before the Strokes

Marquee Moon is the debut album by Television, originally released in 1977. Wow, this was good. Pretty much no one sounded like this in 1977. The closest I can think of off the top of my head is Talking Heads maybe? This must've been such a breath of fresh air in the punk/alternative scene at the time. This record has a mix of shorter songs and some longer jams, but it's always interesting instrumentally and lyrically. Television really avoided falling into post-punk cliches that a lot of bands unfortunately were victim of. I also had no idea they were American. This record sounds very British. Very fun listen.

So I was aware of Television and “Marquee Moon” in the late-70’s, but I was way more into blues-based heavy rock, as well as progressive rock back then… That said, I always had a very positive vibe about the band and that album in particular… So this was my first time listening to the album start-to-finish, and I thoroughly enjoyed it… It’s very clear that there is something incredibly original about this album – and there something very special about it as well… For me, the best songs on “Marquee Moon”, sound like the bridge between the traditional rock world as it had progressed to that time – and what would become the alternative rock genre that would follow… Not so much the lyrics, and clearly the vocals are not the strength of the album, but musically is where you can really notice the difference… It is worth noting that the vocals DO fit the music style pretty well – even if they are not the best from a singing perspective… I like that they had 3 shorter tracks on each side, with the closing track on each side, being the longer, more intricate compositions… IMO, the longest tracks are by far the best – but there is goodness throughout… My favorite tracks include – “Friction” – 4-stars out of 7… “Guiding Light” – 4-stars out of 7… “Torn Curtain” – 5-stars out of 7… “Marquee Moon” – 6-stars out of 7… Mainly for the music, and incredible originality… Probably a 3.75 in my book, but because of the originality and significance, I’ll clock it in at a solid 4…

The album generator didn't save my review, so all my lovely readers have been deprived of the genius flow of words that could have so enriched their lives. Who am I kidding? We are all just tiny ants shouting into the void - hear me! I matter! I have value to add! Who am I kidding? Ants all work together as part of an interconnected whole, a community, a society where no one is more important than anyone else, everyone is valuable to the whole and everyone gets on with life without complaining. It's a great album, birthing that New York sound that all your indie kid modern bands love so much. It's not for ants though. They are better than us in so many ways.

Simple melodies yet intricate guitar work. It's a fascinating listen.

A very jagged and angular listen. You can almost feel the elbows digging into your sides as the guitars move up and down the frets. That's the muso wank verdict. And I' not even a muso. But hey! Marquee Moon doesn't require a PhD in the Inky Press to appreciate it. It still sounds like no other album, apart from the endless post-punk copyists that followed... Stick with the best, stick with the original. Superb.

A classic that I came to late, 10 years ago, perhaps. It's a very good album and the guitar interplay between Verlaine and Richard Lloyd is often gorgeous and always engaging. I was tempted to give it an automatic 5 stars for it's reputation and they fact that I mostly think it's brilliant, but...... Tom Verlaine's voice keeps it from reaching the highest score. Now I can usually look past a unflattering vocal performance if the songs transcend the subjectively week vocals and I mostly do, but ultimately I can't quite get to 5. 4 .5 🌟

Another absolute classic which must have been a lightning bolt moment back in '77, perfect marriage of punk sensibilities and aesthetic with the artsy contemporaries like Talking Heads and Roxy Music. 10 minute songs?? Guitar virtuosos?? And from the 70s, but no caped keyboard players or fairytale lyrics in sight?! For me the highlights are all in the first half, in particular Venus and Marquee Moon. The album peaks with that transcendent title track, although the soft and stirring Guiding Light is a highlight from Side 2. A stronger closer would have bumped this to 5* for me but can settle with 4.5* and bottomless admiration.

That "Marquee Moon," guitar riff is so damn infectious it has kept me coming back to this album over and over. Come for that riff and stay for a group of punks that can actually play guitar. I feel like their guitar work was well beyond what most of their fast and loud contemporaries were doing. It was also just really catchy to me. I think Verlaine is a fantastic songwriter as well. Interesting imagery and delivery. That being said I feel like a few of the songs on the back half of this album were just not as fleshed out lyrically and more of a showcase of how well these guys could play guitar. For that I've got to give this one a 4.

Another one I haven't listened to in years. I can now hear the influence/crossover of/with peers like Patti Smith and, more than anything, Talking Heads.

