10 More Rock Music Albums That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

10. Marquee Moon - Television

Towards the end of the 1970s, conventional punk rock exploded into dozens of different subgenres.

One that would go on to dominate the 1980s was New Wave, a more toned down, less frightening, more pop-orientated incarnation of the hellraising movement. Bands like Blondie, Depeche Mode, and Duran Duran, all made names for themselves thanks to this new venture, but none of them would have gotten anywhere had it not been for Television.

That's the band, not the method of broadcasting moving images, although that possibly helped too.

Formed in New York City, Television released their debut album Marquee Moon in 1977. Marquee was definitely the word for it, as this would turn out to be a watershed movement in rock music history.

Although they had previously operated as a punk act, the band decided to take things in a new direction for their first record. Their resulting mixture of jazz chords, clean production, and improvisation was heralded as a massive leap forward and set the stage for New Wave to dominate the upcoming decade.

Sadly for Television, they achieved very little chart success themselves, before breaking up for the first time in 1978.