The Golden Palominos (album)

The Golden Palominos
The Golden Palominos
Studio album by the Golden Palominos
Released	May 20, 1983
Recorded	1983 at Radio City Music Hall Studio and OAO Studio, New York
Genre	No wave
Length	43:04
Label	Celluloid
Producer	Anton Fier, Bill Laswell
The Golden Palominos chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A−^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

The Golden Palominos is the debut studio album by the alternative rock band the Golden Palominos.^[5]^[6] It was released on May 20, 1983, on Celluloid Records.

Critical reception[edit]

Trouser Press called the album "above-average avant-funk," writing that it "would have been a milestone if it had sounded anything like the Palominos’ New York gigs."^[6]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Clean Plate"	Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay	6:30
2.	"Hot Seat"	Anton Fier, Mark E. Miller, Charles K. Noyes	5:16
3.	"Under the Cap"	Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay	5:36
4.	"Monday Night"	Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay	6:31
5.	"Cookout"	Anton Fier	4:40
6.	"I.D."	Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay	6:48
7.	"Two Sided Fist"	Anton Fier, Fred Frith, Arto Lindsay	7:43

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

Michael Beinhorn – drums and Oberheim DMX on "Hot Seat", piano on "Cookout"
Anton Fier – drums, Oberheim DMX, percussion, production, mixing
Fred Frith – guitar, violin
Bill Laswell – bass guitar, production, mixing
Thi-Linh Le – vocals on "Monday Night", design, photography
Arto Lindsay – vocals, guitar, additional production
Mark E. Miller – vocals on "Hot Seat", turntables on "Hot Seat" and "Monday Night"
David Moss – percussion on "Clean Plate", "Under the Cap" and "Two Sided Fist"
Nicky Skopelitis – guitar on "Monday Night" and "I.D."
Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Steinberger bass guitar on "Clean Plate" and "Two Sided Fist"
Roger Trilling – tape on "Cookout"
John Zorn – alto saxophone, clarinet, game calls

Production and additional personnel

Martin Bisi – additional production, mixing
Peter Blegvad – vocal coach
Don Hünerberg – engineering
Mike Krowiak – additional engineering
Jan Luss – design

References[edit]

^ Ankeny, Jason. "The Golden Palominos". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: The Golden Palominos". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 285.
^ Palmer, Robert (December 4, 1985). "The Pop Life" – via NYTimes.com.
^ ^a ^b "Golden Palominos". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

External links[edit]

The Golden Palominos at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Ankeny, Jason. "The Golden Palominos". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.

[Christgau_Review-2] Christgau, Robert. "The Golden Palominos: The Golden Palominos". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.

[3] Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.

[RS-4] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 285.

[5] Palmer, Robert (December 4, 1985). "The Pop Life" – via NYTimes.com.

[TP-6] "Golden Palominos". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

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v t e The Golden Palominos
Anton Fier Tony Scherr Andy Hess Nicole Blackman Lori Carson Knox Chandler Fred Frith Jody Harris Lydia Kavanagh Robert Kidney Kevn Kinney Amanda Kramer Bill Laswell Arto Lindsay David Moss Nicky Skopelitis Syd Straw Aaron Lee Tasjan Eleanor Whitmore Bernie Worrell John Zorn
Studio albums	The Golden Palominos (1983) Visions of Excess (1985) Blast of Silence (Axed My Baby for a Nickel) (1986) A Dead Horse (1989) Drunk with Passion (1991) This Is How It Feels (1993) Pure (1994) Dead Inside (1996) A Good Country Mile (2012)
Compilations	Thundering Herd: The Best of The Golden Palominos (1991) A History (1982–1985) (1992) A History (1986–1989) (1992)
Singles	"Alive and Living Now"