Privilege is an album by English rock band Television Personalities.[6][7] It was released in 1990 through Fire Records.[4][8] The album was recorded as a trio, with former Swell Maps member Jowe Head and drummer Jeffrey Bloom accompanying Dan Treacy.[9]

Privilege
Studio album by Television Personalities
Released	February 1990
Genre	Punk rock, new wave
Length	46:40
Label	Fire[1]
Producer	Phil Vinall, Television Personalities
Television Personalities chronology
The Painted Word (1984) Privilege (1990) Closer to God (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[5]

Critical reception

Jason Ankeny of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, describing it as "one of the group's most personal and dark records."[2] Chicago Tribune critic David Levinsky wrote that "the LP suffers from overly lush production, supplying one too many monolithic synth chords." Levinsky also stated: "We get a record suffering from the shotgun approach: a couple of exceptional singles and a lot of also-rans."[3] In contrast, Ira Robbins of Trouser Press stated: "Privilege dresses Treacy's characteristically direct songs with just the right amount of keyboards, and his voice is as boyishly engaging as ever."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album "overproduced," but wrote that "Treacy can still make his pop obsessions gleam like vintage Campbell's soup cans."[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Treacy, except where noted.

1. "Paradise Is For The Blessed" – 3:49
2. "A Good And Faithful Servant" – 3:38
3. "Conscience Tells Me No" – 3:29
4. "My Hedonistic Tendencies" – 4:05
5. "All My Dreams Are Dead" – 3:00
6. "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" – 3:32
7. "The Man Who Paints The Rainbows" – 2:44
8. "What If It's Raining?" – 3:37
9. "Sad Mona Lisa" – 2:40
10. "The Engine Driver Song" – 2:55
11. "Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself" – 1:51
12. "Privilege" – 3:43
13. "The Room At The Top Of The Stairs" (Randall Hylton, Treacy) – 3:35
14. "This Time There's No Happy Ending" – 2:20
15. "Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations" – 1:47

Personnel

Television Personalities

• Jowe Head – bass
• Jefferey Bloom – drums
• Dan Treacy – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Jowe Head – strings, trumpet

Technical

• Matthew Fisher – engineering
• Wilson Sharp – engineering
• Television Personalities – production
• Phil Vinall – production

References

External links

• Privilege (Television Personalities album) at Discogs

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