Marquee Moon

Very cool older album. Haven't listened to before. Will add to the rotation. Reminded me of talking heads

Sounds exactly like what I would expect a 70s rock album to be. It might have been a fresh album back then, but as a younger listener I don't see anything too special about it.

Cool, enjoyed this

Torn Curtain Marquee Moon Venus

I had never heard of Television, but right from the first track, I liked it. There's a familiarity to it that I can't quite place. They do sound ahead of their time. I hear a new wave sound emerging, which I don't associate so much with the late 70s.

venus very nice rest is basic

Nice one

It's been a while since I had fun with a television. And it's been a while since I heard a great guitar driven rock, let alone a good punk album. A pleasant surprise.

Loved this. Melodic pre-Pavement spiky punky guitar rock. Fantastic

An absolutely brilliant album by a band I've never heard of! The first couple of tracks were nothing special, but the album kicks off the moment the Friction guitar riff starts, and never lets off from there.

Another band that had passed me by; another post-punk/rock band - that at times absolutely blew me away (loved the title track) - has a real 1970's authentic hiss & rawness. Not great - certainly not all the way through but a great discovery

Great

this album felt like freedom and play and joy

Standouts - Venus; Marquee Moon; Elevation Nice classic rock sounds Good guitar solos

Ovo je stvarno bilo dobro. Svaka pjesma paše savršeno i imaju neki svoj unikatni zvuk.

Ma to te pitam, posjedujem vinyl, znači ovo je teška četvorka, odličan ritam na albumu. Vokal, ma ugl znam se vratit ovom albumu dost često. Marquee Moon pjesma mi je malo malo u rotaciji iako traje 10min, nea veze. Odličan post/art punk, također mi je 77' u glazbi jako draga, a ovaj album je u definitivnoj top petici te godine. Ako ne i u top 3 iza Animalsa od Floyda i Low od Bowiea. P. S. Ko ne voli Marquee Moon stvar ima malog pišu i male sise i nije mi prijatelj onda. Ahha. Check mate.

Never heard of Television before but I quite like this one. It's a bit Talking Heads with some excellent bass guitar. I'll give this one a few more listens for sure.

nice album, a bit alternative post punk but it stands out because of the instrumentals

Hadnt heard of them before, enjoyable, would add to my playlists

Pretty good rock, I like.

Idgi

Låter väldigt bra men fick inget större heureka-moment.

Yea really ..5 with mojitos

probably a 3.5 actually. pretty cool though!

Shit slaps

Good rock album - pay attention to the lyrics!

I REMEMBER

Really liked this and can see it will have influenced a lot of more recent bands. Reminded me of the libertines a bit.

Good listening. The singing got less grating but still noticeable even after two listens.

somehow i liked it

Light album, a couple of songs were interesting

Added!

ja deze voelde ik toch weer hoor

Never listened to this before. Liked it.

Meisterwerk. Mutter und Vater solcher Rotzlöffel wie Parquet Courts und Strokes. Alles vorweg genommen was guten Indie später ausmachen sollte: ein spezieller Groove, Tempi-Wechsel, Variation, keine Scheu vor instrumentalen Passagen und über all dem: die Schnodderigkeit der Unangepassten. Titelstück erinnert stark an stärkste Zeiten von Destroyer. Saftige 4.3

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Does not compute ... This is one of those bridge albums where it's unclassifiable and connects two different eras in music. I would not label this punk or new wave but combines elements of each. I didn't think I was a purist until I came upon this album and didn't know what to do with it. I liked what they're doing with the guitar on Marquee Moon and the vocals (and backup vocals) on See No Evil. There's some tamped down chaos and it's rough around the edges but including backup vocals without any screaming disqualifies this from being at all punk. Overall, I liked this album. It's something a suburban kid could listen to without pissing off his parents but still get some pleasure out of being a renegade.

Boy oh boy what a surprise. I really enjoyed this album. I hear in this band threads of inspiration that pop up in other bands. Marquee Moon’s rhythmic guitar instantly reminded me of Interpol (Obstacle 1 in Turn on the Bright Lights). They are a wonderful mix of their contemporaries and a glimpse into the indie future. It’s really the melodic lines of the guitar that kept me hooked. I’ll definitely be listening to this one more and more.