# 375 : Enjoyable enough but nothing that makes it standout. Another album which makes you reconsider whether there are as many as 1,001 albums you must listen to before you die. Honourable mention : See No Evil

could be worse but also rly doesn't need to exist

I actually really enjoyed this album! Thinking about adding it to my favorites but may need to listen a few more times before I make that commitment. Oddly, I listened to it as I slept on my first flight home and it was good background noise lol. I didn't recognize the most popular song but it was a good one.

man is this thing good

A wonderful album - beautiful recording, great songs, excellent band spreading their wings and taking flight. Innovative guitar playing, especially - fluid and considered.

Så stilbildande! Fanns gitarr-pop ens innan denna plattan? Fem!

this album is fucking fantastic, its an absolute classic. straight bangers front to back. best work Richard Hell was involved in by far. when I'm going through it I tend to put the title track on repeat and didn't realize that was the only time I listened to it, listening to it now brings an unexpected shade of blue to an otherwise great day.

Excellent. This album feels like the guitars are speaking to me in ways that I believe that I’ve only ever heard by the Strokes. Favorite: Marquee Moon Least Favorite: Guiding Light

amazing

One of those albums that started my love affair with punk music, though I guess a lot of people who hear it might argue that it's not punk and that it's more of just a straight up rock record. I would argue that punk is kind of a meaningless descriptor anyway. It's just so awesome. It's both really urgent and agitated but also shows so much restraint and great musicianship. It's a really weird combination that I've been hard pressed to find before or since. If you don't get this band just keep listening to them until you do. Even their last album in the '90s is excellent. Such a fucking cool band!!!

Mikilvæg og sturluð plata. Maður heyrir líkindin við Byrne og Talking Heads. Hrár söngur með litlu production rugli þar. Rosalega lifir þessi plata vel.

Alveg ótrúleg plata og gítarleikurinn æðislegur. "All your favorite rock bands fucking love this album."

My heart leaped when I saw this album come up next. Marquee Moon is already on my personal all-time favorite list, so I knew this was already a 5-star album. But I had to give it another listen, right? Of course it holds up. This album is masterpiece. I don't know what else to say. it's as good as anything from the mid to late 70s CBGB-era stuff and it's arguably one of the most influential albums of the aughts indie rock movement (which is uncoincidentally one of my favorite eras as well). My only "complaint" about the album is that, while the whole thing is great, I feel like the first 1/3 is this build up to an amazing climax in the title track while the rest of the album feels like it's playing catch up from the highs of the first half. But, pacing is a minor, perhaps personal, qualm in an otherwise perfect 5-star album.

You can tell the Strokes studied this album!

En 1977, sort le premier album de Television "Marquee Moon". Television c'est l'un des groupes les plus fascinants de la période punk et "Marquee Moon" c'est l'excellence du rock new-yorkais. Television c'est aussi un ovni dans le paysage punk de l'époque. Pas vraiment punk, pas complètement rock, flirtant avec le jazz, Television c'est avant tout une esthétique post-punk mélodique. Television c'est aussi un jeu de guitare extraordinaire de deux solistes. Quand la guitare de Tom Verlaine, torturée et chaotique rencontre celle de Richard Lloyd, lumineuse bien que plus classique. Le mélange des deux procure une atmosphère à la fois sereine et bucolique, alternant arpèges, riffs et solos. Un 5/5 pour un album culte d'un groupe encore beaucoup trop méconnu du grand public.

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amazing show stopping perfect

Effortlessly cool and supremely influential, it's also just a great album from beginning to end.

reminded me a lot of Wire, especially Pink Flag, but actually came out before it. I was sure they were British, and astounded to find out they are not. A band I mostly knew from their influence on other artists, but I will definitely seek out more music from them

This album grew on me quite a bit. At first the peculiar vibe left me a bit disconnected from it but when you really dive into it you get to see something really special. The production on this was phenomenal, the meticulous detail on the marvelous sounds, and the poetic lyrics it adds a great depth that I couldn't quite see in my previous listens. Very solid. 4.50-4.75/5

this one didn't click the first time i listened to it, so i'm glad i gave it another chahnce for this project. classic.

Have never heard this before. Listened to it and then listened to it again.

The title track is perfection

# Playlist track - See no Evil # Notes - Got that as a recommendation from Flea (Red Hot Chilli Peppers). The day one of the members died (Tom Verlaine, I think) I read a note on Twitter saying that "Marquee Moon" was somewhat of a defining album for him. - Blown away from the first track! It's really really good. - Ended up re-listening today and the album is super fun! Definitely recommend!

