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What is the best song by Television?

By YPB Team

Two guitars trading lines made this band's name at CBGB. Sprawling epics, tight singles and the odd reunion-era cut are all in the running.

  1. Marquee Moon — ranked #11
    Marquee Moon
    The nearly ten-minute title track of the 1977 debut album, released as a UK single that reached No. 30.
    1000pts
  2. Glory — ranked #22
    Glory
    The opening track of the 1978 album Adventure, released as a UK single backed with "Carried Away".
    1000pts
  3. Venus — ranked #33
    Venus
    The second track on Marquee Moon (1977), carried by a Tom Verlaine guitar solo and also used as the B-side of the "Prove It" single.
    538pts
  4. Guiding Light — ranked #44
    Guiding Light
    A newly written song the band recorded for Marquee Moon at A & R Recording in November 1976, placed sixth on the album.
    538pts
  5. Days — ranked #55
    Days
    A song from the band's 1978 second album Adventure on which Richard Lloyd plays the guitar solo.
    538pts
  6. Prove It — ranked #66
    Prove It
    The second single from Marquee Moon, which peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1977.
    538pts
  7. See No Evil — ranked #77
    See No Evil
    The opening track of Television's 1977 debut album Marquee Moon, with Richard Lloyd taking the guitar solo.
    418pts
  8. Foxhole — ranked #88
    Foxhole
    A 1978 single from Adventure, issued in the UK with "Careful" as its B-side.
    418pts
  9. Torn Curtain — ranked #99
    Torn Curtain
    The seven-minute closing track of Marquee Moon, built around a long Tom Verlaine guitar solo.
    418pts
  10. Ain't That Nothin' — ranked #1010
    Ain't That Nothin'
    An Adventure track with a Richard Lloyd solo, put out as a 1978 US single with "Glory" on the flip side.
    418pts
  11. Call Mr. Lee — ranked #1111
    Call Mr. Lee
    A single from the 1992 reunion album Television, promoted with a video that briefly aired on MTV.
    418pts
  12. Shane, She Wrote This — ranked #1212
    Shane, She Wrote This
    The second track on the self-titled 1992 album, Television's third and final studio record.
    418pts
  13. Friction — ranked #1313
    Friction
    A Marquee Moon song that opens with Richard Lloyd playing octaves and was among the tracks Brian Eno demoed with the band in December 1974.
    0pts
  14. Elevation — ranked #1414
    Elevation
    The side-two opener of Marquee Moon, one of four songs on the album with a Richard Lloyd guitar solo.
    0pts
  15. Little Johnny Jewel — ranked #1515
    Little Johnny Jewel
    Television's 1975 debut single, split into two parts across both sides of a 7-inch on manager Terry Ork's Ork Records.
    0pts

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