Well! I was not expecting that, and was pleasantly surprised. The guitar playing and arrangements are what make this album stand out. I've never heard Television before (I mean, I've heard a television, but I've never heard Television), and I'm now surprised that they aren't more well-known. They broke up after only 2 albums, and maybe this isn't easy to place in a radio format? But other punk rock and post-punk bands of the late 70s have found their way to me somehow. Definitely wish I had heard Television sooner. The guitars that start "See No Evil" immediately piqued my interest, but then Tom Verlaine's vocals just as quickly gave me cause for concern. In the end, Verlaine's singing grew on me a bit, but his voice is the one thing keeping "Marquee Moon" from *****. Ok, so I wrote most this after the title track, the 10+ minute "Marquee Moon." Even at that length, I was with it the whole way. And so naturally, I wrote my review too soon. Then I finished the album, and then listened again. After “Elevation” it never really gets back to those heights. However, those first five tracks are an easy ****. So is the rest bad enough to drag down the star rating? "Guiding Light" and "Prove It" are ok, but "Torn Curtain" almost did it. The more psychedelic sound was not as good, and for some strange reason the vocals kept reminding me of the scene in "Dumb and Dumber" where they are in the car singing "Mock-ing, bird, yeah." I'm torn... (get it?)...

See No Evil is an absolute banger and this album (if you can vibe with Tom Verlaine's unusual voice) has a great energy and rawness that is enjoyable from start to finish.

Tolles Album!

Bump was kicking at this!

Upbeat, kinda fun

Way, way better than I could have imagined.

I absolutely love the guitar work. Remarkable asymmetric playing from both guitars, creates a groove that I haven’t heard before. The vocals were a bit typical for post-punk, preventing a full 5 stars.

Really great production, really great songs, really great music. Title track will take you out of this world for 10 minutes in the best way.

Cool 70s album. Lots of great bluesy riffs and can see this album being influential for many albums in that era.

Enjoyed this

mt bom! adorei

I like this one. I should listen to it more.

Fricción y Marquee Moon tremendos temas

Liked the guitar tone and bluesy punk

Title song is great as well as some other songs on album. Typical 70's rock(in a good way).

Very good, probably very influential for its time. No songs really jump out but all are good!

Classic

Decent album. Very Talking Heads-esque. Though after Marquee Moon, I just wanted everyone to be Marquee Moon.

Pretty good. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Already had on my other group. 4/5

Really enjoyed this. Reminded me of Paradise

Liked it.

Pretty good, some interesting guitarplay. Never heard of them before!

What an excellent and groundbreaking piece of work. This is the blueprint for post-punk right here. Very close to a 5 for me, but just a few songs I didn’t bop with as hard as others. Maybe it would be a 5 on a different day; it’s certainly almost there.

sounding pretty fresh and angular

Well it turns out I have greatly underestimated Television. An album caught in a time where you can hear the bands they influenced as much as the bands by which they were influenced themselves. So much going on here and the album doesn’t have any weak moments. Added to library and will explore more.

<The Strokes, rich and lush riffs make this a winner.

I don't watch television anymore. I refuse to pay for the TV licence. I now only watch animals fucking on the dark Web. The BBC coverage of animals humping is a bit shit now. I like watching two animals just really going at it like the clappers. Proper walloping eachother in their holes. A big horse's dick crushing the pussy of a leopard. Marvellous.

Really enjoyable

Really good. Whole album is good, certain tracks are excellent. Listened to loads. And would again.

Tof plaatje, ga ik vaker draaien!

Genoeg te vinden op dit album wat mij kan bekoren. De titeltrack is echt geweldig!

Can see how it has influenced others (and been influenced, hints of VU). Loved guitars but voice grated, probably a 7/10 for now but will give it 4 stars as a classic.

Some great standout moments, not something I'd listen through often

Another pleasant surprise!

7/10 This is pretty good, a lot of it is just plain fun to listen to, lots of catchy riffs. Another album that definitely sounds ahead of it's time. However, the vocals were rough and i really didn't care for the last few songs

I enjoyed that. I'd never heard it before, but could definitely see the influence on bands I like. Really enjoyed the title track.

