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Love it
Nice sound and bass playing. Don’t particularly enjoy the voice but strong songs. Likely a very influential album.
the instrumental is crazy satisfying, love the vibe just PEAK
Yet another band on this list that I had never heard of, but ended up really enjoying the album. I think had been introduced to this back when it was new, I would’ve been quite a fan of this band. I’ll be listening to this one again, and I’ll give it four stars for now.
yayaya
Review - classic art rock album. The well known songs on it are very good. There's a bit of chaff in there too. Also I don't think it would be so well regarded if it wasn't for their association with CBGB. It gets called post punk but I don't think it's doing anything that Brian Eno wasn't doing a year or two earlier. Score - 7/10 Need to listen? YES
Great musicianship and melodies by the rest of the band, but the lead singer's voice is profoundly unpleasant and annoying. It sounds like your drunken co-worker trying to do a Mick Jagger impression at a karaoke bar.
Another true discovery. Albums like these and being so pleasantly surprised by them is why i do this challenge.
Malo
Nothing too special. Last song is a vibe though.
It was ok........ Vocals not really my thing. Would've loved it if I was drunk though
A respectable entry in this genre but honestly not a standout for me.
Não curti muito Estava em Toronto na conexão Junho/2026 Não bateu com o momento
Bored as hell
My personal goal is to try and re-appraise anything I already heard without any extrinsic information. I just don't think I can do that here. This album is a part of me now based on my history with it. I wish that I could hear the end of Marquee Moon again with fresh ears untainted by . That and 'Prove It' are my favorite tracks. I'm not going to perform putting this album on a pedestal on the basis of any of the other tracks but I just love the guitars on this album.
Really solid proto punk. Softer, catchier, and way better use of instruments than punk. Almost sounds like the talking heads at times in a weird way.
I was psyched for this one like few before it. I knew very little coming in; this is *the* album apparently & these cats were a big influence on one of my faves. So I've had this one in the queue for a few months now. LOVE! This is great. I absolutely hear what the others who turned me onto this group hear, which is that early indie sound. Dig the songwriting, the style. Absolutely keeping this one in the rotation & digging into this group more
Really liked this . Listened it to twice straight through .
The title track is an absolute masterpiece, while the rest doesn't quite hit the same heights I'm going 5 nonetheless.
Sounds like clap your hands and say yeah Marquee moon Prove it
I know this album well and I haven't listened to it in ages looking forward to how it sounds now. Still sounds as good as any modern Rock Album, still fantastic
More punk attitude than rock. Angular and arty. For the people who sat at the tables at CBGB
Album started of sounding fresh, at the end I was a little bit oversaturated with the sound tho.
Extra star for the epic title track
Eh, not my vibe but I suppose it's good for what it is. Kind of punk-adjacent.
Väldigt bra. Hur har jag inte hittat detta? Lite brittpoprock vibes men ändå 70tal. Lite modernt kanske i ljudet?
The consummate rock guitar album, or at least one of them. The compositions are a lot to dig into, even the shorter, poppier ones. Structurally, the songs don’t even process in my brain as having chord progressions- they feel glued together by different lead guitar parts that almost act like the heads of jazz compositions. Lyrically, it’s denser for me, maybe because it’s hard to focus on the vocals as the centerpiece of the music. After all, sometimes it sounds like the lyrics and guitars are having a conversation: ‘how does a snake get out of its skin?/here’s a depiction’ —> guitar solo that does just that.
6/10
This album does not appear in my version of the book, so was a bit of a surprise, not unpleaseantly so. I'd never heard of Calexico until today. Reminds me musically in parts of Zorn or maybe I'm misremembering. Not a huge fan of the Mariachi sound. Quattro (World Drifts In) Black Heart Pepita Woven Birds
Rolling Stones at home:
This is an essential album for any guitarist to listen to, study deeply and marvel at the fact that these guys were unlike anyone else in 1977. Tom Verlaine, you are missed now and always.
Marquee Moon is a record that reveals itself slowly and honestly, which is either a virtue or a limitation depending on what you're after. By the end it has grown into something real — the guitar interplay between Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd opens up gradually, the Stones-inflected looseness becomes more audible, the ten-minute title track earns its length in a way that In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida's drum solo decidedly does not. And yet grown-on-me doesn't quite get it to four, which is its own useful piece of information. The Wilco connection is the clearest entry point. The extended instrumental passages — exploratory rather than showy, built from interlocking melodic lines rather than riffs — draw a fairly direct line to what Tweedy and Nels Cline would do decades later on records like A Ghost Is Born. Hearing Television is hearing an ancestor, which gives the listen genuine context beyond pure historical importance. The guitar interplay here isn't musicianship for its own sake; it's a conversation, and the conversation is interesting. What keeps it at three is Verlaine's voice, which operates in the same art-school angular territory as David Byrne — the singer slightly outside the song, observing rather than inhabiting. That approach has created consistent distance throughout this project, and it does the same work here. The instrumental world pulls you in; the vocal world holds you at arm's length. A respectful three with real texture underneath it — more genuine connection than most records that land here, but a ceiling it can't quite break through.
Really enjoyed this a lot!
Sounds more modern then you would think
Mom says we have Talking Heads at home.
Kind of strange and Stones like but different.
This is an alright album, not too bad. It was pretty nice leaving it in the background.
Still not sure if I’d call this punk (probably more akin to art rock, similar to Talking Heads although they are quite different in a lot of ways), but I do call it bloody good. The centerpiece, Marquee Moon, is a great way to get lost for 10 minutes or so, and the central instrumental section is heaven on tape to me. The remainder is all good, particularly See No Evil, Venus and the closer, Torn Curtain. Torn between 4 and 5 stars but going to err on the side on generosity and go with a big 5.
Pretty good nothing that blew me away
Proto post punk, but with jazzy call-and-response, jangly jingles, and New York swagger
Nog wel nice
banger!
