Visions of Excess
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"The Palominos' 1985's Visions of Excess sounded vastly different from their previous albums. Of the band members that were on the first album, only Fier, Laswell and Arto Lindsay remained. Visions of Excess also marked the debut of singer Syd Straw, whose songwriting and vocals were featured prominently, as well as on the group's next album. Michael Stipe, John Lydon and Jack Bruce took turns on lead vocals, while Richard Thompson and Jody Harris were featured on lead guitar."--Sholem Stein |
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Visions of Excess (1985) 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.
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Critical reception
Trouser Press called Visions of Excess "a brilliant neo-pop album of tuneful, lyrical songs."
Track listing
| title1 = Boy (Go) | writer1 = Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe | length1 = 5:30 | title2 = Clustering Train | writer2 = Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Michael Stipe | length2 = 6:07 | title3 = Omaha | writer3 = Skip Spence | length3 = 3:11 | title4 = The Animal Speaks | writer4 = Robert Kidney | length4 = 4:07 | title5 = Silver Bullet | writer5 = Jack Bruce, Paul Cullum, Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Syd Straw | length5 = 5:09 | title6 = (Kind of) True | writer6 = Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Syd Straw | length6 = 4:47 | title7 = Buenos Aires | writer7 = Anton Fier, Nicky Skopelitis, Syd Straw | length7 = 3:48 | title8 = Only One Party | writer8 = Anton Fier, Jody Harris, Arto Lindsay | length8 = 4:30 }}
Personnel
- Anton Fier – drums, DMX, percussion (all tracks)
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar (all tracks)<ref name=jacket />
- Jody Harris – guitars, slide guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)<ref name=jacket />
- Richard Thompson – guitars (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)<ref name=jacket />
- Mike Hampton – guitar (track 2)<ref name=jacket />
- Henry Kaiser – guitars (track 3)<ref name=jacket />
- Nicky Skopelitis – guitars (track 7)<ref name=jacket />
- Arto Lindsay – guitar, Vocals (Track 8) <ref name=jacket />
- Chris Stamey – guitar, piano, vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)<ref name=jacket />
- Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)<ref name=jacket />
- Carla Bley – Hammond organ (track 7)<ref name=jacket />
- Syd Straw – vocals (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)<ref name=jacket />
- Michael Stipe – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3)<ref name=jacket />
- Jack Bruce – vocals, harp (track 5)<ref name=jacket />
- John Lydon – vocals (track 4)<ref name=jacket />
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