4.0 + Amazing guitar work, full of memorable riffs. Love the songs and the New York attitude. “Marquee Moon” in the middle flags the momentum for me.

A weird but unique album; gets lumped in with post-punk a lot but in my mind is pretty distinct from that style. Not 'top of all time' territory, but definitely an album I know I've enjoyed listening to over and over again.

Quite liked some of the musical ideas, enough that I'll probably go back for another listen. 8

Nice

This is a fun album.

First heard about these guys from the "No Dogs in Space" podcast. Really great album, and you can hear the proto-punk "attitude" really seeping out in every track. This is almost exactly halfway between rock and punk. The standout track is the lovely 10 minute Marquee Moon. I listened to a few different versions, and they're all transcendent.

Really like this album. Lead singer reminds me a little of the lead singer from Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah.

Fun riffs and rhythms in friction. But of no idea what the song is talking about

Love this record.

Si me gustó, inesperada sorpresa.

Immediate Strokes precursor. Recognize the album from radio plays but otherwise unfamiliar. It’s got a crunchy groove but not much blues.

Kinda pre grunge feel. Nice clean music but Lou reed esque vocals

Excellent - raw and almost unproduced

I like their guitar lines a lot. They almost feel like they're inspired by 50's or surf rock sometimes.

Pretty. pretty good

wicked guitar solos, fun ad libs, a few boring moments (sorry prove it) but also some great ones (friction!)

Immediately can place as late 70's. For sure I've heard some of this before and have not heard in a long time. It stays interesting and listenable.

Great

Strokes

Like it

A really, really fucking cool album that feels way ahead of its time. Venus de Milo was a standout track, as was the title "Marquee Moon" which was an epic jam. Really great stuff

liked it . decent songs . even a few happy ones. will listen again

Really hear the Velvet Underground influence here. Sounds like 70s early punk for sure. I enjoyed this throughout. The guitars were really cool and I actually really dug his vocals - very 70s.

Connor: - great riffs / basslines - distinctive vocal style. unusual, but not unpleasant - liked it a lot more on the second listen

This was fine, not bad or anything, but nothing really special either. It’s like if I went to YouTube and asked it to find me some generic classic rock.

As 70s psychedelic rock goes...it's fine? I guess?

Not sticking for me

It did sound a bit generic and like every other rock act from this era, however there were times with some good riffs and tunes to keep me interested

