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[1]
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	[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[edit]

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[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• 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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Visions of Excess at Discogs (list of releases)