Visions of Excess

Visions of Excess
Visions of Excess
Studio album by the Golden Palominos
Released	1985
Recorded	Radio City Music and Evergreen Studio Hall Studio
Genre	Post-punk
Length	37:09
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Anton Fier
The Golden Palominos chronology

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

Alternative album cover

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]
Mike 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]

References

^ ^a ^b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 285.
^ Buckley, Peter (August 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Golden Palominos". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ Popson, Tom (14 March 1986). "PALOMINOS HEAD TOWARD CHICAGO". chicagotribune.com.
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Visions of Excess". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: Visions of Excess". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
^ John Leland (December 1985). "Spins". Spin. No. 8. p. 30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Visions of Excess (album jacket). The Golden Palominos. New York, New York: Celluloid Records. 1985. Cell 6118.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Visions of Excess at Discogs (list of releases)

[RS-1] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 285.

[2] Buckley, Peter (August 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.

[TP-3] "Golden Palominos". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[4] Popson, Tom (14 March 1986). "PALOMINOS HEAD TOWARD CHICAGO". chicagotribune.com.

[allmusic-5] Ankeny, Jason. "Visions of Excess". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.

[Christgau_Review-6] Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: Visions of Excess". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.

[7] Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

[8] John Leland (December 1985). "Spins". Spin. No. 8. p. 30.

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