Buenardo, bastante angine de poitrine
I remember getting this and not listening to it much. Marquee moon being the obvious stand out. The rest not as good but has an interesting sound. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: No. 81/318 (25%) Will I get: Maybe a better version
Solid late 70s vibe
Wow -- another unknown gem this week! One of my favorite acts of the last 20 years is the Strokes. Upon listening to this album I'm finding Television doing a lot of the things that I love about the Strokes, like melodic guitar lines, a lead singer with swagger singing thought provoking lyrics, and the unabashed use of NYC as a backdrop. In addition to the Strokes, Television really appears to have paved the way for many of the alternative acts of the 80s that I really love. Though I enjoyed every track, Venus, the title track and Prove It are standout songs for me. I definitely plan on checking out more of their music.
Now this is what I’m talking about. One of the primary examples thus far of a band completely unknown to me releasing a gem that’s excellent all-around. The guitar playing is fantastic and would completely steal the show if not for the rest of the production, along with the passion and lyrics from the lead singer, holding their own as well. Every track offers something unique and undeniable, giving us plenty of sonically interesting and purely catchy moments that work well together. A super strong release that could still grow on me yet. 2 listens Favorite Tracks: Title Track, Venus, See No Evil, Torn Curtain
Expectation: -> Seemingly, another obscure band/album. Hoping this is as good as yesterday's surprise. After listening: -> Like the title track, though not all 10:36 of it. Overall, I feel that the vocals hold this band back. Some of the guitar and drumming is quite good. The longer I listen the more I enjoy this. Not a bad song to be found here. Almost giving this a 4 (might I regret not?). Track ranking: Venus Moon Prove Elevation Evil Light Friction Curtain
This was surprising and really good! I have never heard of them before which is kind of surprising. This music fits right in with everything else that was popular.
yea its cool i guess i like see no evil it just works but yk not my taste like that
i discovered television a few years ago, first song i heard was marquee moon and i was impressed honestly, then i was a regular listener to them. but then i discovered new music and kind of drifted away from them, then a few months ago marquee moon came up in a playlist and i wanted to listen to them again and now i listen to them frequently like i did before, so this being the first album generated to me made me so happy! i think the sound is pretty diverse going from a track to another but still keeping the authentic rock sound they have, i love this album. favourite song is obviously marquee moon as it's the one that got me into them.
A real favourite, even before listening to it this time around. It was made moreso upon discovering that each track was recorded live in studio, with very little overdubs or fiddling with filters, resulting in a sound that is raw yet crisp. You can tell how talented these guys are due to their absolute dedication to precision, and the title track alone is an all-timer. Proper CBGB-scene punk, from an era defined by similarly brilliant emerging artists such as Talking Heads and Blondie. Favourite track: Marquee Moon Least favourite track: Prove It
Marquee Moon es una obra de arte atemporal y el plano geométrico sobre el cual se edificó el post-punk y el art-rock contemporáneo. Al escuchar su intrincada estructura, ahora entiendo que Interpol y bandas similares tienen raíces profundas en este álbum, tomándolo como un manual de estilo indispensable que ha envejecido bien. A nivel de ensamble, el disco es una proeza de claridad técnica: los diálogos asimétricos entre las guitarras, el bajo y la batería están muy bien entretejidos, renunciando a la distorsión ruidosa de su época para priorizar una nitidez casi arquitectónica. El pulso del álbum posee un carácter hipnótico y magnético; su enfoque progresivo me gusta y atrapa de principio a fin, alcanzando su cumbre formal en la mítica suite homónima que expande los límites de la canción popular. Conceptual y filosóficamente, el disco habita la dicotomía del humano versus máquina; en esta modernidad parece que no podemos vivir uno sin el otro, balanceando la precisión metronómica e instrumental con una interpretación vocal poética, errática y descarnada. Un clásico conmovedor, crudo y real cuya impecable sensación de paz y fluidez estructural lo vuelve idóneo para múltiples usos dinámicos: el trabajo creativo, el ejercicio, la carretera o la reflexión solitaria.
This album rocks.
It’s ok. 3 songs I liked.
Definitely hear this bands influences on more current bands. Overall ok. Maybe another listen. 3.5
Pretty good!
An album that may have had more of an influence on me if listened to during the time it was released. The guitar throughout stole the show but couldn’t get over the shrill voice of the lead singer, just personal opinion. Overall, the title track was probably the best but nothing really stood out to me. Two stars
Me ha gustado, pero not my style
I listened to this album after coming back from lunch, feeling a little physically drained but mentally refreshed. This was one of the albums featured on the front page of this list, the only one in that lineup which I didn't recognize. I had been curious about it from that very moment, and I tried to moderate my somewhat heightened expectations once I finally got around to listening to it. It started off sounding like some pretty conventional classic rock sound which didn't stand out to me immediately, but the more it went on, the more I started to hear the groundwork being laid for new wave acts to come. This felt like an album whose influence would be hard to properly appreciate after having heard other albums further down its influential road, but it doesn't end up sounding too dated or out-of-touch. Even decades later, Marquee Moon still feels very true to the genre and stands on its own with catchy riffs and hooks. Some of these drum fills tickle my brain alongside my favorite modern bands, and I love the unconventional blends of different guitar parts throughout the project. The songs only got more interesting and unique as the album went along, continuing to sound not only more modern than I initially expected, but sometimes feeling incredibly ahead of its time. One of my favorite parts, however, is the tongue-in-cheek lyricism which gives the album a sense of timeless levity. Even through a potentially unfair level of anticipation, this album still managed to shine as quite an unexpected highlight, even if I can't quite connect with all of its choices on account of simply listening to it after having fallen in love with the albums which will follow in its footsteps, taking its ideas to their ultimate conclusions (and also guy on the cover looks like Matt Watson, which makes me laugh). Highlights: See No Evil, Venus, Friction, Marquee Moon, Prove It, Torn Curtain
Highlights: See No Evil, Venus, Marquee Moon, Friction, Guiding Light, Elevation, Torn Curtain and Prove It. That’s the whole album folks. 4.2
I’ve owned this album on CD for years, but never really did a deep dive until now. This is an amazing album. Every part of it seems very well crafted and thought out. The guitar parts are so interesting, the vocals are great, the basslines are not only present, but add their own dimension… it’s just really really good. Huge fan of this.
