The Roches is the 1979 eponymous debut album

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 by The Roches

The Roches

The Roches are a female vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Park Ridge, New Jersey, known for their "unusual" and "rich" harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances.The Roches have been active as performers and recording artists since the mid-1970s,...

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The album was well received. Jay Cocks

Jay Cocks

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 in Time

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 wrote that their music "is startling, lacerating and amusing" while Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

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 praised Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp

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's production of "this witty, pretty music". It was voted #11 for the year in The Village Voice

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 Pazz & Jop

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 Critics Poll.

It has continued to be highly rated. Allmusic characterized it as a "mischievous and highly original folk blend". And The Rolling Stone Album Guide gave it its classic rating calling it an "unprecedented thrill" that was "spare, loose, pointed" and equating it as the Greenwich Village version of the New York punk explosion.

Track listing

1. "We" (Suzzy Roche, Terre Roche, Maggie Roche) – 2:35
2. "Hammond Song" (Margaret Roche) – 5:46
3. "Mr. Sellack" (Terre Roche) – 4:03
4. "Damned Old Dog" (Margaret Roche) – 4:07
5. "The Troubles" (Suzzy Roche, Terre Roche, Maggie Roche) – 3:27
6. "The Train" (Suzzy Roche) – 3:30
7. "The Married Men" (Margaret Roche) – 4:32
8. "Runs in the Family" (Terre Roche) – 3:29
9. "Quitting Time" (Margaret Roche) – 4:19
10. "Pretty and High" (Margaret Roche) – 4:05

Personnel

Musicians:

• Suzzy Roche
  Suzzy Roche
  Suzzy Roche , originally from Park Ridge, New Jersey, is best known for her work with the female vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Maggie Roche - vocals, guitar, synthesizer (on "Quitting Time")
• Terre Roche - vocals, guitar
• Robert Fripp
  Robert Fripp
  Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
  
   - electric guitar, Fripperies
• Tony Levin
  Tony Levin
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   - bass guitar
• Jim Maelen
  Jimmy Maelen
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   - triangle, shaker
• Larry Fast
  Larry Fast
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  - synthesizer programmer

Production:

• "Produced in Audio Verite by Robert Fripp"
• Engineer: Ed Sprigg
• Assistant Engineer: Jon Smith
• Recorded at the Hit Factory in New York during September, October and November 1978

Other credits:

• Art direction: Peter Whorf
• Design: Brad Kanawyer
• Photography: Gary Heery