A stellar front running classic with influences for days in the modern game.

I was once thrown out and barred from a pub for playing the unedited title track on the jukebox 6 times in a row. No regrets.

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10/10 – one of my fav albums of all time. Unbelievably progressive guitar playing and songwriting. Perfect soundtrack of CBGBs and the entire universe that surrounded that. This album is a peak atop a perfect moment that happened before the Sex Pistols but after the Beatles. The title track is one of the few "rock" songs that can go beyond the 8 minute mark with no wank. Don't know how they did it.

great album, enjoyable from start to finish

This is hot shit for 1977.

Every song on here is a wonderful journey. This album is such a rare gem they pull from so many sources and rejected Eno’s initial NY new wave mix for a lusher sound. The Result feels like the apex of 70s guitar music

Very much underrated band / Tom Verlaine. Very interesting music.

Guiding light was my favorite track

This album was hugely influential to me so it’s an easy 5 stars. I may not listen to it all the time any more but it will always hold a special place for me. Also, I will never skip Marquee Moon, it’s one of the best songs of all time. If you get a chance, check out Little Johnny Jewel. It didn’t make the album but it’s on the expanded edition and imo should have been on the album.

This is one of those records where I only have the vinyl; the jacket was lost to the four winds long ago. It's also beat to hell, having been the soundtrack for many, many after hours shenanigans. "I don't listen to Marquee Moon often but when I do, so do my neighbors." Great guitar and fantastic lyrics: "I fell right into the arms of Venus De Milo" My band used to play at a bar in NYC that was run by Tom, an old punk who most nights would drink a case of Rolling Rock and regale us with stories about the good old days. My favorite was the time at CBGB's he finally got up the nerve to approach Patti Smith to sign the book of her poetry he always carried with him and Tom Verlaine was sitting in her lap.

Marquee Moon is a sonic masterpiece that defies time. It's a record that is both intensely personal and universally relatable. From the pulsating rhythms of "Venus" to the ethereal beauty of "A Dream from Dreamland," this is a record that is as challenging as it is rewarding. It's a record that rewards repeated listed, revealing new layers of complexity.

Loved this album im so glad this was on here

A perennial favorite. It is difficult for me to pinpoint what it is about the post-punk music that revs my engine, but it does.

Extremely enjoyable listen

Goated with the sauce

fantastic. title track contains one of my favorite builds ever.

Really wasn't expecting to like this one so much, a great quintessentially rock album with amazing guitars backing it up

Some primo shit

What is happening right now? I went from 6 albums in a row that were all 3s and one 1 to a streak of 9 albums with only two 3s and everything else being above that. I'm not complaining that I'm getting great albums now, but where where they earlier? I was getting demoralized for a bit there. Anyways, that's over because now I'm getting albums like Marquee Moon. I love this album. It's amazing. I get the hype. The pacing is perfect. There are some albums I've gotten that are great but aren't perfect in the pacing department. Case in point, the last album I got, The Wall. I love that album, but I wasn't just saying that it's a lot because of the heavy subject matter. I was also saying it because the album's 82 minutes long. Marquee Moon? A tight 46 minutes. I'm fine with long albums, but I do prefer albums in the 40-minute range. The writing is pretty good. There's things to think about. But the sound is what I love the most about this album. The singing is fun. It's not for everyone, but it gives me a sort of Talking Heads vibe that I do enjoy. And the instrumental sound? Awesome. The guitar work is stellar. The riffs and solos stand out and are very fun. The rest of the sound gets the job done excellently. With this album being released in 1977, it's also influenced later iconic bands like Joy Division, R.E.M., and the Strokes, making Marquee Moon a no-brainer for a list like this. This is a truly excellent album that has stood the test of time for 46 whole years and will do it again for another 46 and beyond. 5/5.

Squeezed somewhere between the vehement punk scene that'd at the time proclaim this an "experimental album" and a world of today that has grown too accustom to such expressions that burst and drag like shrapnel slowly mutilating your innards, Television's bombastic debut is a force to be reckoned with, establishing the stylistic standard to come and still managing to sound fresher than half the shit that has come out since.

This is a consistent album, so consistent that not a single song on this record is even remotely close to being "bad". Every tightly segmented division played on this record is done so cerebrally and with purpose. The riffs and melodies are spectacular and highlight the tracks magnificently; the instruments are played masterfully. This is a pretty incredible, almost transcendental album and an absolutely bonkers debut.

This is the greatest album ever recorded.