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02-13-2009, 06:28 PM
The Roches - (An Almost Complete) Discography
From allmusic:
Noted for their lush harmonies, quirky songs, and impressive stylistic range, the three Roche sisters -- Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy -- were among contemporary folk music's most endearing artists. The Roches began singing together while growing up in New York during the late '50s and early '60s, taking to the streets of the city each holiday season to regale passersby with Christmas carols. At the end of the decade both Maggie (the oldest) and Terre (the middle daughter) quit school to begin touring professionally as a duo. In 1970 they met Paul Simon, who tapped them to sing backup on his There Goes Rhymin' Simon album. He also helped get them a contract with Columbia; their debut LP, Seductive Reasoning, followed in 1975, but went largely unnoticed. For a time, the Roches considered quitting the music business, even leaving New York to retreat to Louisiana; eventually they returned north, at which time Suzzy left college to join the group full-time.
Restored to a trio, the Roches became a staple of the Greenwich Village folk circuit and a favorite of local critics. In 1979, they signed to Warner Bros. to issue a self-titled LP produced by Robert Fripp, earning acclaim for their exquisite harmonies (equal parts Terre's ethereal upper register, Maggie's near-baritone low notes, and Suzzy's midrange acrobatics). While the track "The Married Men" later scored a successful cover by Phoebe Snow, The Roches itself was not a hit. For 1980's Nurds, they changed direction, augmenting their basic folk sound with a rock rhythm section comprised of former Television bassist Fred Smith and Patti Smith Group drummer Jay Dee Daugherty. Fripp returned to produce 1982's Keep on Doing, a largely acoustic effort featuring cameos from members of his band King Crimson. When neither it nor its follow-up, 1985's Another World, was a commercial success, the trio left Warner to return to touring.
The Roches finally resurfaced on record in 1989, issuing Speak on MCA to the usual press acclaim and negligible sales. Their next effort, 1990's We Three Kings, was a Christmas album fondly recalling the sisters' roots. After 1992's A Dove, the trio left MCA to record a children's album, Will You Be My Friend?, issued on the tiny Baby Boom label in 1994. Continuing to cater to the younger set, that same year they recorded the soundtrack to the animated feature The Land Before Time II. For 1995's Can We Go Home Now, they signed to Rykodisc; another Roche sibling -- brother David -- was on hand to lend backing vocals. In early 1997, the Roches announced they were, at least temporarily, going their separate ways. While Maggie remained quiet, Terre soon formed a new group, Terre Roche & Her Moodswings, and later that same year Suzzy issued her first solo LP, Holy Smokes. In 2003 Rhino/Warner Bros released the Collected Works of the Roches compilation, prompting the trio to re-form after an 11-year hiatus for 2007's excellent Moonswept.
I'll just add this: While The Roches are best seen live--their shows are a joy, and they are seriously, out-of-left-field *funny*--their albums can be a bit hit and miss (the three I don't have uploaded are a good example of that!). But each album has at least a couple of gems, and they really have some of the most gorgeous harmonies you'll ever hear.
NB: This is an almost complete--and I do mean complete!--discography of The Roches's catalog, with three main exceptions:
* Nurds (1980)
* Another World (1985)
* No Trespassing [EP]
So if you have any of these (along with Phoebe Snow's cover of "The Married Men"), I'd be a *very* happy camper if you'd post them. I have the three albums on vinyl, but again, no way to convert them to mp3.
