Privilege is an album by English rock band Television Personalities.[6][7] It was released in 1990 through Fire Records.[4][8] The album was recorded as a trio, with former Swell Maps member Jowe Head and drummer Jeffrey Bloom accompanying Dan Treacy.[9]
| Privilege | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1990 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 46:40 | |||
| Label | Fire[1] | |||
| Producer | Phil Vinall, Television Personalities | |||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[5] |
Critical reception edit
Jason Ankeny of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, describing it as "one of the group's most personal and dark records."[2] Chicago Tribune critic David Levinsky wrote that "the LP suffers from overly lush production, supplying one too many monolithic synth chords." Levinsky also stated: "We get a record suffering from the shotgun approach: a couple of exceptional singles and a lot of also-rans."[3] In contrast, Ira Robbins of Trouser Press stated: "Privilege dresses Treacy's characteristically direct songs with just the right amount of keyboards, and his voice is as boyishly engaging as ever."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album "overproduced," but wrote that "Treacy can still make his pop obsessions gleam like vintage Campbell's soup cans."[5]
Track listing edit
All songs written by Dan Treacy, except where noted.
- "Paradise Is For The Blessed" – 3:49
- "A Good And Faithful Servant" – 3:38
- "Conscience Tells Me No" – 3:29
- "My Hedonistic Tendencies" – 4:05
- "All My Dreams Are Dead" – 3:00
- "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" – 3:32
- "The Man Who Paints The Rainbows" – 2:44
- "What If It's Raining?" – 3:37
- "Sad Mona Lisa" – 2:40
- "The Engine Driver Song" – 2:55
- "Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself" – 1:51
- "Privilege" – 3:43
- "The Room At The Top Of The Stairs" (Randall Hylton, Treacy) – 3:35
- "This Time There's No Happy Ending" – 2:20
- "Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations" – 1:47
Personnel edit
- Television Personalities
- Jowe Head – bass
- Jefferey Bloom – drums
- Dan Treacy – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Jowe Head – strings, trumpet
- Technical
- Matthew Fisher – engineering
- Wilson Sharp – engineering
- Television Personalities – production
- Phil Vinall – production
References edit
- ^ "Television Personalities – Privilege". FIRE RECORDS. 19 February 2018.
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Television Personalities - Privilege". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ a b Levinsky, David (29 March 1990). "Television Personalities - Privilege". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 83.
- ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 399–400.
- ^ "Television Personalities | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 994.
- ^ "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 2 June 1990 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Robbins, Ira. "Television Personalities". Trouser Press. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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