"Drunk with Passion" marked the first album not on Celluloid Records, taking cues from some of the darker sounds heard on "A Dead Horse" and using more processed and electronic sounds, giving some of its songs an ethereal feel. This album is arguably more influenced by its guest appearances than are any of the previous albums. Guests included Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould (who formed the band Sugar the following year), Richard Thompson, and Michael Stipe, who provided (along with a forceful solo by Thompson) one of the band's finer moments, the opening track "Alive and Living Now". Nicky Skopelitis also became more of a cornerstone of the band, contributing to the bulk of "Drunk with Passion"'s songs along with Fier and Kramer. In 1992, Fier released his first solo record, "Dreamspeed", which is partially a reworking of the Palomino's next album, "This Is How It Feels".