Originally Posted by boo boo

I love that album.

And it's not a punk album. I don't even consider it proto punk, proto-post punk maybe (try saying that three times fast).

Television put a lot of their musicianship on display and in a way I don't find consistant with punk rock, while talented punk bands exist, they tend to restrain themselves to some extent in order to fit in with the "code" of the genre. Television never thought of themselves as a punk band so they never did that, they weren't afraid to jam.