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
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) Mike 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)