Visions of Excess is the second albumbythe 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.
| Visions of Excess | ||||
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| Studio albumby | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | Radio City Music and Evergreen Studio Hall Studio | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 37:09 | |||
| Label | Celluloid[1] | |||
| Producer | Anton Fier | |||
| The Golden Palominos chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [1] |
Trouser Press called Visions of Excess "a brilliant neo-pop album of tuneful, lyrical songs."[6] John LelandatSpin 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]
| 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 |
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