Last Round

Last Round
Last Round
Studio album by the Holy Modal Rounders
Released	1978
Recorded	The Workshop, 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.¹² 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 (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.
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.

[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.

[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 (February 7, 1979). "The Holy Modal Rounders, Last Round". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 29.

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

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