Fascinating, but more homework than fun. Title track goes hard though.
Альбом №1 Как я и думал такая музыка будет для меня звучать однотипно, видимо в силу моего музыкального невежества, собственно поэтому я здесь Добавил 1 трек из 8, заглавный - Marquee Moon, не смотря на длительность слушался интересно, особенно зацепила гитара в перебивках между куплетами, если так можно выразится Итого 2,5-3 из 5
bro please stop looking at me like that
Ña, es escuchable pero muy mid
Marquee Moon is not the traditional punk album one would hear coming out of 1977, but it was one of the firsts that laid the groundwork for the genre people love and know today. I don't think I fully understood this album the first time I heard and and still even during this listen don't think I fully understand it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't appreciate it more this time around. This album front to back is super duper consistent but nothing stands out as anything more then great in my eyes. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy every track here but this album always confused me why people think it is one of the greatest of all time, it doesn't stick out very much to me other then for its consistency. Tom Verlaine has a very recognizable but also very subtle voice as it balances as a paradox of sorts throughout the entire 46 minute runtime. The backing band is also very good at setting the mood, pace, and just feel of this very awkwardly perfect sound. Marquee Moon is weird, but that doesn't mean it is strange, in fact there are a lot of conventional elements here that lean more towards art rock but also aren't anything mind blowing (other then maybe the nearly 11 minute track thrown into this album). Marquee Moon is straightforward and I think that's why a lot of people like it, including myself, it is a great time and that's all I really wanted from this.
Pretty good. “I have a lil leather jacket but I’m sad I live in the big dirty city”, à la the Strokes
Starts well enough but descends all too often into 6th form band tedium.
I think I wanted to like this, everything sounded so familiar but it was also nothing special at the same time. 3.5/5
ich mag es. Es ist aber nichts erstaunliches. Man kann sehr schnell vergessen, dass man die Lieder hört (also eher als Hintergrundmusik).
Not bad, but not good either. No stand out tracks.
Alright I guess
Notable Textzeile: "Project Protect It's warm and it's calm and it's perfect It's too "too too" to put a finger on" Ich kannte das nicht und für mich ist das eine wirklich tolle Entdeckung. Musikalisch höre ich einiges das in der New New Wave wiederkommt, was Rhythmus angeht, z.B. im Titelsong. Insgesamt sind die Gitarren fantastisch, die Mischung aus Soli, Chords, Riffs. Auch sonst gefällt mir die Stimme, die entspannte aber einigermaßen tighte Rhythmussektion und auch die Lyrics sind simple aber gut. Sehr erfreulich.
Ich kann über dieses Album nur in Superlativen sprechen. Bestes Album der 70er? Wichtigstes Album seit Velvet Underground and Nico? Schuld an allen schlimmen Post-Punk Alben, die wir hören müssen? Schuld an jeder 2000er und 2010er Indie-Retro Idee? More Vampire Weekend than Vampire Weekend? Ich finde das Album wunderbar und perfekt und genau richtig weird und wenn man könnte hätte das jetzt 6 Punkte. Geht aber nicht, daher
Das hat was überraschend modernes, blur-artig, pulp-haft. Keine Ahnung wer das ist, aber würde mich nicht wundern wenn sich 90er/00er-Brit-Rocker stark darauf berufen. Trotzdem frage ich mich warum es einen 10-Minüter braucht. Insgesamt aber eine positive Überraschung die gefällt.
Another okay '70s Rock album but no organ and psychedelic feel this time.
IDK why I didn't like this album before. I certainly like it now.
See No Evil - sounds like classic and little bit like psychdelic rock, pretty good Venus - gives me little bit vibes of Shrek songs, like the progression of keys Friction - sounds more like psychdelic rock, like The Doors Marquee Moon - why it sounds familiar, i love both of the guitar riffs, it went to some astronomical type of song, but it got back to it's main form Elevation - Sounds pretty chill, but sad, but it gets back to neutral zone or atleast like that Guiding Light - sounds like Beatels for sure, really chill song i like it Prove It - Pretty groovy song absolutey enjoy it Torn Curtain - Great song for an outro
This has grown on me a lot with each listen through, especially Marquee Moon. Where his voice was off putting and shrill to begin with I started to appreciate more and more as akin to a David Byrne performance. The music is enjoyable with an edge that is interesting for the 70's. Glad the list has exposed me to another thing i would have written off immediately beforehand.
I think I kinda don't get the whole avantgarde thing here - if this album is avantgarde then I don't know what King Crimson is. But it's nice, and the second half (from the title track) better than the first half.
Kickass record. First side is brilliantly manic, second moody and depressive. Both come together to make what is possibly the best post-punk record of all time.
Interesting, but not sure if from front to back it's phenomenal .
Maybe my favorite record to come out of the CBGB crowd. Post(ish) Punk Art Rock at its finest.
Heard Marquee moon before, it really holds up mix wise and you can hear that it probably was an influence on the indie scene. Though the singers voice gets a bit annoying for my taste and I don't really remember any of the tracks except the title track. Still good quality on the writing
Amazing!!! Really enjoyed, has a great mix of punk, folk, and classic rock, blending heavier sections (for the time) with beautiful melodic riffs. Best track: Friction
Good
Something to play in the background.
This was okay
A tour de force of 70s rock. Bass on Elevation was delightful
Top 10 album for me
Why is this not known more widely? Sure they were not prolific, but this first album was a blueprint for the next two decades of good music. Tom Verlaine should be a household name.
