Editing Television (band) (section)

=== ''Marquee Moon'', ''Adventure'' and break-up (1977–78) ===

Television's first album, ''[[Marquee Moon]]'', was received positively by music critics and audiences, and although failing to enter the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart, it exceeded commercial expectations in Europe, reaching the top 30 in the [[Official Charts Company|United Kingdom]] and Sweden. Upon its initial release in 1977, Roy Trakin wrote in the ''SoHo Weekly'' "forget everything you've heard about Television, forget [[punk music|punk]], forget New York, forget CBGB's ... hell, forget rock and roll—this is the real item."{{sfn|Trakin|1977}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [[AllMusic]] writes that the album was "revolutionary" and composed "entirely of tense [[garage rock]]ers that spiral into heady intellectual territory, which is achieved through the group's long, interweaving instrumental sections."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/marquee-moon-mw0000193524 |title=''Marquee Moon'' – Television – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>

Television's second album, ''[[Adventure (Television album)|Adventure]]'', was recorded and released in 1978.{{sfn|Waterman|2011|p=x}}{{sfn|Emerson|1978}} Softer and more reflective than their debut album, ''Adventure'' was well received by critics despite modest sales. The members' independent and strongly held artistic visions, along with Lloyd's drug abuse and lack of commercial success,{{sfn|Heylin|2005|p=270}} led to the band's break-up in July 1978. Both Lloyd and Verlaine pursued solo careers, while Ficca became the drummer for the new wave band [[the Waitresses]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huey|first1=Steve|title=The Waitresses {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-waitresses-mn0000585210/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref>