Television Album Adventure

On the album's sound, Mark Deming of AllMusic writes, "Where Marquee Moon was direct and straightforward in its approach, with the subtleties clearly in the performance and not in the production, Adventure is a decidedly softer and less aggressive disc, and while John Jansen's production isn't intrusive, it does round off the edges of the band's sound in a way Andy Johns' work on the first album did not."

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Pitchfork	7.7/10
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10
The Village Voice	A−

Ken Emerson of Rolling Stone wrote, "By daring to be different, Adventure lives up to its title, but it also comes as something of a disappointment because it lacks the jagged tension and mysterious drama that imbued last year's Marquee Moon with such dark but lucid power." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was favorable, writing, "I agree that it's not as urgent, or as satisfying, but that's only to say that Marquee Moon was a great album while Adventure is a very good one. The difference is more a function of material than of the new album's relatively clean, calm, reflective mood. The lyrics on Marquee Moon were shot through with visionary surprises that never let up. These are comparatively songlike, their apercus concentrated in hook lines that are surrounded by more quotidian stuff."

Television

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

Technical

• Craig Bishop – engineering
• Jay Borden – engineering
• John Jansen – production, engineering
• Paul Jansen – art direction
• Gray Russell – engineering
• Gerrit van der Meer – photography