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
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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[5]
Spin8/10[6]

Too Much Fun! is the ninth studio album by the psychedelic folk band The Holy Modal Rounders. It was released on July 13, 1999 through Rounder Records.

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. ^ 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.
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