The critical recognition helped the album achieve unexpected commercial success in the United Kingdom, despite poor sales in the United States. Marquee Moon was met with widespread acclaim and was hailed by critics as an original musical development in rock music. Influenced by Bohemian and French poetry, Verlaine's lyrics also feature puns and double entendres intended to give the songs an impressionistic quality in describing his perception of an experience. The resulting music is largely hook-driven with complex instrumental parts (particularly on longer tracks such as " Marquee Moon"), while evoking themes of adolescence, discovery, and transcendence through imagery in urban, pastoral, and nocturnal modes, including references to the geography of Lower Manhattan. It was produced by the band's frontman Tom Verlaine and sound engineer Andy Johns.įor Marquee Moon, Verlaine and fellow guitarist Richard Lloyd abandoned contemporary punk rock's power chords in favor of rock and jazz-inspired interplay, melodic lines, and counter-melodies. The group rehearsed extensively in preparation for Marquee Moon before recording it at A & R Recording in September 1976. In the years leading up to the album, Television had become a prominent act on the New York music scene and generated interest from a number of record labels, eventually signing a record deal with Elektra. It was released on February 8, 1977, by Elektra Records.
Marquee Moon is the debut album by American rock band Television.
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