I Make a Wish for a Potato

I Make a Wish for a Potato is a compilation album by psychedelic folk band The Holy Modal Rounders, released on April 10, 2001 through Rounder Records. The album draws from the band's three releases on Rounder Records and also includes songs by associated acts such as Michael Hurley as well as the Clamtones.

I Make a Wish for a Potato
Compilation album by The Holy Modal Rounders and Friends
Released	April 10, 2001
Recorded	1975 – 1999
Genre	Freak folk
Length	71:14
Label	Rounder
Producer	Bill Nowlin
The Holy Modal Rounders chronology
Too Much Fun! (1999) I Make a Wish for a Potato (2001) Live in 1965 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3] / A[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
The Village Voice	A[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Happy Rolling Cowboy"	Bob Nolan	Too Much Fun!	2:01
2.	"I'm Gettin' Ready to Go"	Michael Hurley	Snockgrass	3:52
3.	"Low Down Dog"	Peter Stampfel, Big Joe Turner	Alleged in Their Own Time	3:32
4.	"Rotten Lettuce"	Jeffrey Frederick	Spiders in the Moonlight	6:16
5.	"Bonaparte's Retreat"	Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart	Too Much Fun	2:04
6.	"Bad Boy"	Peter Stampfel	Too Much Fun	3:43
7.	"Random Canyon"	Peter Stampfel	Alleged in Their Own Time	4:00
8.	"You Got to Find Me"	Michael Hurley	Long Journey	4:02
9.	"Lazy Bones"	Jeff Frederick	Spiders in the Moonlight	3:05
10.	"Nova"	Peter Stampfel	Alleged in Their Own Time	3:32
11.	"Coldest Woman"	Traditional arr.	Going Nowhere Fast	1:45
12.	"Year of Jubilo"	Henry Clay Work	Too Much Fun!	2:17
13.	"Sweet Lucy"	Michael Hurley	Have Moicy!	4:04
14.	"Impossible Groove"	Peter Stampfel	Peter Stampfel & The Bottle Caps	5:16
15.	"Synergy"	Peter Stampfel	Alleged in Their Own Time	3:41
16.	"Robbin' Banks"	Jeffrey Frederick	Have Moicy!	3:59
17.	"Slurf Song"	Michael Hurley	Have Moicy!	3:17
18.	"Everything Must Go"	Peter Stampfel	Peter Stampfel & The Bottle Caps	4:33
19.	"Goodbye to Booze"	Traditional arr.	Going Nowhere Fast	3:07
20.	"She's More to Be Pitied"	Ruby Rakes	Alleged in Their Own Time	3:28

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "I Make a Wish for a Potato". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
3. Browne, David (June 22, 2001). "I Make a Wish for a Potato". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
4. "EW Recommends 07/01". Entertainment Weekly. July 13, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "The Holy Modal Rounders". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
6. Christgau, Robert (December 25, 2001). "A Ken Burns Xmas". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 16, 2019.