Visions of Excess
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedRadio City Music and Evergreen Studio Hall Studio
GenrePost-punk
Length37:09
LabelCelluloid[1]
ProducerAnton Fier
The Golden Palominos chronology
The Golden Palominos
(1983)
Visions of Excess
(1985)
Blast of Silence
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[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

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Boy (Go)"Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe5:30
2."Clustering Train"Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe6:07
3."Omaha"Skip Spence3:11
4."The Animal Speaks"Robert Kidney4:07
5."Silver Bullet"Jack Bruce, Paul Cullum, Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Syd Straw5:09
6."(Kind of) True"Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Syd Straw4:47
7."Buenos Aires"Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis, Syd Straw3:48
8."Only One Party"Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Arto Lindsay4:30
Alternative album cover

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 285.
  2. Ankeny, Jason. "Visions of Excess". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: Visions of Excess". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  4. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 via Google Books.
  5. Buckley, Peter (August 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 "Golden Palominos". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. Popson, Tom (14 March 1986). "PALOMINOS HEAD TOWARD CHICAGO". chicagotribune.com.
  8. John Leland (December 1985). "Spins". Spin. No. 8. p. 30.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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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