Song · Golden Palominos
“Alive and Living Now” by Golden Palominos
From the album Drunk With Passion (1991)
“Alive and Living Now” by Golden Palominos appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1991 and 1992. It was first released in 1991 on the album Drunk With Passion. Its best result is #66 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #176 alternative song of 1991.
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"Alive and Living Now" came off the Golden Palominos' 1991 album Drunk With Passion on Virgin, and it's the one that finally broke through: for all the singles they had put out, it's their only song to chart, reaching number 14 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. The guest list does plenty of the talking. Michael Stipe of R.E.M. sings it, Richard Thompson plays lead guitar and jazz bandleader Carla Bley sits in on Hammond organ.
It's a love song with the windows thrown open, Stipe singing to the someone who pulls you back to life just when everything looked lost. Critics warmed to it. AllMusic's Tom Demalon heard a bright celebration of being alive and one of the album's high points, and Entertainment Weekly's David Browne went so far as to call it livelier than the whole of Out of Time, released the same year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 93 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
| 1991 | 66 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
| 1992 | 102 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
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