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.

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
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

The Holy Modal Rounders Dave Reisch – bass guitar, vocals Don Rooke – slide guitar Peter Stampfel – fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, vocals, production Steve Weber – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians and production David B. Greenberger – design Frazier Mohawk – production Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering Phil Sheridan – engineering, mastering Betsy Wollheim – photography Jeff Wolpert – engineering

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.