Television - I Need A New Adventure (1978)

Following the unexpected (but totally deserved) success of their debut album 'Marquee Moon', Television had the unenviable task of recording a second album that wouldn't disappoint the fans. Convening at Bearsville Studios, the band recorded a number of songs that they were considering for the album, which was to be called 'Adventure'. They later moved to The Record Plant and Soundmixers Studios in New York and started again from scratch, and those were the versions of the songs that made it onto the finished record. Surprisingly, the title track was one of the Bearsville recordings which was left off the album, although the ones that did make it were all worthy of inclusion. It's generally agreed that, while never being able to live up to the reputation of it's predecessor, 'Adventure' is a great album, with some of their best songs tucked away on there. I ran across this CD online, which contains the tracks recorded at Bearsville, and includes alternate versions of songs that were later re-recorded, a few instrumentals, some of which later had vocals added, and that elusive title track. The original CD had sixteen tracks, but there were a couple of duplicate takes of the same song, and some instrumentals that didn't really work without the vocals, so I've trimmed it down to include just the best of the out-takes for a concise 47 minute alternative 'Adventure'. The full CD is fairly easy to track down if you want to hear the whole thing, but you aren't really missing much. 

Track listing

01 Ain't That Nothing

02 Adventure

03 Careful

04 Days

05 Up All Night

06 Glory

07 Last Night (The Piano Song)

08 The Dream's Dream

09 Grip Of Love

10 The Fire