Another dose of punk (but not totally punk) rock. Television were one of the founders of the CBGBs punk scene but had a little less success in their USA homeland than some of their peers (they fared much better in the UK). As with many albums on this list, it has since been commercially/critically reassessed.
It could be that they were overlooked at the time due to their interesting sound that avoided the straight ahead mix of speed and caveman-like musicianship of some of their punk peers; opting instead for a jazz inflected take on the genre. They played around with (*gasp) counterpoint, polyrhythms, harmonic interplay and melodies.
I'm kind of starting to get a little punk-fatigue already (better brace myself for the upcoming run of the Sex Pistols etc.) but this is an interesting and engaging album that still manages to wear its attitude tattooed on its face.
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