This album was originally recorded in Sweden in 1987, and while the performancesare good, the original album, paired here with an upgrade, is awash in 80s guitar-pedal sounds, and sound-board induced digital delay and flanging--qualities I didn't like even at the time. Lloyd revisited the recording in 2006 and retracked most of the voices, guitars and occasionally other instruments, too. The guitars now have a crunchy, unpretentious quality--he likely used few, if any pedals. Most of it is a Stratocaster..
I would love to hear this album as all instrumental tracks. I would even love to hear just the main guitar riffs isolated from the rest of the songs. Richard Lloyd is one of rock's all-time great guitarists, and what he did with Tom Verlaine and their duelling guitars in Television is sublime. But Lloyd was never meant to be a chief songwriter or lead vocalist. His vocal melodies on these otherwise driving, powerful songs are tired and flat, and they bring things down. And his voice - well, you don't h..
Preliminaries:First, I want to make it clear that my review primarily covers the "Revisited" Disc 2 (2007). Second, while I like Television, I primarily come to Richard Lloyd's work through his long time association with Matthew Sweet. Third, if you've listened to Television, it's hard to imagine complaining about Richard Lloyd's vocals.All that out of the way, this album is a masterpiece. Yes, the guitars sound great--alternating between honky overdriven crunch and sparkly 12 string jangle. Lead guitar..
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