Too Much Fun!
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.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | A[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Spin | 8/10[6] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Happy Rolling Cowboy" | Bob Nolan | 2:02 |
| 2. | "Antoinette" | Steve Weber | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Bad Boy" | M. Myrie, Peter Stampfel | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Violets So Blue" | Traditional arr. | 2:55 |
| 5. | "Euphoria" | Robin Remaily | 2:54 |
| 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 Hurley | 1:57 |
| 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
- Morgenstein, Mark. "Too Much Fun". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "The Holy Modal Rounders". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- Berger, Arion (1999-09-16). "Too Much Fun!". Rolling Stone. No. 821. p. 118.
- Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "The Holy Modal Rounders". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
- Weisbard, Eric (October 1999). "Holy Modal Rounders: Too Much Fun". Spin. Vol. 15 no. 10. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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