Love the dry sound of the drums in combination with the guitar interplay! Easy to see how this influenced post punk and new wave.
You can hear the influence in a lot of the 90s/00s rock bands.
iconic album thats completly underrated
Never heard of this one or this band. But this is pretty amazing. Sounds timeless, complex yet catchy and cool. Not necessarily my favorite style of rock music, but the influence this had on later bands is palpable.
Only got about halfway through, but I did enjoy what I heard!
This is for people who want to listen to The Rolling Stones but hate the British. A solid vibe album, but nothing special.
peak
- it's chill - i like the guitar riffs - the album cover is simple but layout - my favorite song is "Friction" - vocals are not bad - i lwk wanna frick myself with a dilldough while listening to this tbh 3.5
Good instruments
I wrote this a long time ago upon my first listen: "Took me a long time to get into it but it was worth it. I listened to it at the perfect time enjoying every second. Amazing album hands down it was apparently influential to future rock. Very inspirational and a lot to work from. Some bangers too " right now I FEEL the music. Fav Track: Torn Curtain because its the only one that stuck with me.
A largely great listen enhanced ten fold by the utterly spellbinding and mesmerising title track. Is that the best song of all time?
I had only heard the title track before - this is an incredible album. The guitar solo on See No Evil is fantastic. Venus is a beautiful track with sensational rythm guitar throughout. The highlight though is the titel track - I love their commitment to the opening refrain throughout the tune, and love the three separate solos which each take the song in a new direction. The vocals can be a bit shrill at points in the album but they fit this track perfectly, and the climax into gentle arpeggios around the 8.45 mark is stunning. Guiding Light is lovely and the opening refrain of Prove It fantastic. 9/10
Nowhere near as amazing as some people would have you believe. Sounds like Talking Heads might have if they only had one idea. I mean, it's ok, but it's not the life-changing experience it is hyped up to be.
167.
I actually really liked this
The opening riff grabs me like a tractor beam and I am completely rapt until the Torn Curtain finally falls. Nothing is quite as enchanting as the shambolic order of a group of talented, unpretentious musicians brave (or crazy or drug-addled) enough to explore their own individual sound within a live collective; together organically drifting in and out of dissonance and chaos, stumbling upon and then responding to one soaring melodic idea after another. Add one or more sultry, preening, narcissistic centerpieces and you have magic: Miles, Mingus, Exile-era Stones, the Faces, the Libertines, and this magnificent gift to mankind.
7/10
Enjoyable enough. When I saw a ten minute track I feared it might be self indulgent, but it actually flows nicely.
the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of five-minute guitar solos
Just hook after hook, an album that deserves it's rep as one of the most influential cuts of late 70s rock. Side A in particular is just a perfect run of songs. 9/10.
8/10 I really liked this, lots of fun catchy riffs all over. I didn't like the vocals at first but I think I'm starting to get used to them.
This stands the test of time and feels modern, then I realized based on its release that it influenced punk, alternative, and pop like the Strokes.
Was another big surprise, cant wait to go back and listen again.
If mick jagger joined the who
Olin kuullut Marquee Moonin pari kertaa aikaisemmin, mutta vasta nyt tämän levyn hienous alkoi avautua. Television kuului New Yorkin punk-skeneen, mutta yhtyeen musiikki muistuttaa enemmänkin progea tai kulmikasta taiderockia.
Meh...
ok i guess
😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
Most of the music was fine, but I had a hard time getting over the lead singer's voice as it grated on my nerves. Really not a fan of his voice. My least favorite song was "Torn Curtain".
Titular song slap
jammy 70's I'm liking it on this friday
Early punk band. First punk band to play CBGB. Debut album. Pitchfork: 10 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #107 Best Songs Marquee Moon
They are all pretty good but torn curtains is the best
Skibidi
It’s alright. Nothing too special, but instrumentation is great. Vocals are a little rough, but still good. Title track is best of the album
Muy rock de la época
jaren zeventig rock moet altijd wel goed zijn toch?? AYEEE DIT IS ZO LEUK
ik ken dit al! super goed rock album , klassieker fr
dont like it.
9/10 Kind of massive in the development of the music I love
like my television,I turned these clowns off. 1
Surprisingly good album. I'd never heard of it before.
Pretty fun, crazy to hear that opening lick on Marquee Moon that I feel like has just been part of my entire life?
3/5
meh. I don't really see the point
ALBUM RATING: Cool album, with really good instrumentals. Favourite songs are Guiding Light and Prove It. I give it a 3.75 overall, great! SONGS RATINGS: See No Evil - fun beat, 4 Venus - reminds me of another song, I like around 2:40, 3.75 Friction - really good, I like the pace and the beat, 4.5 Marquee Moon - one of their top songs, makes you feel ready, 3 sorry 😃 Elevation - I like the elevation don’t go to my head part, 3.2, I like the beginning Guiding Light - I really like this one, especially the piano, 4.75. Prove It - I like the prove it, just the facts, confidential, 4 Torn Curtain - I like the way their voice sounds, like they are dragging out the words sadly? Idk how to describe it, 3.5
kind of a nothing burger
Never heard of them, but a pretty good album.
Among the defining pieces to come out of the CBGB soup in NYC, Marquee Moon seems to leapfrog simple punk into alternative, arty rock with great guitar playing and a jazzy rhythm section. Some DNA is shared with Patti Smith, Talking Heads and the like but clearly this is a debut that endures and sticks out as something special. The songs have hooks, albeit unconventional ones and the production sound is wide open an unafraid to jab the listener. Television is a cool band, nothing groundbreaking in this take!
Decent
I liked this album. I can't pick anything out in particular that I remember, but it was nice overall.
