Visions of Excess

Studio album by The Golden Palominos

Released

1985

Recorded

Radio City Music Hall Studio

Genre

Post-punk

Length

37:09

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

↑ 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.

External links

Visions of Excess at Discogs (list of releases)

The Golden Palominos
Anton Fier Tony Scherr Andy Hess Nicole Blackman Lori Carson Knox Chandler Bootsy Collins Fred Frith Jody Harris Lydia Kavanagh Robert Kidney Amanda Kramer Bill Laswell Arto Lindsay David Moss Nicky Skopelitis Syd Straw 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)
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"
with Kevn Kinney	A Good Country Mile (2012)

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