Richard Hell is the archetypal punk. Perhaps just THE punk. Maybe just punk. Richard Hell IS punk. Confrontational. Sloppy. Transgressive. Spontaneous. He comes in spurts. There was none more idealistically incendiary, none more philosophically jagged. He invented the safety pin look. He lived the attitude that Malcolm McLaren would reconstruct for the Sex Pistols. Sure, it was a contrivance when Hell did it, but it was his contrivance. He was the original. The Sine Qua Non. And thank god he left Television in 1975. It is hard to imagine that Verlaine's gorgeous lines and transcendent solos would have made it past Hell's bullshit detector. His bullshit detector was faulty. His bullshit detector was bullshit. The gentle pretensions of Marquee Moon are warm and pleasing. Fred Smith's bass isn't fancy, but it is tasty. Verlaine's voice is weak, but it does exactly what it needs to do: hide behind those neatly interlocking guitars. I don't need to know what he's singing about, because this isn't about attitude - it's a considered guitar record and the attitude, to the extent attitude is present, is disciplined, precise, and gentle. Lester Bangs compared Television to Quicksilver Messenger Service. That's also bullshit. It's punk posturing too. There is a version of rock criticism where the two poles of Hell and Verlaine, two best friends who "hated each other as only best friends can," as Hell said, are equally necessary. Where they are forces that balance each other out. A simplified theory of John and Paul explains away the Beatles in such a way. But there is a simpler truth style: Verlaine is better. Perhaps he needed Hell to jumpstart him. Perhaps there is an opposing force that would challenge him or push him into more exploratory territory. But it wasn't Richard Hell. And it wasn't punk. He didn't do better than this, for better or worse. 3.5 We had CCR‘s Green River the other day, which I really enjoyed. I didn’t mention it in my review but when I was listening to that album it occurred to me that CCR might be an example of a band whose music I thoroughly admire even though I don’t particularly care for any of their songs. It‘s a tricky distinction to make which is why I didn’t bother. If I like the music I like the record - if I like the ‚track‘ I must perforce like the ‚song‘ etc. on the surface it’s a terminological problem and why waste too much time thinking or writing about that? Well here’s the same pickle again. I admire Television‘s music. They keep their identity as a rock band while striking out for new ideas in arrangement and texture. They are really good, creative players. I can happily listen all the way through Marquee Moon without feeling a drop in quality. Yet, there isn’t a song/track here that I honestly care about. To be fair to CCR - there are key differences in the two situations. So much of CCR is based on blues procedure; that more than anything is why I say I don’t admire their ‚songs‘ even while I actually delight in listening to Keep on Chooglin‘ or Tombstone Shadow or even Bad Moon Rising because they are such enjoyable, creative players. That background procedure isn’t the problem with Television, but there is other baggage that I think weighs them right down. I can’t listen to Marquee Moon without thinking about the Rolling Stones. Tom has a fair bit of Jagger in his voice and the band, committed, as I say, to keeping a core band sound tick along with something of the Stones‘ relaxed, unfussy interplay of relatively clean guitar sounds. It also presumably doesn’t help that an ex-Stones engineer is behind the desk. Well perhaps the open invitation ought to be resisted - Marquee Moon is a debut album, and how unreasonable it then is to listen on the Stones’ terms rather than Television’s. Well what can I say? It’s hard to resist. Marquee Moon’s not anywhere near as enjoyable as Sticky Fingers or Exile I think to myself as I go along. Silly me. There is another oppressive ghost when Marquee Moon plays, however. And this one isn’t quite as silly and easily dismissed as the last. I can’t listen to Marquee Moon without thinking about Patti Smith’s Horses. That album haunts everywhere here; in the ambition, cued from the Velvets, to render rock music as a more challenging form of art, and especially in Tom Verlaine‘s vocal (sometime comically so) and in his lyrics which have all the poetic aspiration of Smith‘s, without any of the power and purpose. Marquee Moon is a good album and is always celebrated as a distinctive album. I understand that, but I can’t feel that. It always feels to me that Marquee Moon‘s distinctiveness can be had better somewhere else. 2.5/5

C'est super agréable à écouter, juste un excellent album de rock, maîtrisé, fun, bien produit, pas un classique pour rien. J'ai entendu des trucs qui m'ont plus impressionné à la même époque donc je le mettrais pas dans mon top personnel mais je pense que c'est quand même un incontournable qui a sa place dans ce top 1001

Ben groot fan van dat nummer Marque Moon, maar het album als geheel is een beetje mwah

Why is this band punk? It’s not bad, and so far I like it. But it feels like the Clash but not as wimpy of a sound. I love the bass line on Venus. I don’t get the hype. I think I need another listen.

I'm glad to have heard it. Not sure I'll remember it. It's fine but nothing I'd seek out.

"Marquee Moon" is a great song. And that's it.

#40 Some good, some meh. The title track is great, and the second half of the album is much better than the first. I can definitely see how this influenced later alt-rock and indie-rock bands.

A perfectly nice listen but just didn’t feel the impact of the overall experience. A bit too samey all the way through which caused me to switch off slightly.

An interesting listen for the level of detail in the melodies

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.

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.

Eh, not my vibe but I suppose it's good for what it is. Kind of punk-adjacent.

6/10

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.

Pretty good nothing that blew me away

Nog wel nice

Solid late 70s vibe

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

It’s ok. 3 songs I liked.

Me ha gustado, pero not my style

Fascinating, but more homework than fun. Title track goes hard though.

Pretty good. “I have a lil leather jacket but I’m sad I live in the big dirty city”, à la the Strokes

ich mag es. Es ist aber nichts erstaunliches. Man kann sehr schnell vergessen, dass man die Lieder hört (also eher als Hintergrundmusik).

Another okay '70s Rock album but no organ and psychedelic feel this time.

Interesting, but not sure if from front to back it's phenomenal .