Maggie & Terre Roche - Seductive Reasoning (1975)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/RSDuo75.jpg
TRACKS:
01. Underneath The Moon
02. Down The Dream
03. Wigglin' Man
04. West Virginia
05. If You Empty Out All Your Pockets You Could Not Make The Change
06. Telephone Bill
07. Malachy's
08. Burden Of Proof
09. The Mountain People
10. Jill Of All Trades
Quality - 192kbs from vinyl rip
http://rapidshare.com/files/197231698/RSDuo75.rar
The Roches - The Roches (1979)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/Rs79.jpg
TRACKS
01. We
02. Hammond Song
03. Mr. Sellack
04. Damned Old Dog
05. The Troubles
06. The Train
07. The Married Men
08. Runs in the Family
09. Quitting Time
10. Pretty and High
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179447817/Rs79.rar
The Roches - Keep On Doing (1982)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/KoD.jpg
TRACKS
01. The Hallelujah Chorus
02. Losing True
03. Steady with the Maestro
04. The Largest Elizabeth in the World
05. On the Road to Fairfax County
06. I Fell in Love
07. The Scorpion Lament
08. Want Not Want Not
09. Sex Is for Children
10. Keep on Doing What You Do/Jerks on the Loose
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179474885/Rs82.rar
The Roches - Speak (1989)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/Speak.jpg
TRACKS
01. Speak
02. Big Nuthin'
03. Cloud Dancing
04. Everyone Is Good
05. In the World
06. I Love My Mom
07. Losing Our Job
08. Person with a Past
09. The Anti-Sex Backlash of the 80's
10. Easy
11. Nocturne
12. Merciful God
13. Broken Places
14. Feeling Is Mutual
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179499087/Rs89.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179532737/Rs89.part2.rar
The Roches - We Three Kings (1990)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/TheRs90.jpg
TRACKS
01. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
02. For Unto Us A Child Is Born
03. Angels We Have Heard on High
04. Deck the Halls
05. Christmas Passing Through
06. Sleigh Ride
07. Away in a Manger
08. Here We Come A Caroling
09. The Little Drummer Boy
10. The Holly and the Ivy
11. Frosty the Snowman
12. Do You Hear What I Hear?
13. We Three Kings
14. Star of Wonder
15. Winter Wonderland
16. Joy to the World
17. O Little Town of Bethlehem
18. Good King Wenceslas
19. Jingle Bells
20. The First Noel
21. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
22. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
23. Adestes Fideles
24. Silver Bells
Quality - 320kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/190540946/Rs90X.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/190540950/Rs90X.part2.rar
The Roches - A Dove (1992)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/Dove.jpg
TRACKS
01. Ing
02. Troubled Love
03. A Dove
04. Somebody's Gonna Have to Be Me
05. Expecting Your Love
06. Answered Prayers
07. Too Tough Hide
08. Beautiful Love of God
09. You're the One
10. You're the Two
11. Maid of the Seas
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179577065/Rs92.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179577067/Rs92.part2.rar
The Roches - Will You Be My Friend (1994)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/WYBMF.jpg
TRACKS
01. Do the Boodanee
02. Disappointed
03. Will You Be My Friend?
04. Rover
05. Uncle Dave
06. The Laundry
07. Postcard
08. When Kids Are Mean
09. My New Bicycle
10. Here We Go
11. Little Bitty Betty
12. Lovey
13. Goodnight
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179577068/Rs94.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179696263/Rs94.part2.rar
The Roches - Can We Go Home Now (1995)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/CWGHN.jpg
TRACKS
01. The Great Gaels
02. Move
03. You (Make My Life Come True)
04. Christlike
05. Home Away From Home
06. Can We Go Home Now
07. When You're Ready
08. I'm Someone Who Loves You
09. So
10. Holidays
11. My Winter Coat
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179777268/Rs95.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179777269/Rs95.part2.rar
The Roches - The Collected Works of The Roches (2003)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/TheRs03.jpg
TRACKS
01. Hammond Song
02. Mister Sellack
03. The Troubles
04. The Train
05. The Married Men (live)
06. One Season
07. Nurds
08. The Hallelujah Chorus
09. Losing True
10. Want Not Want Not
11. Keep on Doing What You Do/Jerks on the Loose
12. Love Radiates Around
13. Another World
14. Face Down at Folk City
15. Love to See You
16. Big Nuthin'
17. Everyone Is Good
18. Ing
19. A Dove
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/197442307/TheRs93.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/197373759/TheRs93.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/197413054/TheRs93.part3.rar
The Roches - Moonswept
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/moonswept2.jpg
TRACKS
01. Us Little Kids
02. Only You Know How
03. No Shoes
04. Moonswept
05. Family of Bones
06. That Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
07. Long Before
08. Piggy Mask
09. Huh
10. Stop Performing
11. Gung Ho
12. Instead I Chose
13. September 11th at The Shambala Center
14. Jesus Shaves
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179777275/Rs07.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179804143/Rs07.part2.rar
The Roches - Ephemera
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/00/69/47/image_5247690.jpg
I've included complete lyrics for all the uploaded cds (ok, yes, I forgot to include them in the original uploads--shoot me now!), and a complete list of all the available clips on You Tube. The Roches are at their best live, and there are a plethora of clips from their shows available (though, not, alas, the clip of them performing The Hallelujah Chorus on Saturday Night Live--which was the first time a musical group on SNL got a standing ovation). I've also included one-offs, a cover, and a sample (the one I couldn't find is Phoebe Snow's wonderful cover of "The Married Men").
