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Television is the third album by American rock band Television. It was released in 1992, fourteen years after the band's second studio album and subsequent breakup in 1978. A video for "Call Mr. Lee" was filmed and briefly aired on MTV.

Television
Studio album by Television
Released	September 1992
Genre	Post-punk
Length	42:40
Label	Capitol
Producer	Television
Television chronology
The Blow-Up (1982) Television (1992) Live at the Academy, 1992 (2003)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Television has been generally well received by critics. Rock critic Robert Christgau wrote, "I prefer the more rocking, songful old Television, but it's a tribute to Tom Verlaine's conceptual restlessness and force of personality that in a world where alternative guitar means making noise or mixing and matching from the used bins, these four veterans have regrouped with a distinct new sonic identity. Droll, warm-hearted, sophisticated, cryptic, jazzy yet unjazzlike, they sound like nothing else—except, just a little, old Television".[2] David Fricke of Rolling Stone said, "It was worth waiting fifteen years."[5] Per Milo Miles of The New York Times, "Trying to adjust after a long layoff, these musicians have assembled a scaled-down Television, though one with exquisite design details."[6] Ira Robbins of Entertainment Weekly hailed it as "a shadowy album no less edgy or atmospheric than their first two. The band’s filigree of interwoven guitar patterns has gained in maturity and refinement, but songwriter-singer Verlaine’s unique vision still comes through loud and clear."[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Television

1. "1880 or So" – 3:41
2. "Shane, She Wrote This" – 4:21
3. "In World" – 4:12
4. "Call Mr. Lee" – 4:16
5. "Rhyme" – 4:47
6. "No Glamour for Willi" – 5:00
7. "Beauty Trip" – 4:22
8. "The Rocket" – 3:23
9. "This Tune" – 3:42
10. "Mars" – 4:56

Personnel

Television

• Billy Ficca – drums, production
• Richard Lloyd – guitar, production
• Fred Smith – bass, vocals, guitar, executive production, mixing
• Tom Verlaine – vocals, guitar, executive production, mixing

Technical

• Vera Beren – production assistance
• Joe Brescio – mastering
• Patrick A. Derivaz – engineering assistance
• Mario Salvati – engineering, mixing

References

External links

• Television at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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[de] Television (Album)

Television ist das dritte Musikalbum der New Yorker Rockband Television. Es entstand 14 Jahre nach der Trennung der Gruppe 1978 nach dem zweiten Album Adventure. Das Album wurde im 1992 auf dem Label Capitol Records veröffentlicht. Es wurde positiv besprochen im Rolling Stone und der New York Times, hatte kommerziell aber wenig Erfolg.

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- [en] Television (Television album)

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[es] Television (álbum)

Television es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de rock Television. Este álbum fue editado en el año 1992, y fue el primer álbum del grupo en 14 años (su álbum anterior, Adventure, fue editado en 1978 pero el grupo se separó al poco tiempo). El grupo se volvería a separar al poco tiempo, pero ocasionalmente realizaría presentaciones en vivo. Al igual que los álbumes precedentes, Television tuvo poco éxito comercial. El sencillo "Call Mr. Lee" llegó al puesto 27 de la lista de "Modern Rock Tracks" de Billboard.

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