Visions of Excess

Visions of Excess
Studio album by The Golden Palominos
Released	1985
Recorded	Radio City Music Hall Studio
Genre	Post-punk
Length	37:09
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Anton Fier
The Golden Palominos chronology
The Golden Palominos (1983) Visions of Excess (1985) Blast of Silence (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]

Visions of Excess is the second album by the Golden Palominos. The band's line-up was substantially different from their first album. It includes a cover of Moby Grape's "Omaha", with Michael Stipe singing lead.

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
• Bill Laswell – bass guitar
• Jody Harris – guitars, slide guitar
• Richard Thompson – guitars
• Mike Hampton – guitar
• Henry Kaiser – guitars
• Nicky Skopelitis – guitars
• Arto Lindsay – guitar, vocals
• Chris Stamey – guitar, piano, vocals
• Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
• Carla Bley – Hammond organ
• Syd Straw – vocals
• Michael Stipe – vocals
• Jack Bruce – vocals, harp
• John Lydon – vocals

References

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Visions of Excess". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
2. Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: Visions of Excess". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.

External links

• Visions of Excess at Discogs (list of releases)