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

Something to play in the background.

This was okay

A tour de force of 70s rock. Bass on Elevation was delightful

You can hear the influence in a lot of the 90s/00s rock bands.

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.

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.

Enjoyable enough. When I saw a ten minute track I feared it might be self indulgent, but it actually flows nicely.

If mick jagger joined the who

Meh...

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".

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

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

kind of a nothing burger

Never heard of them, but a pretty good album.

Decent

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

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

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.

They have a good buildup in their songs, but most didn’t appeal to me that much

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!

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

Talking Head Core, норм, наверн не знал бы ТХ было бы круто, но так -это крепкая 7ка

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.

Favorite Track: Elevation

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

Carried unfortunately

Really enjoyed but also ended up zoning it out a little. But I think that’s a good sign rather than a bad thing

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

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.

I like this kind of punk. "Art punk" apparently.

hat mich nicht gestört. teilweise eindrucksvoll. aber auch kein bedürfnis es nochmal zu hören

Zwei geile Songs, der Rest war lame

was funky! had it on quietly as background noise but i liked the instrumentation and mixing a lot

Not bad, just not a lot of variety. 3/5

Not my thing and a little bit annoying voice, but strange piece for the 70’s and this is remarkable.

Solid listen; solid transitional rock album

вау

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?

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.

bit of enjoyable noise

lindo sonido canciones fav marque moon, elevation y venus. 3.7

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

Really awesome guitar riffs. I wanna see them at CBGB

It's got good vibes

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.

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.

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.

Very well structured album, just not my style of music. Thought it was kinda repetitive too.

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.

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.

This was alright, never heard of them before but decent!

Had fun with this one too, wish I liked it a lil more but it could grow on me! Very influential, I can tell!

Not my style but I understand why people like it

I had listened to Marquee Moon before, but not the whole album. Its a grower, and can definitely see the influence it had on post-punk /new wave bands of the early 80s.

Fom 1977, but already "post-punk". Good ideas in the guitar/bass work and tempo. Not my favourite kind of voice, almost too shrill, but it works here. Favourite tracks: "Friction"; "See No Evil". 3.75 / 5

This album was mostly "meh" but the guitar work on Torn Curtain was awesome.

I hear influences of earlier (actually current to when it was made, but I digress) groups and sounds of this echoed in later groups. Weird to think there was groups making music that would have sounded mire normal 10-15 years later. I can honestly say that this group was ahead of their time; which is probably why I've never heard of them.

I think its fine, it isn't spectacular and it isn't jumping out to me Best Song: Marquee Moon Rating: 6.0/10 Stars: 3

Dithered for a long time about this. A cut above most of the rest of the post punk albums and I liked a couple of the songs but I can’t see myself reaching for it. 3.5

I don’t know, this was kind of tough to get through

Nada mal. Me gustó una canción y la guardé en playlist de oldies.

Nice one, thats all

Decent. Sounded a bit like the Rolling Stones at times

It started off so strong but gets so drawn out by the title track onward. I suspect they wanted to do less but needed to pad out runtime due to a vinyl release. I'll definitely be listening to 3-4 tracks from this album again, but I don't suspect I'll be playing it back to front again.

fine. nothing stands out either way.

Ive tried Marquee Moon a few times in the past so i'm trying to hear it with fresh ears. It's gotta be the voice, right? That's the hang up, right? It must be. Because objectively this is a strong clutch of songs. See No Evil is a great song altogether. The guitar work in Friction is compelling and addicting. The title track? Musically perfect. But vocals can be such a big piece when songs are being sung, and it's not always obvious when a voice will or won't be grating (I like Smashing Pumpkins, after all). So on my nth listen, i'm trying to read this like many people hear Dylan, as a template for the songs and not necessarily the definitive recording. Doing that opened the album up more. Though on the other hand, this album cover is one of the most haunted pictures ever taken. Maybe it requires the unsettled vocals brought to the tracks? Music is weird and wonderful. 3*, but stronger than ever before. Maybe some day itll make 4. Maybe it has a ceiling for me. Marquee Moon is the sort of special song that doesn't feel like it's 10 minutes, so that's my pick.

