Television 
The best album credited to Television is Marquee Moon which is ranked number 44 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 18,512.
Television is ranked number 109 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 19,217.
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- Tom Verlaine
- Richard Lloyd
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Television best albums
The following albums by Television are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
Television bestography composition
Television best tracks
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Television ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 06/29/2026 21:07 | kinginsomniac12 | 77 | 100/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 03:32 |  LukasAntoine00s | 91 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2025 15:19 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 83.0/100, a mean average of 83.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 11.3.
Television favourites
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Television forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/12/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5463): By arthur237View latest topic →
Television comments
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HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/30/2014 10:03 | #115629
Marquee Moon and Adventure are both really great. Still, I think it's funny that one album is in the top fifty, and the rest are below 5,000.
NickVolos TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/08/2013 16:50 | #87942
Incredible proto punk bank known mostly for "Marquee Moon", yet their 2nd effort is also a landmark release.
Captain_Dude 08/08/2011 03:33 | #25966
If MARQUEE MOON were their only album, this band would receive at least a 90 from me. However, their follow-ups just didn't have the imagination, charm, and originality that the first attempt had. (Edited)
RIP Tom Verlaine, bit of a genius guitar player, wrote some great songs, unique and influential figure in the post -punk music world.
For these ears, Marquee Moon ranks easily amongst the top 30 of all-time best rock/pop albums.
Across its eight songs, the songwriting is perfect, also the interplay of the two guitars, and the voice of Tom Verlaine.
Influences? Psychedelic jamming of classic guitar bands such as the Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Quicksilver, but with the raw energy of punk. And timeless songs.
Their second album "Adventure" also contains some great songs, but the overall level of intensity is a bit lower.
Then Television disbanded, Tom Verlaine pursuing an interesting solo career, but with only a few songs equaling those on Marquee Moon.
