Last Round
| Last Round | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | The Workshop, Douglaston, New York | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 36:22 | |||
| Label | Adelphi | |||
| Producers | Betty Berkin, Robin Remaily, Peter Stampfel, Steve Weber | |||
| The Holy Modal Rounders chronology | ||||
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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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 |
| 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
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References
[edit]- ↑ Swartley, Ariel (July 18, 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.
- 1 2 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 (February 7, 1979). "The Holy Modal Rounders, Last Round". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 29.
- ↑ Robins, Wayne (May 10, 1979). "Holy Modal Rounders: 'Last Round'". Part II. Newsday. p. 66.
