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

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]

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 August 14, 2020.
^ Popson, Tom (March 14, 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 August 14, 2020.

[4] Popson, Tom (March 14, 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.

[jacket-9] ^ ^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)

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v t e The Golden Palominos
Anton Fier Tony Scherr Andy Hess 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
Studio albums	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)
Compilations	Thundering Herd: The Best of The Golden Palominos (1991) A History (1982–1985) (1992) A History (1986–1989) (1992)
Singles	"Alive and Living Now"

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