Visions of Excess
1985 studio album by the Golden Palominos
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Visions of Excess is the second album by the Golden Palominos.[2][3] The band's line-up was substantially different from their first album.[4] It includes a cover of Moby Grape's "Omaha", with Michael Stipe singing lead.
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | Radio City Music and Evergreen Studio Hall | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 37:09 | |||
| Label | Celluloid[1] | |||
| Producer | Anton Fier | |||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [1] |
Trouser Press called Visions of Excess "a brilliant neo-pop album of tuneful, lyrical songs."[3] John Leland at Spin wrote, "The generally stellar accompaniment occasionally gets buried in the blustery mix. But more often, it gets subsumed in songwriting that is sometimes just adequate.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boy (Go)" | Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe | 5:30 |
| 2. | "Clustering Train" | Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe | 6:07 |
| 3. | "Omaha" | Skip Spence | 3:11 |
| 4. | "The Animal Speaks" | Robert Kidney | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Silver Bullet" | Jack Bruce, Paul Cullum, Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Syd Straw | 5:09 |
| 6. | "(Kind of) True" | Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Syd Straw | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Buenos Aires" | Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis, Syd Straw | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Only One Party" | Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Arto Lindsay | 4:30 |
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Personnel
- Anton Fier – drums, DMX, percussion (all tracks)[9]
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar (all tracks)[9]
- Jody Harris – guitars, slide guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)[9]
- Richard Thompson – guitars (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)[9]
- Michael Hampton – guitar (track 2)[9]
- Henry Kaiser – guitars (track 3)[9]
- Nicky Skopelitis – guitars (track 7)[9]
- Arto Lindsay – guitar, Vocals (Track 8) [9]
- Chris Stamey – guitar, piano, vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)[9]
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)[9]
- Carla Bley – Hammond organ (track 7)[9]
- Syd Straw – vocals (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)[9]
- Michael Stipe – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3)[9]
- Jack Bruce – vocals, harp (track 5)[9]
- John Lydon – vocals (track 4)[9]