One of my personal favorite albums. Love the atypical vocals, intricate guitar chords, and morbid ambience. This is what it’s all about
Exceptional early post punk. It has the stripped down, primal, and rough around the edges aesthetics of other punk of the era, but is also shockingly technical. The experimental aspects of this album sneak up on you. At first, the more intricate elements bubble away in the background with very textural basslines and guitar work buried in the mix, but they eventually burst forwards like fireworks. The compositions grow a lot more complex throughout, with quite structurally basic punk songs giving way to 10 minute long monsters which absolutely earn that run time. Probably the most interesting aspect of this album compared to later post punk records is that the more atmospheric and textural sounds are the result of highly technical guitar work rather than effects, which makes this still quite a unique album even though it is extremely early for its genre.
I liked this more than I thought. I only realized the title track was 10 minutes long about 8 minutes in when the opening line started again, I thought I had set it to repeat. Good sounds, nice backing vocals, I wouldn’t say this is a punk album or whatever people say. I enjoyed this.
The really striking thing about finally sitting down properly with Marquee Moon is that my objection to it isn’t that it’s incompetent, unintelligent or historically unimportant. In fact, the opposite problem kept recurring. The band can plainly play. The room sound is excellent - dry, close, unshowy, musicians in an actual small space rather than prog fog or FM-radio bloat. There are moments where the guitars suddenly chime and hover spectrally and you can hear entire future strands of alternative guitar music opening up. REM are all over this record in embryo. So are later guitar bands who treat texture and atmosphere as architecture rather than decoration. But I kept returning to the same objection: the compositional intelligence never seems to match the instrumental intelligence. That sounds harsher than intended. The album is full of good moments. “Friction” finally introduces enough abrasion and nervous energy to justify its insistence. “Guiding Light” relaxes into proper FM-radio melancholy and becomes genuinely comforting. The title track itself even opens promisingly - the interrupted guitar figure and displaced drum fill hint at the sort of structural intelligence that post-punk and new wave would soon make central. There are repeated flashes where the record seems on the verge of becoming leaner, stranger and more modern than it ultimately chooses to be. But again and again, the songs establish an idea, an atmosphere or a figure and then simply continue while the guitars are allowed to elaborate. I don’t object to long songs in principle - I happily listen to Beethoven’s Ninth voluntarily - but duration demands justification. What labour is this section performing? What changes? What develops? Too often here, the answer seems to be “continued tasteful inhabitation of the state.” That, I suspect, is why the album has always felt oddly reactionary to me in spite of its canonical status as a revolutionary text. Not reactionary politically, obviously, but aesthetically. Punk and post-punk increasingly rediscovered composition as editing, structure, interruption, information density and economy. Television often seem to respond to this shift with “yes, but…” - yes, but articulate guitar interplay still matters; yes, but extension still carries significance; yes, but we’d quite like to preserve some of the old privileges of rock musicianship if possible. Hence the strange sensation that the sleeve promises a harsher, more economical record than the one actually contained within it. The visual language suggests modernist reduction, but the music retains a lingering faith in expressive guitar continuation that feels much older. More than once I found myself thinking that this wasn’t so much a blueprint for post-punk as an abstraction of Neil Young - the sprawl retained, the dirt removed, the wound intellectualised. And yet I can also hear why people love it. The ambience is right. The city-at-night mood is right. Verlaine’s voice carries genuine neurotic yearning in places, and when the guitars stop sounding merely articulate and become haunted instead, the whole thing briefly lifts into something genuinely transporting. The problem is that the album rarely trusts brevity, interruption or mutation enough. It remains too languid. Too willing to continue. Which may explain why, after two hours inside its world, autoplay throwing on Sunny Afternoon felt like someone opening a window. Ray Davies establishes a character, a social world, a melody, a joke and a mood in the time Television take to decide whether the guitars have quite finished speaking yet. Still, I’m glad I finally listened to it properly. Even if my final judgement remains something like: excellent textures, strong atmosphere, historically important, occasionally beautiful - but ideologically unsound in its lingering faith that prolonged guitar discourse is inherently meaningful.
Liked a lot of what was going on with the guitar, and the title track is pretty good. But nothing else really stood out that much to me
Television kuuntelu ei ollut mun juttu.
Melkosen pliisua perus rock artpop kamaa. Tuntuu että näitä artisteja ja levyjä on aivan hirvee läjä, ehkä tää on originaalia. Ei oikein suuria sanottavia
Kinda weird an annoying at a point. It’s either you’re already into it or you let it grow on you. Bot bad tbh
Heard before, one of the all time best albums. Never noticed how mental the drums are on Prove It until this listen
No es el tipo de rock que me gusta, tiene un par de temas buenos
Nice vibey rock album
At first, I wasn't into this album but it picks up speed and becomes a solid album. I hadn't heard of Television. I enjoyed the early punk noise and the chug of their rythem.
Great album - I really enjoyed every track. I know it’s highly regarded by a lot of critics, and even though I enjoyed it I think it’s a bit overrated.
By the time I thought “hey, this album is getting good,” Spotify had changed to something else. Nothing really bad here but nothing memorable at all to me.
Made for some good background music while I was doing some chores, but I didn’t have a moment where I needed to pay closer attention to what was going on.
Mediocre as fuck
Сара 1,5 Марко 3,5
Obra maestra del punk
They have a good buildup in their songs, but most didn’t appeal to me that much
Classy vibes
This is a masterpiece. Not many artists can carry an eleven-minute title track as effectively as Television. Another album from that seminal year.
I tried to listed to this at the end of the day when very tired and hated it. Tried again in the morning and can see the attraction!
In 1977 this must have seemed like music seemed from another planet. Great lyrics. Great tunes. Great composition. 5*
I listened to this album the way I listen to many albums. In the background while I was working. I was quite looking forward to it based on the name of the artist and the cover image. Unfortunately, it did nothing for me. It wasn't good or bad enough to stand out in any meaningful way. 3 stars
I know we're not living in the seventies but I feel like I was there. 4/5
This is some quality art punk. It's wild hearing ideas here that influence artists I never even would have expected. Like this time around, I realized how much influence this album had on Of Montreal.