*1977. American punk/alt. *Sounds a lot like the Rolling Stones to me. *I like it well enough, but I'd rather just listen to the Stones. RATING - 6.5/10

Some real nice guitar playing on this record, for me thats the standout thing. It's really nice and loose and times, and really tight at the same time.. which leads me to believe that when it's loose it's all intentional. The "feel" is great throughout. "Marquee Moon" is a nice example of great lead AND rhythm guitar playing. Listen to those rhythmic stops in the chorus of "Elevation" that come on the and-of-three (I think?). How cool! There's a ton of depth to this band. 3.5/5 for me, not quite enough for a round up but I definitely enjoyed it and want to hear more.

This was not bad i like Venus but nothing particularly stuck out to me. It’s some fun dramatic rock

Interesujące

Enjoyed this album, but I think my enjoyment maybe suffered from hearing the super popular songs a lot and in bad contexts. I was pleasantly surprised by Friction and Torn Curtain, which I could really see how they influenced music in their time.

The guitar work is beautiful. I get the influential move this album had on a lot of rock bands even if it's sales stayed in Britan. I can't side with anyone who says it's a bad album, but I can tell you I respect it for it's craft, but I'm not enthralled in it as a stand alone album.

Liked this way more than I expected to. Different vocals and it's probably a 4.

Wel leuk

It was a nice listen but won't be my new favorite. The first half of the album was better plus that 10 minute song later. At the very end, I was getting the impression of 70s&80 rock that's not for me ( like Scorpions and such)

3/5 - It's definitely a "Like it", but not a "Love it". While I didn't want to skip any of the songs, nothing jumped out at me as a standout song or overly memorable. Favorite song: Prove It

ai q capa é essa FAVS (top 3): see no evil, friction, elevation mençoes honrosas: prove it what the hell, sure nota final: 3/5

Solid album that I never heard before. Demands another listen.

Не мой жанр, романтизация прогулки по Питеру под этот альбом прошла успешно) Снимаю две звезды лишь за то, что не мой жанр, и я уверен что есть что-то подобное, но гораздо круче.

please STOP serving me albums with great instrumental and then a lead singer that sings like a wanker!!! they keep dragging down the score!!!!!!

what am i missing here? honest question. i found this to be a remarkably average guitar-forward rock album, yet when reading the wikipedia page for it after listening, it's hailed as one of the most heavily influential albums ever for all of american rock music. genuinely baffling to me. i just don't get it. the timbre of electric guitars in a Dad Rock album like this do so little for me, so the apparently-novel approach of "what if we center the guitar" isn't something i find that appealing. it doesn't help that i find tom verlaine's vocals to be shrill and grating. he's really unpleasant and just.... No thank you.

This is fine. Middle of the road. Can't see me bothering to listen again.

Vet ju om att detta albumet brukar höjas till skyarna. Kan ju förstå att det var stilbildande och varit till inspiration för efterkommande artister. Jag tycker väl att det är bra men inte mer. Titelspåret är grymt men sen tycker jag inte det är så imponerande. Kommer förmodligen lyssna på det igen för att förstå what the fuzz is about men just nu för det en 3a. Bäst är Marqee moon, Elevation och Prove it.

I didn't mind that. Slow start but got pretty good.

3/5 Yeahhh I liked this album. Marquee Moon is definitely a song I love a lot, and the album was nice to listen to as well, but I found myself getting a little annoyed at the singer's voice. Other than that it was pretty good.

Fun album, more my speed than other recent albums.

I liked this one! Still haven’t figured out who it reminds me of though…

this was kind of boring but i liked the last song a lot

Interesante, no lo mejor pero entiendo porque es una influencia. 3.8 quizá mas, o menos, en un futuro

i didn‘t dislike this as much as i‘d have expected

Eh? Correct?

I don't quite get the fuss about this album. I suspect hearing it in real time in the 70's would be a different kettle of fish. It seems to inhabit the same eco system as Blondie, The Ramones, and Talking Heads. It's ok, the singers voice is wearing

If you're into 70s punk rock, then this is for you.

Not bad, not great. Idk, nothing really of note from this one. Average.

