Last Round

Last Round
Last Round
Studio album by the Holy Modal Rounders
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
The Holy Modal Rounders chronology

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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
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

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
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

Personnel

The Holy Modal Rounders

Peter Stampfel – fiddle, banjo, vocals, design
Steve Weber – guitar, vocals, bass guitar

The Clamtones

Ted Deane – saxophone, clarinet, flute
Dave Reisch – bass guitar
Roger North – drums
Robin Remaily – mandolin, guitar, steel guitar, piano, fiddle, vocals
Richard Tyler – piano

Additional musicians and production

Candace – design
Betty Berkin – vocals on "Poison Sugar"
Kevin Kelly – engineering
Jeff Kracke – engineering
George Marino – mastering
Barbara Mathe – design
Charlie Messing – guitar on "If You Want to Be a Bird/Wild Blue Yonder"
Trudy Rosen – photography
Bob Sasson – photography

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.

[1] Swartley, Ariel (18 July 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.

[CL-3] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.

[allmusic-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.

[rsmag-6] Brackett, Nathan. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. 2004. Pg. 385–386. Retrieved on August 13, 2012.

[7] Becker, Bart (7 Feb 1979). "The Holy Modal Rounders, Last Round". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 29.

[ND-8] Robins, Wayne (10 May 1979). "Holy Modal Rounders: 'Last Round'". Part II. Newsday. p. 66.

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