Too Much Fun!

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Too Much Fun!
Holy Modal Rounders - Too Much Fun.jpg
Studio album by
The Holy Modal Rounders
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
RecordedStudio at Puck's Farm, Ontario, Canada
Genre Freak folk
Length43:00
Label Rounder
Producer Frazier Mohawk, Peter Stampfel
The Holy Modal Rounders chronology
Going Nowhere Fast
(1981)		Too Much Fun!
(1999)		 I Make a Wish for a Potato
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Christgau's Consumer Guide A [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin 8/10 [6]

Too Much Fun! is a studio album by the psychedelic folk band the Holy Modal Rounders. [7] It was released in 1999 through Rounder Records. [8] [9] It was the band's first album in more than two decades. [10]

Contents

Critical reception

Salon wrote that "essential to the fun of Too Much Fun! are the lack of second takes and the healthy helping of tomfoolery that disguises—or supplants—lyrics forgotten or never learned in the first place." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Happy Rolling Cowboy" Bob Nolan 2:02
2."Antoinette"Steve Weber2:33
3."Bad Boy"M. Myrie, Peter Stampfel3:41
4."Violets So Blue"Traditional arr.2:55
5."Euphoria"Robin Remaily2:54
6."Sail Away Ladies"Traditional arr.1:44
7."Penny's Farm"Traditional arr.2:49
8."Bonaparte's Retreat" Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart 2:05
9."Tea Song" Michael Hurley 2:38
10."Precious Jewel" Roy Acuff 3:32
11."A Blues Serenade"Vincent Grande, Jimmy Lytell, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli 2:17
12."Skin Game"Traditional arr.2:25
13."Long Journey"Traditional arr., Michael Hurley1:57
14."Crowley Waltz" Hackberry Ramblers 1:43
15."Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake" Bill Monroe 3:05
16."Year of Jubilo" Henry Clay Work 2:15
17."New John the Revelator" Blind Willie Johnson 2:41

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Morgenstein, Mark. "Too Much Fun". AllMusic . Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "The Holy Modal Rounders". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   9780312245603.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
  4. ↑ Berger, Arion (1999-09-16). "Too Much Fun!". Rolling Stone . No. 821. p. 118.
  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "The Holy Modal Rounders". (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698.
  6. ↑ Weisbard, Eric (October 1999). "Holy Modal Rounders: Too Much Fun". Spin . Vol. 15, no. 10. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Holy Modal Rounders Hit The Road". MTV News.
  8. ↑ Swartley, Ariel (July 18, 1999). "MUSIC; Round They Go Again, as Full of Fun as Ever" – via NYTimes.com.
  9. ↑ "Grin 'n' Spin". LA Weekly. August 25, 1999.
  10. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. July 26, 1999 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Sharps & flats". Salon. July 29, 1999.
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