Television выпустили «Marquee Moon» в феврале 1977 года, и этот альбом до сих пор сложно куда-то определить. Формально панк-эра, формально Нью-Йорк, но по звуку это совсем другая история: длинные, переплетающиеся гитарные партии Тома Верлена и Ричарда Ллойда, холодная и точная ритм-секция, тексты которые скорее поэзия чем рок-лирика. Заглавный трек идёт десять минут и не чувствуется как десять минут. Альбом не стал коммерческим хитом при выходе, зато повлиял на всех, кто потом делал пост-панк, инди и арт-рок. Это одна из тех записей, про которые говорят «опередил время» и не преувеличивают.

It’s fine like the guitar riffs

I’ll deal with the most significant issue first. Tom Verlaine can’t sing. That alone is downgrading this album from 4 to 3 stars for me. It’s a shame because other than the singing, I think this is an excellent album. It really compares well with the debut albums of other NYC–based bands from the era : Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads. I particularly like the guitar work on the album. Verlaine should have stuck to playing the guitar and gotten someone else to sing. I wonder how big this band could’ve been with a good singer.

Favorite Track: Marquee Moon

Ощущение, что послушала вариант группы Interpol из 70-х. Marquee Moon - Obstacle 1 для поколения беби-бумеров

It was fine. Venus was remarkable.

Ok

Ya lo escuche ta bueno pero no se hay algo que no me interpela del todo

Starts off with its worst track, See No Evil. It wasn't terrible, but got quite repetitive. Venus was a little better. Friction was all right. Then it picked up. Marquee Moon had really nice guitar work, as did Guiding Light. Prove It and Torn Curtain were pretty fun. The best track was Elevation, the guitar riff throughout was really nice, and the guitar solo was really good. Pretty good album. Best song: Elevation

6 - AVERAGE

A little too much art for my punk

Un disco muy experimental y vanguardista diría yo. Un rock muy peculiar y muy artístico. No se si catalogarlo como rock progresivo o como jazz rock o como un poco de los dos porque hay pistas donde la virtuosidad destaca pero otras en donde lo experimental y la improvisación relucen. Algo muy especial y tengo que decir innovador y sumamente vanguardista. Es un sonido que, sinceramente, debo aprender a escuchar y digerir pero estoy dispuesto a escuchar más de Television después de este disco. Por mientras me quedo en un buen disco.

This is an album I want to spend more time with. I can see so many influences on bands I love coming from this band/album.

Gitarre isch echt geil (Guiding Light, Prove it). Aber ich find alles andere isch eif nd ufem gliiche level, vorallem de sänger.

Wow these '70s white dudes sure all sang like this huh. I immediately love the production on this album. Even something as simple as the use of stereo in the intro of See No Evil, but there's also just something so clean but loose about all the instruments. I didn't like See No Evil much but Venus instantly gripped me. Wow some of these songs sure do just go on huh. Favorite tracks: Venus, Guiding Light.

i very much liked this their voices are great

Samo da je glas malo prijatniji, mislim da bi ovo bilo baš dobro. Ovako mi isto ne smeta toliko nego čujem još potencijala pa je to šteta.

3.5. bello, approvo. sarebbe un 4 stelle se non avessi settato standard così alti con sti voti

This sounded so much like 90s/2000s rock; this album specifically reminded me of the Strokes. Not bad but also not something I’d save to listen to again.

not all prog rock is good Would I listen again: no Deserves to be on this list: nah 2.7

it's okay but why are the songs SO LONG? 10 MINUTE SONG? WHAT?

Ikke min kopp med te. Fine melodier

It's growing on me. 5.3/10

was good but not too memorable for me

This was cute. Nothing memorable but I enjoyed it. The song marquee moon went on a bit too long but I liked it enough

It’s fine

A Patient Zero in many ways.. Lovely!

Rv

This is a slippery one that seems to fit several categories, sort of. It has shades of new wave and alt-rock that would come years later, along with some beautiful flowing lead guitar lines. Nothing about the lyrics grabbed me, but I may come back to this one to see if there's more under the hood.

rocky but repetitive... the 70s vibe is there but the production could use some work

Decent album. Not sure why it's so influential but it is. I've just read Thurston Moore's book and he references his love of Television multiple times. So I'll take his lead on this one.

