Too Much Fun!

Too Much Fun!
Studio album by
the Holy Modal Rounders
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
RecordedStudio at Puck's Farm, Ontario, Canada
GenreFreak folk
Length43:00
LabelRounder
ProducerFrazier Mohawk, Peter Stampfel
The Holy Modal Rounders chronology
Going Nowhere Fast
(1981) 		Too Much Fun!
(1999) 		I Make a Wish for a Potato
(2001)

Too Much Fun! is a studio album by the psychedelic folk band the Holy Modal Rounders.[1] It was released in 1999 through Rounder Records.[2][3] It was the band's first album in more than two decades.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[5]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[7]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf star[8]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar[9]
Spin8/10[10]

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 Nolan2:02
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 Stewart2:05
9."Tea Song"Michael Hurley2:38
10."Precious Jewel"Roy Acuff3:32
11."A Blues Serenade"Vincent Grande, Jimmy Lytell, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli2:17
12."Skin Game"Traditional arr.2:25
13."Long Journey"Traditional arr., Michael Hurley1:57
14."Crowley Waltz"Hackberry Ramblers1:43
15."Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake"Bill Monroe3:05
16."Year of Jubilo"Henry Clay Work2:15
17."New John the Revelator"Blind Willie Johnson2:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Holy Modal Rounders Hit The Road". MTV News. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Swartley, Ariel (July 18, 1999). "MUSIC; Round They Go Again, as Full of Fun as Ever" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Grin 'n' Spin". LA Weekly. August 25, 1999.
  4. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. July 26, 1999 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Morgenstein, Mark. "Too Much Fun". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "The Holy Modal Rounders". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  8. ^ Berger, Arion (September 16, 1999). "Too Much Fun!". Rolling Stone. No. 821. p. 118.
  9. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "The Holy Modal Rounders". (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
  10. ^ Weisbard, Eric (October 1999). "Holy Modal Rounders: Too Much Fun". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 10. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  11. ^ "Sharps & flats". Salon. July 29, 1999.

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