Talking Head Core, норм, наверн не знал бы ТХ было бы круто, но так -это крепкая 7ка
I like the album. It’s considered punk but clearly it’s not like 1970s punk. I would say it’s the beginning of alternative rock’s break from punk
Influential still sounding current. Great album never get bored of playing this. 5
Llevo años leyendo y escuchando lo genial que es el Marquee Moon de los Television, y por alguna razón nunca le di play. Por fin salió en esta lista, acabo de escucharlo y lo dicho era cierto: es una genialidad absoluta de principio a fin. Increíble rock setentero, las guitarras son una locura ,todas las canciones son tremendos hitazos y en general, un disco de 10. Imposible pensar en ponerle menos de 5 estrellas.
Still love this album as much as I did when I first heard it at 14. The guitar solo for "Elevation" is one of the greatest sections of music ever.
The guitar work is amazing, I love it. The whole Album is great, couldn’t ask for more. 5 stars
First time I’m hearing band and album. Not really my genre then or now. Glad I was I introduced, but it is not something I’ll go back to. 0 songs added to playlist.
Es un álbum muy plano, tiene buenas sintonías de rock/pop pero ninguna me acaba de convencer, siempre les ha faltado algo. La que mejores he visto han sido Marquee Moon y Guilding light pero sin mucho de lo que hablar. Supongo que tambien que a veces la musica de aquella epoca suena en ocasiones muy repetitiva y sin variaciones.
One of my favorite albums. Ahead of its time and still influencing music today.
great album, venus is one of my favourite songs ever
Favorite Track: Elevation
Vocalist sounds too much like the guy from The Strokes for my liking, but the music was not bad. Very 70's jam-rock.
This one surprised me. Never heard of these guys. The music reminds me of the strokes or the band jet
The Strokes de 1977
Alright album. I like the guitar parts but his voice was sometimes annoying lol. Torn Curtain was definitely my favorite tho. 5.5/10.
I’m listening to this album thinking how it’s cool and stripped down and chill, and so, curious, I search info about the band only to find out they are a PUNK ROCK Band!?! 🤯 If this is punk rock I guess I need to re-learn what punk rock is. V good listen 3.9 stars
If Pink Floyd and Talking Heads had a baby
Attractive, intriguing, catchy songs, neatly put together; a classic of its time, and influential long after - what's not to like? Okay, the vocals are 'different'. (Remind me of Dave Studdert of Tactics - which started around the same time as Marquee Moon came out.) But that's no problem in lovely songs like 'Venus' or the title track. Overall, it's Quite Wonderful, 9/10.
No standouts
Never listened to much early punk before this challenge. Really enjoyed hearing a version that feels a little more musically intentional: interesting chords and scales, amazing riffs, thoughtful production. Can easily draw the line between this band and the alt rock of the ‘00s I grew up listening to.
chato pra caralho pqp
The title track has always been a favourite of mine . But a few songs suffer from being to nasal-y for my taste .
On safer ground here an album iv heard before and liked. Listening again I can see why I like it reminds me off one of my favourite bands the Only Ones. Can hear a bit of Mick Jagger in Tom's voice. Have got a run of albums I like must be softening me up for some jazz
Carried unfortunately
Solid.
The guitar playing and beats in this album are great. The lead singer's voice is a bit of an acquired taste, but generally didn't bother me too much. I was not familiar with this band before now, and I'm glad to have learned about them. 4/5
would play if i was chilling on the deck on a nice summer day perhaps having a beer with some buddies
Really enjoyed but also ended up zoning it out a little. But I think that’s a good sign rather than a bad thing
I like this a whole lot. The guitar tones were so crisp and played so elegantly. The songwriting managed to be so pretty and vivid and emotional. My biggest criticism is that the back half of the album is so much less energetic than the first half. It feels like running out of steam as it goes.
A weird rock pop album, but pretty good.
Fantastic, although this one took me time to appreciate. So creative, and every song seems to keep up the pace of the one before it, but bringing a new energy. I think if your not a fan of this style of singing, it may be a bit tough for you, maybe start with talking heads.
Me gustó. Juegan mucho con los instrumentales.
First half was great, could hear the inspiration it gave later bands especially The Strokes. Second half was boring.
This is a much stronger debut than Talking Heads 77. So what happened to Television?
I know 'See No Evil' and "Marquee Moon" well, standard late 70s punk rock. It's good for its ilk
Quite well produced and musically competent. I wasnt there but I imagine that when you put this on you were thinking these guys could be the next big thing.... For 1977 it still sounds fresh and sits at an intresting crossroads between the vibes based 70s and the energy based 80s. I thought it was pretty good and it makes a tight little musical statement.
This wasn't bad. The title track reminded me of a better version of the rolling stones mixed with a bit of talking heads. The singer doesn't have the (good) presence of David Byrne or the (shit) presence of Mick Jagger so it's somewhere in between, but the instrumentation is good. It goes on a long time like a solid post-<genre> song should but the solos are pretty decent, so it doesn't feel like a ten minute song despite being one. The rest of the album isn't nearly as nuanced and almost sounds derivative of other bands, but I think these guys were some of the first to perform this style, so maybe I've got it backwards. It definitely sound more like an 80's record than a 70's one so they were pushing some boundaries.
Twin guitar heaven.
I like this kind of punk. "Art punk" apparently.
It was a very interesting it sounded to me very similar to Parquet Courts, a really nice album
Wow. Unexpected gem. Guitar work on this record is absolutely phenomenal and the sound is so creative. Was between a 4 and 5 but the TASTEFUL guitar swung me.
