| Last Round | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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]
| 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]
| 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 |
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