Last Round

Last Round
Studio album by
the Holy Modal Rounders
Released1978
RecordedThe Workshop Recording Studios, Douglaston, New York
GenreFolk
Length36:22
LabelAdelphi
ProducerBetty Berkin, Robin Remaily, Peter Stampfel, Steve Weber
The Holy Modal Rounders chronology
Have Moicy!
(1976) 		Last Round
(1978) 		Going Nowhere Fast
(1981)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Euphoria"RemailyWeber3:12
2."Poison Sugar"StampfelBerkin, Stampfel2:22
3."Oriental Lady"StampfelStampfel2:23
4."The Cold Roll"RemailyRemaily3:07
5."That Belly I Idolize"AntoniaWeber3:58
6."August 1967"StampfelStampfel, Weber3:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."If You Want to Be a Bird/Wild Blue Yonder"AntoniaStampfel3:13
2."Pink Underwear"RemailyRemaily3:54
3."God, What Am I Doing Here?"AntoniaStampfel3:09
4."Sweet William"Traditional arr.Stampfel3:05
5."Romping Through the Swamp"StampfelStampfel2:30
6."Silly Boys"RemailyRemaily3:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Swartley, Ariel (July 18, 1999). "Round They Go Again, as Full of Fun as Ever". The New York Times. p. 2.30.
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 503.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  4. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Last Round". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. 2004. Pg. 385–386. Retrieved on August 13, 2012.
  7. ^ Becker, Bart (February 7, 1979). "The Holy Modal Rounders, Last Round". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 29.
  8. ^ Robins, Wayne (May 10, 1979). "Holy Modal Rounders: 'Last Round'". Part II. Newsday. p. 66.
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