Visions of Excess
1985 studio album by The Golden Palominos
Visions of Excess | ||||
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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[1] | |||
Producer | Anton Fier | |||
The Golden Palominos chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [1] |
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
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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External links
- Visions of Excess at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Nicole Blackman
- Lori Carson
- Knox Chandler
- Fred Frith
- Jody Harris
- Lydia Kavanagh
- Robert Kidney
- Kevn Kinney
- Amanda Kramer
- Bill Laswell
- Arto Lindsay
- David Moss
- Nicky Skopelitis
- Syd Straw
- Aaron Lee Tasjan
- Eleanor Whitmore
- Bernie Worrell
- John Zorn
- The Golden Palominos (1983)
- Visions of Excess (1985)
- Blast of Silence (Axed My Baby for a Nickel) (1986)
- A Dead Horse (1989)
- Drunk with Passion (1991)
- This Is How It Feels (1993)
- Pure (1994)
- Dead Inside (1996)
- A Good Country Mile (2012)
- Thundering Herd: The Best of The Golden Palominos (1991)
- A History (1982–1985) (1992)
- A History (1986–1989) (1992)