Too Much Fun!

Too Much Fun!
Studio album by The Holy Modal Rounders
Released July 13, 1999
Recorded Studio at Puck's Farm, Ontario, Canada
Genre Freak folk
Length 43:00
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
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Robert ChristgauA[3]

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

The Holy Modal Rounders

Additional musicians and production

References

  1. Morgenstein, Mark. "Too Much Fun". Allmusic. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  2. Brackett, Nathan. "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone, 2004. Pg. 385-386. Retrieved on August 13, 2012.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Holy Modal Rounders". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
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