This album is truly something else. Let's get it of the way first- the guitar parts are to day for. What a thing of beauty. This is a level of artistry that actually inspires you. You can hear it straight from the start, on the first song. Two rather simple rhythm guitar parts that blend perfectly. There's a great solo on this song aswell. Venus was always one of my favorites on here. Great song and great playing. Bass and drums which are very unique and creative, once again the perfect guitars, especially the rolling part on the right ear that continues in the middle on the next excellent, mysterious, and funky Friction. Another incredible song. Yeah, the tracklist is crazy... Well, the next track is Marquee Moon. What can I say about this one. 10 minutes and 45 seconds of perfection. It does everything the last three tracks did, but somehow even better, and longer. But the riffs are so addictive and beautiful, you want them to last forever. The final guitar licks before the drums that brings us back to the riff make me tear up every single time. How do you continue from here? You elevate. Elevation is another masterclass of a song. The movement between the verses and the chorus is massive. Guiding Light is a different one on the album. For me, it would work with all but bangers on this record, but it is a beautiful song. And the keys and bells have something punky about them, I don't know how to explain it. The mellower tone continues with the next track, Prove It. This one has a bit of a reggae vibe to it. I'm especially impressed with the drums here, that are very free in the beat whilethe guitars keep time. The guitar solo is heartwarming aswell. The last track is the weirdest one here. But it turns into a very powerful song when they sing the chorus, and the guitar lines over the dissonant chords. The guitar solos are not the thing about this album, but every time when get one, it's on point. Lovely sad ending to this masterpiece. OK, you can all see where it's going. I love every single song here. They all serve some angle, all written and performed so well. You can't imagine many records where the band sounds so good and fresh, complex and groovy, catchy and mysterious. I talked about the guitar relations before, but it really is what makes it that strong of a listening experience. As a musician myself, this kind of comradery and cooperation really touches me, in a deep way. I aspire for this musical, and personal relationships. Listen to this one if you haven't already, and hopefully you'll learn something about life as I did. Yeah, it's a 5.
F-R-I-C-T-I-O-N Amazing and insanely influential album. Nonstop hits, defined and welcomed a generation. CBGB forever, baby. Verlaine and Hell got a lot of well deserved credit for their poetry, but the whole band are underrated technicians. 4.5/5
Very good!! I had heard songs here and there before but never listened all the way through. The first half is especially strong.
8/10 The first album I've been introduced to by this site that I've really liked.
I love this whole album but the song Marquee Moon is an all time favorite of mine.
Not for me — too one note and I didn’t like the main vocals.
hat mich nicht gestört. teilweise eindrucksvoll. aber auch kein bedürfnis es nochmal zu hören
Zwei geile Songs, der Rest war lame
I knew of this album but had never listened to it, magnifico-o-o-o.
Yeah, this slaps.
was funky! had it on quietly as background noise but i liked the instrumentation and mixing a lot
Like a more accessible version of meandering 70s prog-rock. I enjoyed it—if I had found this 20 years ago when I was into prog-rock I might have really enjoyed it.
I didn’t know about this record until I watched one of Eric Haugen’s videos about them on YouTube. A very enjoyable listen for guitar nerds. It has really good tunes, melodies and guitar work. Happy Friday, eat pizza.
Not bad, just not a lot of variety. 3/5
I don’t listen to much Television, because Television is no friend of — sorry. MM is a refreshing serve of new music that signaled a left turn out of straight-ahead punk into a more thoughtful approach. They walked in step with Talking Heads to produce a sound like art-punk, or a proto-new wave. It’s cool as hell and it deserves more listening. All right, I will.
Really original and well produced. One of the top 100's of all times.
White boys with guitars.
Not for me
I love this album. Honestly. Actually excited to listen to it again. It’s one that is in rotation a bit. And I definitely give it a 4. Man, I want to give it a 5, but… I just can’t. I got to save my 5s for truly great albums as albums. This has a great sound, but I can’t call it composed. This 5 star system doesn’t have enough subtlety for me.
8.8/10 (round up) All I Really Want- 8.5/10 (1st) You Oughta Know- 10/10 (3rd) Perfect- 9/10 Hand in My Pocket- 8/10 Right Through You- 8.5/10 (fave) Forgiven- 8.5/10 (Fave) You Learn- 9/10 (Fave) Head over Feet- 8.5/10 (Fave) Mary Jane- 9/10 (2nd) Ironic- 9.5/10 Not the Doctor- 8.5/10 Wake Up- 8/10
Brilliant!
Not my thing and a little bit annoying voice, but strange piece for the 70’s and this is remarkable.
This is a sturdy album and I have nothing bad to say about it. I probably would listen to again.
Solid listen; solid transitional rock album
Basic rock. Mid vocals and instrumentals.
I came into this expecting to hate the album, but I actually really like it. It sounds modern in a strange way, and it’s very catchy.
Elevation, Guiding light and torn curtain
I remember hearing Marquee Moon the song in a surf movie like 15 years ago, I instantly put it on high rotation on my driving playlist. I’ve listened to this album a few times now and it’s really solid. It’s one of those albums that sounds like it came out around the mid 2000’s with the wave of rock that bands like Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes & Bloc Party found fame in, so finding out it’s from the 70’s is kinda mind blowing.
Sounds like the toilet bowl cleaners. 5/5
Really creative and catchy album. The obvious highlight is the title track, but all the other songs are great too. But although this album is very consistent and entertaining, I don’t think the peaks are crazy high. I like this album a lot, but it’s not one of my favorites.
16/04/2026 I thought this was actually alright for a band I haven't heard of before! Spotify listeners: 401.2k
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Really solid early punk that didn’t seem to forget what a melody was. I enjoyed.
Solid album. You can see where the Strokes got all their ideas.
