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Fire Records

Television Personalities 'The Painted Word'

£11.99

Fire Records

Television Personalities 'The Painted Word'

£11.99

Released in 1984, The Painted Word is TVP's fourth studio album is 'one of the most wanton and willful cases of self-immolation you're ever likely to hear' (Melody Maker).

Breaking up two year's prior, TVP's returned with this stunning dark comeback shares the same name as the Tom Wolfe novel.

With the formidable Daniel Treacy at its core, Television Personalities remain one of new wave's longest serving and seminal artists with a career spanning over three decades.

The indie pop visionaries influenced many people across the industry including Battles, Black Dice, Crystal Stilts, MGMT and Creation Records'Alan McGee

'a stark, unforgiving look at the despair of a man lost in his own world.' Alan McGee - Creation Records

'There's still no album quite like it' Exclaim

Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Stop and Smell the Roses
2. The Painted Word
3. A Life of Her Own
4. Bright Sunny Smiles
5. Mentioned In Dispatches
6. A Sense of Belonging
7. Say You Won't Cry

Side B:
1. Someone to Share my Life With
2. You'll Have to Scream Louder
3. Happy All the Time
4. The Girl Who Had Everything
5. Paradise Estate
6. Back To Vietnam