This Is How It Feels (album)

This Is How It Feels
This Is How It Feels
Studio album by the Golden Palominos
Released	September 28, 1993
Recorded	January – June 1993 at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Genre	Dream pop
Length	60:09
Label	Restless
Producer	Anton Fier
The Golden Palominos chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[2]
NME	^[3]

This Is How It Feels is the sixth album by the Golden Palominos, released on September 28, 1993, by Restless Records. It was the first of two Golden Palominos records to feature vocals by Lori Carson, who also appears on the album's cover.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sleepwalk"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	5:12
2.	"Prison of the Rhythm"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	4:54
3.	"I'm Not Sorry"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	5:07
4.	"This Is How It Feels"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	4:45
5.	"To a Stranger"	Anton Fier, Lydia Kavanagh, Bill Laswell	5:41
6.	"The Wonder"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	4:55
7.	"Breakdown"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	4:58
8.	"These Days"	Jackson Browne	4:09
9.	"Rain Holds"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	5:52
10.	"Twist the Knife"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	5:21
11.	"Bird Flying"	Lori Carson, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell	5:54
12.	"A Divine Kiss"	Anton Fier, Lydia Kavanagh, Bill Laswell, Matt Stein	3:15

Personnel

Musicians

Lori Carson – vocals
Bootsy Collins – guitar
Anton Fier – drums, percussion, programming, production, art direction
Bill Laswell – bass guitar
Nicky Skopelitis – guitar
Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
Jeff Bova – keyboards, additional programming
Amanda Kramer – keyboards
Lydia Kavanagh – vocals on "To a Stranger", "These Days" and "A Divine Kiss"

Production and additional personnel

Melanie Acevedo – photography
Bruce Calder – mixing, recording
Oz Fritz – recording
Dean Karr – photography
Matt Stein – programming, mixing, recording
Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

^ Demalon, Tom. "This Is How It Feels". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ columnist (October 1993). "This Is How It Feels". Entertainment Weekly. p. 54.
^ columnist (March 1994). "This Is How It Feels". NME: 51.
^ "This is How It Feels". September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

This Is How It Feels at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Demalon, Tom. "This Is How It Feels". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[entertainmentweekly-2] umnist (October 1993). "This Is How It Feels". Entertainment Weekly. p. 54.

[3] umnist (March 1994). "This Is How It Feels". NME: 51.

[4] "This is How It Feels". September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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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"