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1978 studio album by the Holy Modal Rounders
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
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 Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 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 Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 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
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.
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