Song list:
from SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS (Philip Glass, 1986)
--Liquid Days, Part I
[written by Philip Glass/David Byrne]
all vocals by The Roches
--Forgetting
[written by Philip Glass/Laurie Anderson]
lead vocal by Linda Ronstadt
backing vocals by The Roches
from TIME AND LOVE: THE MUSIC OF LAURA NYRO (Various Artists,1997)
--The Roches - Wedding Bell Blues
from ENDLESS HIGHWAY: THE MUSIC OF THE BAND (Various Artists, 2007)
--The Roches - Acadian Driftwood
from BLEECKER STREET: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 60'S (Various Artists, 1999)
--Maggie & Suzzy Roche - The Love's Still Growing
from VIRGINS AND PHILISTINES (The Colourfield, 1985)
--cover of Hammond Song
from I MEGAPHONE (Imogen Heap, 1998)
--The song "Useless, which contains samples of the Roches performance
on "Songs from Liquid Days".
Quality - VBR [192-320 kbs]
http://rapidshare.com/files/197484522/The_Rs_-_Ephemera.rar
From allmusic:
Noted for their lush harmonies, quirky songs, and impressive stylistic range, the three Roche sisters -- Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy -- were among contemporary folk music's most endearing artists. The Roches began singing together while growing up in New York during the late '50s and early '60s, taking to the streets of the city each holiday season to regale passersby with Christmas carols. At the end of the decade both Maggie (the oldest) and Terre (the middle daughter) quit school to begin touring professionally as a duo. In 1970 they met Paul Simon, who tapped them to sing backup on his There Goes Rhymin' Simon album. He also helped get them a contract with Columbia; their debut LP, Seductive Reasoning, followed in 1975, but went largely unnoticed. For a time, the Roches considered quitting the music business, even leaving New York to retreat to Louisiana; eventually they returned north, at which time Suzzy left college to join the group full-time.
Restored to a trio, the Roches became a staple of the Greenwich Village folk circuit and a favorite of local critics. In 1979, they signed to Warner Bros. to issue a self-titled LP produced by Robert Fripp, earning acclaim for their exquisite harmonies (equal parts Terre's ethereal upper register, Maggie's near-baritone low notes, and Suzzy's midrange acrobatics). While the track "The Married Men" later scored a successful cover by Phoebe Snow, The Roches itself was not a hit. For 1980's Nurds, they changed direction, augmenting their basic folk sound with a rock rhythm section comprised of former Television bassist Fred Smith and Patti Smith Group drummer Jay Dee Daugherty. Fripp returned to produce 1982's Keep on Doing, a largely acoustic effort featuring cameos from members of his band King Crimson. When neither it nor its follow-up, 1985's Another World, was a commercial success, the trio left Warner to return to touring.
