Part Time Punks: The Very Best of Television Personalities

by Television Personalities

Part Time Punks: The Very Best of Television Personalities cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 March 1999
  • Label: Cherry Red Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:21:05
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Dan Treacy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A best-of compilation from Television Personalities, the London band led by Dan Treacy whose debut single 'Part Time Punks' named the condition of their audience. The set gathers their singles and album highlights, documents of a lo-fi post-punk songwriting that influenced generations of indie pop.

Genres

Descriptors: synthesizers, atmospheric, melodic, dance, bassy, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. 14th Floor (2:18)
  2. Part Time Punks (2:38)
  3. Where's Bill Grundy Now? (2:16)
  4. Smashing Time (2:40)
  5. King and Country (5:59)
  6. I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives (2:31)
  7. Silly Girl (2:47)
  8. A Picture of Dorian Gray (2:11)
  9. Look Back in Anger (2:39)
  10. La grande illusion (3:30)
  11. If I Could Write Poetry (5:08)
  12. Magnificiant Dreams (2:57)
  13. Painting by Numbers (3:26)
  14. Where the Rainbow Ends (3:44)
  15. Three Wishes (5:24)
  16. Mysterious Ways (5:04)
  17. Stop and Smell the Roses (4:03)
  18. Someone to Share My Life With (4:00)
  19. The Painted Word (3:48)
  20. And How I Learned to Love the Bomb (7:53)
  21. Salvador Dali's Garden Party (3:31)
  22. Sad Mona Lisa (2:38)

Credits

  • Dan Treacy - vocals, guitar
  • Daniel Treacy - compiled by, written-by

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