Last Round
1978 studio album by the Holy Modal Rounders
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Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | The Workshop Recording Studios, Douglaston, New York | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 36:22 | |||
Label | Adelphi | |||
Producer | Betty Berkin, Robin Remaily, Peter Stampfel, Steve Weber | |||
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Last Round is a studio album by the American musical group the Holy Modal Rounders.[1][2] It was released in 1978 through Adelphi Records.[3]
Critical reception
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Christgau's Record Guide | B+[5] |
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The Lincoln Journal Star deemed the album "pleasant, amusing, [and] pretty insignificant," noting that "this is where all the hippies went, in case you'd missed them."[7] Newsday called it "wacky hippie folk music that is often pleasingly salty and sardonic."[8]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Euphoria" | Remaily | Weber | 3:12 |
2. | "Poison Sugar" | Stampfel | Berkin, Stampfel | 2:22 |
3. | "Oriental Lady" | Stampfel | Stampfel | 2:23 |
4. | "The Cold Roll" | Remaily | Remaily | 3:07 |
5. | "That Belly I Idolize" | Antonia | Weber | 3:58 |
6. | "August 1967" | Stampfel | Stampfel, Weber | 3:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "If You Want to Be a Bird/Wild Blue Yonder" | Antonia | Stampfel | 3:13 |
2. | "Pink Underwear" | Remaily | Remaily | 3:54 |
3. | "God, What Am I Doing Here?" | Antonia | Stampfel | 3:09 |
4. | "Sweet William" | Traditional arr. | Stampfel | 3:05 |
5. | "Romping Through the Swamp" | Stampfel | Stampfel | 2:30 |
6. | "Silly Boys" | Remaily | Remaily | 3:32 |
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References
- ^ Swartley, Ariel (18 July 1999). "Round They Go Again, as Full of Fun as Ever". The New York Times. p. 2.30.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 503.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Last Round". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 26, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. 2004. Pg. 385–386. Retrieved on August 13, 2012.
- ^ Becker, Bart (7 Feb 1979). "The Holy Modal Rounders, Last Round". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 29.
- ^ Robins, Wayne (10 May 1979). "Holy Modal Rounders: 'Last Round'". Part II. Newsday. p. 66.
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