The Roches finally resurfaced on record in 1989, issuing Speak on MCA to the usual press acclaim and negligible sales. Their next effort, 1990's We Three Kings, was a Christmas album fondly recalling the sisters' roots. After 1992's A Dove, the trio left MCA to record a children's album, Will You Be My Friend?, issued on the tiny Baby Boom label in 1994. Continuing to cater to the younger set, that same year they recorded the soundtrack to the animated feature The Land Before Time II. For 1995's Can We Go Home Now, they signed to Rykodisc; another Roche sibling -- brother David -- was on hand to lend backing vocals. In early 1997, the Roches announced they were, at least temporarily, going their separate ways. While Maggie remained quiet, Terre soon formed a new group, Terre Roche & Her Moodswings, and later that same year Suzzy issued her first solo LP, Holy Smokes. In 2003 Rhino/Warner Bros released the Collected Works of the Roches compilation, prompting the trio to re-form after an 11-year hiatus for 2007's excellent Moonswept.
I'll just add this: While The Roches are best seen live--their shows are a joy, and they are seriously, out-of-left-field *funny*--their albums can be a bit hit and miss (the three I don't have uploaded are a good example of that!). But each album has at least a couple of gems, and they really have some of the most gorgeous harmonies you'll ever hear.
NB: This is an almost complete--and I do mean complete!--discography of The Roches's catalog, with three main exceptions:
* Nurds (1980)
* Another World (1985)
* No Trespassing [EP]
So if you have any of these (along with Phoebe Snow's cover of "The Married Men"), I'd be a *very* happy camper if you'd post them. I have the three albums on vinyl, but again, no way to convert them to mp3.
Maggie & Terre Roche - Seductive Reasoning (1975)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/RSDuo75.jpg
TRACKS:
01. Underneath The Moon
02. Down The Dream
03. Wigglin' Man
04. West Virginia
05. If You Empty Out All Your Pockets You Could Not Make The Change
06. Telephone Bill
07. Malachy's
08. Burden Of Proof
09. The Mountain People
10. Jill Of All Trades
Quality - 192kbs from vinyl rip
http://rapidshare.com/files/197231698/RSDuo75.rar
The Roches - The Roches (1979)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/Rs79.jpg
TRACKS
01. We
02. Hammond Song
03. Mr. Sellack
04. Damned Old Dog
05. The Troubles
06. The Train
07. The Married Men
08. Runs in the Family
09. Quitting Time
10. Pretty and High
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179447817/Rs79.rar
The Roches - Keep On Doing (1982)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/KoD.jpg
TRACKS
01. The Hallelujah Chorus
02. Losing True
03. Steady with the Maestro
04. The Largest Elizabeth in the World
05. On the Road to Fairfax County
06. I Fell in Love
07. The Scorpion Lament
08. Want Not Want Not
09. Sex Is for Children
10. Keep on Doing What You Do/Jerks on the Loose
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179474885/Rs82.rar
The Roches - Speak (1989)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/Speak.jpg
TRACKS
01. Speak
02. Big Nuthin'
03. Cloud Dancing
04. Everyone Is Good
05. In the World
06. I Love My Mom
07. Losing Our Job
08. Person with a Past
09. The Anti-Sex Backlash of the 80's
10. Easy
11. Nocturne
12. Merciful God
13. Broken Places
14. Feeling Is Mutual
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179499087/Rs89.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179532737/Rs89.part2.rar
The Roches - We Three Kings (1990)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/TheRs90.jpg
TRACKS
01. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
02. For Unto Us A Child Is Born
03. Angels We Have Heard on High
04. Deck the Halls
05. Christmas Passing Through
06. Sleigh Ride
07. Away in a Manger
08. Here We Come A Caroling
09. The Little Drummer Boy
10. The Holly and the Ivy
11. Frosty the Snowman
12. Do You Hear What I Hear?
13. We Three Kings
14. Star of Wonder
15. Winter Wonderland
16. Joy to the World
17. O Little Town of Bethlehem
18. Good King Wenceslas
19. Jingle Bells
20. The First Noel
21. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
22. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
23. Adestes Fideles
24. Silver Bells
Quality - 320kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/190540946/Rs90X.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/190540950/Rs90X.part2.rar
The Roches - A Dove (1992)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/Dove.jpg
TRACKS
01. Ing
02. Troubled Love
03. A Dove
04. Somebody's Gonna Have to Be Me
05. Expecting Your Love
06. Answered Prayers
07. Too Tough Hide
08. Beautiful Love of God
09. You're the One
10. You're the Two
11. Maid of the Seas
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179577065/Rs92.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179577067/Rs92.part2.rar
The Roches - Will You Be My Friend (1994)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/WYBMF.jpg
