Visions of Excess

Visions of Excess
Studio album by the Golden Palominos
Released	1985
Studios	Radio City Music and Evergreen Studio Hall
Genre	Post-punk
Length	37:09
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Anton Fier
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. 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau	B+
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Trouser Press called Visions of Excess "a brilliant neo-pop album of tuneful, lyrical songs." 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.

Track listing

Personnel

• Anton Fier – drums, DMX, percussion (all tracks)
• Bill Laswell – bass guitar (all tracks)
• Jody Harris – guitars, slide guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Richard Thompson – guitars (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)
• Michael Hampton  – guitar (track 2)
• Henry Kaiser – guitars (track 3)
• Nicky Skopelitis – guitars (track 7)
• Arto Lindsay – guitar, Vocals (Track 8)
• Chris Stamey – guitar, piano, vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6)
• Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
• Carla Bley – Hammond organ (track 7)
• Syd Straw – vocals (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)
• Michael Stipe – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3)
• Jack Bruce – vocals, harp (track 5)
• John Lydon – vocals (track 4)

References

External links

• Visions of Excess at Discogs (list of releases)