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The Golden Palominos ‎- Blast Of Silence (Axed My Baby For A Nickel) [CELL 6127 USA 24-Bit FLAC] The follow up to Visions Of Excess was the more polished  Blast Of Silence . Dennis Hopper's opening quip warns us to expect another change in direction. This album is much more american in feel, dipping more into mainstream rock as those Palominos are assisted by Peter Blegvad, T-Bone Burnett, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Jack Bruce and Don Dixon. Again it is Syd Straw's voice which makes the album a more worthy listen (just check out Diamond ), especially if like me, rock americana is not your thing. Ripped from a pristine vinyl original from the penguinflight archive. A1 I've Been The One A2 Something Becomes Nothing A3 The Push And The Shove A4 (Something Else Is) Working Harder A5 Angels B1 Diamond B2 Faithless Heart B3 Work Was New B4 Strong, Simple Silences B5 Brides Of Jesus

Golden Palominos - Visions Of Excess [CELL 6118 USA 1985 24-Bit FLAC] The hardcore of those Golden Palominos were founder Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell and Jody Harris. Augmented by a series of guest vocalists they followed their very experimental hip-hop/art-rock crossover self-titled debut with Visions Of Excess which was to become their most recognised piece of work.  The guest list for the album is fairly momentous - Micheal Stipe, John Lydon and Jack Bruce add their voices to these eight alternative rock pieces, however it is the superb voice of Syd Straw which stands out above those of her luminaries. Many will head straight for the Stipe numbers, Boy (Go) , Clustering Train and his REM'ish cover of Moby Grape's Omaha, but please also give credence to Straw's gorgeous voice on Buenos Aires and (Kind Of) True .  John Lydon does his best to ruin things with his belching intro to The Animal Speaks , however this is better than most of what he was ...