Visions of Excess

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Visions of Excess
Studio album by The Golden Palominos
Released	1985
Recorded	Radio City Music Hall Studio
Genre	Rock
Length	37:09
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Anton Fier
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Golden Palominos chronology
The Golden Palominos (1983) Visions of Excess (1985) Blast of Silence (1986)

Visions of Excess is the second album by the Golden Palominos, which were composed of a largely different line-up than appeared on their first album. It included a cover of Moby Grape's "Omaha", with Michael Stipe singing lead.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Boy [Go]" (Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe) – 5:30
2. "Clustering Train" (Fier, Harris, Stipe) – 6:07
3. "Omaha" (Skip Spence) – 3:11
4. "The Animal Speaks" (Robert Kidney) – 4:07

[edit] Side two

1. "Silver Bullet" (Fier, Harris, Syd Straw, Cullum) – 5:09
2. "(Kind of) True" (Fier, Harris, Straw) – 4:47
3. "Buenos Aires" (Fier, Nicky Skopelitis, Straw) – 3:48
4. "Only One Party" (Fier, Harris, Arto Lindsay) – 4:30

[edit] Personnel

• Anton Fier - drums, DMX, percussion
• Bill Laswell - bass
• 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