TRACKS
01. Do the Boodanee
02. Disappointed
03. Will You Be My Friend?
04. Rover
05. Uncle Dave
06. The Laundry
07. Postcard
08. When Kids Are Mean
09. My New Bicycle
10. Here We Go
11. Little Bitty Betty
12. Lovey
13. Goodnight
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179577068/Rs94.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179696263/Rs94.part2.rar
The Roches - Can We Go Home Now (1995)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/CWGHN.jpg
TRACKS
01. The Great Gaels
02. Move
03. You (Make My Life Come True)
04. Christlike
05. Home Away From Home
06. Can We Go Home Now
07. When You're Ready
08. I'm Someone Who Loves You
09. So
10. Holidays
11. My Winter Coat
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179777268/Rs95.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179777269/Rs95.part2.rar
The Roches - The Collected Works of The Roches (2003)
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/TheRs03.jpg
TRACKS
01. Hammond Song
02. Mister Sellack
03. The Troubles
04. The Train
05. The Married Men (live)
06. One Season
07. Nurds
08. The Hallelujah Chorus
09. Losing True
10. Want Not Want Not
11. Keep on Doing What You Do/Jerks on the Loose
12. Love Radiates Around
13. Another World
14. Face Down at Folk City
15. Love to See You
16. Big Nuthin'
17. Everyone Is Good
18. Ing
19. A Dove
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/197442307/TheRs93.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/197373759/TheRs93.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/197413054/TheRs93.part3.rar
The Roches - Moonswept
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk123/kitters4mugs/moonswept2.jpg
TRACKS
01. Us Little Kids
02. Only You Know How
03. No Shoes
04. Moonswept
05. Family of Bones
06. That Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
07. Long Before
08. Piggy Mask
09. Huh
10. Stop Performing
11. Gung Ho
12. Instead I Chose
13. September 11th at The Shambala Center
14. Jesus Shaves
Quality - 320 kbs
http://rapidshare.com/files/179777275/Rs07.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/179804143/Rs07.part2.rar
The Roches - Ephemera
http://img.coxnewsweb.com/B/00/69/47/image_5247690.jpg
I've included complete lyrics for all the uploaded cds (ok, yes, I forgot to include them in the original uploads--shoot me now!), and a complete list of all the available clips on You Tube. The Roches are at their best live, and there are a plethora of clips from their shows available (though, not, alas, the clip of them performing The Hallelujah Chorus on Saturday Night Live--which was the first time a musical group on SNL got a standing ovation). I've also included one-offs, a cover, and a sample (the one I couldn't find is Phoebe Snow's wonderful cover of "The Married Men").
Song list:
from SONGS FROM LIQUID DAYS (Philip Glass, 1986)
--Liquid Days, Part I
[written by Philip Glass/David Byrne]
all vocals by The Roches
--Forgetting
[written by Philip Glass/Laurie Anderson]
lead vocal by Linda Ronstadt
backing vocals by The Roches
from TIME AND LOVE: THE MUSIC OF LAURA NYRO (Various Artists,1997)
--The Roches - Wedding Bell Blues
from ENDLESS HIGHWAY: THE MUSIC OF THE BAND (Various Artists, 2007)
--The Roches - Acadian Driftwood
from BLEECKER STREET: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 60'S (Various Artists, 1999)
--Maggie & Suzzy Roche - The Love's Still Growing
from VIRGINS AND PHILISTINES (The Colourfield, 1985)
--cover of Hammond Song
from I MEGAPHONE (Imogen Heap, 1998)
--The song "Useless, which contains samples of the Roches performance
on "Songs from Liquid Days".
Quality - VBR [192-320 kbs]
http://rapidshare.com/files/197484522/The_Rs_-_Ephemera.rar