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1985 studio album by The Golden Palominos
Visions of Excess is the second
album by
the Golden Palominos .
[5]
[6] The band's line-up was substantially different from their first album.
[7] It includes a cover of
Moby Grape 's "Omaha," with
Michael Stipe singing lead.
Critical reception
Trouser Press called Visions of Excess "a brilliant neo-pop album of tuneful, lyrical songs."
[6]
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
Title Writer(s) 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
^
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b The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 285.
^ 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.
^ 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 .
^ John Leland (December 1985). "Spins".
Spin . No. 8. p. 30.
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External links
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