Kind of non descript but decent
A great inspiration for countless Indie and Alternative Rockbands. Really good songs with long instrumental passages and a dark athmosphere. If only I liked the singers voice more... Fav: Marquee Moon
2/5 guiding light
I liked the sort of punky feeling - its unique and fun i could imagine listening to this back then and going wtfffffff. Pretty cool 🤷♂️
Kinda cool, I understand how influential it is
I only really knew this band as a historical influence on a lot of other bands apparently, and that the guitar player played on Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend album, which was some impeccable guitar playing. Girlfriend was significantly better than this, but cool ya know. I also see the Strokes comparison with the guitars. But decent vocals go a long way with me. Sure I guess?
I can hear how these guys have influenced things I've listened to, but it just doesn't grab me.
There are several iconic groups and performers from punk's early days that I understand deserve respect, but I don't especially like. Patti Smith is the ringleader of this cohort, which also includes Television. (I like Marquee Moon way more than Horses, though.) "See No Evil" and the title track are solid, though I don't think these songs need to run so long. 3.5 stars.
Very cool, reminds me of The Doors. End of 70s alternative rock/classic punk
bit of enjoyable noise
Very seminal. I never loved it as much as I should I guess. Music is just isn't for that guy who quit the list due to this album haha.
lindo sonido canciones fav marque moon, elevation y venus. 3.7
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Really enjoyable album. Love the guitar and an enjoyable voice. Vinny for sure
I heard of Television but hadn’t heard any of their music. Nothing special.
It was gonna be a two, but then the album was in my dream last night so I think that’s the universe telling me it should at least be a three
Decent
Perfection
Really awesome guitar riffs. I wanna see them at CBGB
It's got good vibes
nice
Torn Curtain gives it an extra star. Otherwise it was just ok.
Never really got into Television, but had listened to this album a few times before. A lot of the musicians I love were heavily influenced by this band and album. I think it's the vocals that obstruct me from enjoying it as much as I could. The music is pretty great.
No me gustó mucho
Odd rock, not too shabby, but also not technically that impressive either.
Like the intro and instruments.
Was totally unprepared for this; it was fantastic. And maybe I’m just hopelessly millennial, but if you had told me this was a 2010s record I would have believed you - sounds very ahead of it’s time to me. The guitars are great and the overall sound just coheres so well. Could listen many times in a row easily.
I gave this a shot in college because it was highly respected by my NYC alt music forebears but I wasn’t ready for it without learning more about Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Talking Heads etc. I think I could grow to love this album but mainly I just vibes with sprawling song structures and elegant guitars.
Yass : 8/10
"oh wow! i expected this one to just be filler so there would be 1001, but this one has groove to it. Very mellow, down-to-earth rock. Pretty unique. I like it."
I liked it overall, had some of the songs saved to previous playlist. My favorite was “prove it” I can't explain it but there's a lot of energy in this album. And the guitar solos were brilliant
I didn't know that band but I really like it.
Instruments were great, but the vocals were not hitting for me, brings the rating down quite a lot. It was kind of proggy, and I love prog, but the singer was really getting in the way of my full enjoyment of this album. Could've been amazing, but it fell short.
Interesting to listen to but no bangers.
Wait, See No Evil by Joe Jackson is a cover? This band is awesome. Immediately started listening to their other two albums.
Great. Marquee moon was my favorite.
Super repetitive. If you like Long guitar solos that are two notes with pedals? This is for you
Yupiii
Liked Venus a lot. I was gonna drag that solo on Marquis Moon until it got to the most beautiful gorgeous mournful harmonic section. Chorus arpeggio on prove it brought me to my knees in Planet Fitness. Kinda Todd Rundgren vibes on many tracks. I can totally hear a lot of 2000s rock influences here. Something I’m not connecting w here is the Rocky Horrorian vibe and Patti Smithery…but I can tell this is a cornerstone of a lot of stuff I love- Beach House Strokes Modest Mousey.
muy buenoo
Jeder song ist so krass, jeder song gibt einem ein ganz bestimmtes Gefühl aber lässt Raum für Fragen und Deutungen. Die songtexte fühlen sich an wie Geschichten die man aber nicht so zu 100% mitbekommt, eher so zu 30% und den Rest muss man sich ausmalen. Und die Instrumente unterstreichen das mit Trip artigen Tönen die aber manchmal nervös werden und manchmal aus dem Trip ausbrechen um den Raum mit Gefühlen zu füllen nur um dann wieder zum trip zurück zu kehren. Es scheint um Leben und Tod zu gehen, darum wie man sich verloren fühlen kann bis man irgendwie daraus kommt. Es fühlt sich an wie Lebenszeit, in einer Welt die einem alles mögliche entdgegenwirft und man muss halt klar kommen.
Probably my first big surprise since starting this: someone I've never heard of and clicked with pretty quickly. This is a cool as all hell album, and one I may revisit. Marquee Moon is long but great, and Prove It ending with just the cool "This case is closed" is a 10/10. Enjoyed this a lot.
Buen álbum. Ritmos y melodías muy buenos y modernos para ser de 1977. Las letras un poco básicas y con falta de calidad, pero más allá de eso fue un buen primer álbum para escuchar.
One of my all time favourites. Great to have this come up and have a reason to listen again
Very well structured album, just not my style of music. Thought it was kinda repetitive too.
didn't like it
Been meaning to listen to this for ages so very glad it came up! Big fan but need to give it a bunch more listens! Highlight: Marquee Moon (always feels like a copout to say the eponymous song)
Quite enjoyed this one. Rock n roll?
Notables: - Marquee Moon - Torn Curtain
The album isn’t that bad, I could easy have this playing in the background and I would be content
Groupe considéré comme très influent pour le monde du punk et du rock alternatif. Ils sortaient des conventions du rock normal avec des touches de jazz notamment. Belle découverte, c'est quand même dans mes cordes. 2eème moitié de l'album plus softy.
It was alright. Not my thing
True classic!
An absolute classic. Feel like it sets the stage for what’s to come from guitar music in the coming decade. Amazing performances all around. 5/5
TV on the Moon, not to be confused with TV on the Radio
I loved the instrumentals but I really hate these punk/proto punk vocals.