Just a little better than ok.

Was not expecting this to be so proggy. Love the production of this era, and the vibe of this was great it just didn’t capture me with a song that I rememeber. Solid 3

It's alright.

Ok. ★★★

Average 1001 Albums listening experience. Not bad, not great, just alright.

6.5

Another album I can chalk up to just not being my bag. The title track held my attention, but otherwise any time that I felt it slightly hooking me with a motif, it quickly lost it. It's hard not to feel ignorant when I'm writing about music like this, but it just does absolutely nothing for me.

Album No. 0136 on my list. Before listening to “Marquee Moon”, I had never heard of either the album or the band Television itself. So the whole thing was completely new to me… … and I found it, well, okay. I certainly don’t think that it is a bad album, but I’m also not entirely sure what to make of it. The songs were not all too catchy, but then again, I kinda like this Jazz-Rock combination that is so prominent on “Marquee Moon”, and I also like the singer’s style of singing. So, to summarize, the whole thing is not really spectacular, but still solid and interesting. I will add “See No Evil”, “Venus”, and “Marquee Moon” (the title track) to my playlist. 3/5 stars.

Good fav song marque moon

First listen made me think 'Talking Heads Light'

An album I recognised that I’ve often seen referred to as a foundation of alternative music - but never heard. It was fine, but felt like I should have liked it more than I did.

it’s alr not my fave idk if id listen again

4/10 Instrumentals were simplistic but catchy, nothing complicated about the solos. The vocals were very much of the 70's early punk era, a little abrasive, but that's the point. As a fan of other bands from this time/genera (Ramones/Clash) I have to say I was a little disappointed, but by no means was this a "bad" album.

Hot take: this album is good but not great. It on occasion slips perilously close to tedious due to long songs with no real change of pace and Torn curtain is a weak closer. Overall I like it and standout songs like the title track are excellent but overall it’s a solid album not a classic for me. 3.5

loove the riff on Marquee Moon. Torn Curtain is also really good.

Não faz muito meu gosto. Até gostei do instrumental, mas depois da faixa principal "Marquee Moon" ele decai muito. "Friction" foi a minha favorita do álbum.

It's a shame that I strongly dislike Valeraine's vocals, because I think his vision for this album is a strong one. However, his lack of tone overpowers much of the technical and interesting instrumental arrangements throughout this music. Marquee Moon and Prove It were among few songs for which I could ignore his vocals enough to enjoy the music, but the rest of the tracks were a struggle to enjoy what his singing left behind.

I’ve listened to Television’s Marquee Moon twice before, and both times, I wasn’t very impressed with it. I know it’s supposed to be this landmark album in post punk and new wave, but I just didn’t hear anything noteworthy when I listened to it. I’m not jazzed about giving this album a third chance, but maybe today will be the time this album finally clicks with me. Here’s hoping the third time really is a charm! My appreciation for Marquee Moon grew a little bit today, but this album still isn’t really my cup of tea. I think the guitar playing and the arrangement of the guitar hooks on this album is pretty brilliant, but as a matter of personal taste, I really like to hear something else in the mix when the guitar sound is as angular as this. I think that’s why I’m more likely to gravitate towards Joy Division and New Order when it comes to post punk or The Cars and Duran Duran when it comes to New Wave music; those guys use keyboards and synths to flesh out their sound more, and it creates some really lush arrangements, which Television just doesn’t do. On top of that, I really don’t care for Tom Verlaine’s vocals very much. His style of singing is really flat, and over the course of this album, his vocals just became pretty grating to me. As far as the best songs on this album are concerned, I liked “Friction” and “Guiding Light” quite a bit, with “Guiding Light” being my favorite over all. The guitars on “Friction” were really good, and there was a lot to take in with the multiple guitar hooks. On “Guiding Light,” I loved the bright guitar tones. Even though this album isn’t really suited to my tastes, it was interesting to try to pick out what other bands might have been influenced by this album. I can definitely see Talking Heads taking inspiration from this album, as well as the Greg Kihn Band (there was some guitar playing that really reminded me of “The Breakup Song” on side one of this album). I wish I loved this album, but it’s just not for me.