Visions of Excess | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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] |
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Trouser Press called Visions of Excess "a brilliant neo-pop album of tuneful, lyrical songs." [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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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