THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS

A DEAD HORSE

  1/  Wild River                                 (Kidney)                      4.40
  2/  Shattered Image                            (Fier,Skopelitis,Kramer)      5.25
  3/  Angel of Death                             (Fier,Skopelitis,Kramer)      4.43
  4/  Lucky                                      (Kidney)                      4.54
  5/  Darklands                                  (Fier,Skopelitis,Kramer)      6.46
  6/  A Letter Back                              (Kidney)                      7.04
  7/  Over                                       (Fier,Skopelitis,Kramer)      7.38

          Recorded at Platinum Island, New York
          Engineers : Steve Rinkoff, William Garrett, Robert Musso, Oz Fritz and John Herman
          Mixed by Steve Rinkoff at Platinum Island
          Assistant : Oz Fritz
          Produced by Anton Fier
          Project Coordinator : Sarah Auld
          Drum Tech : Steve Klatz
Anton Fier : drums; Robert Kidney : guitar, vocals; Amanda Kramer : keyboards, vocals; Bill Laswell : bass; Nicky Skopelitis : guitar; Jeff Bova : keyboards; Bernie Worrell : keyboards; Aiyb Dieng : percussion; Chuck Leavell : organ; Larry Saltzman : acoustic guitar; Mick Taylor : guitar.

          1989  -  Celluloid Records (USA),  CELD  6138  (CD)

REVIEWS :

By and large, A Dead Horse tosses out the supersession approach of previous Golden Palominos efforts to concentrate on a steady core roster of Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, and Nicky Skopelitis; vocal chores are evenly divided among the Numbers Band's Robert Kidney and Amanda Kramer, formerly of Information Society. A subdued, moody effort, A Dead Horse lacks the energy and spark of the group's earlier work; only Kramer's lovely "Darklands" makes much of a lasting impression.

3 stars out of 5

Jason Ankeny (courtesy of All Music Guide website)