Speak (The Roches album)

Speak is an album by the folk trio the Roches, released in 1989 on MCA Records.[4][5] The album contained two singles that had accompanying videos, "Big Nuthin'" and "Everyone Is Good". Another track, "Nocturne", was included in the 1988 film Crossing Delancey. (The trio had contributed several songs to the movie's soundtrack, and the film costarred Suzzy Roche as the best friend of Amy Irving's character.)

Speak
Studio album by
The Roches
Released1989
GenreFolk
Length50:17
LabelMCA
ProducerThe Roches and Jeffrey Lesser
The Roches chronology
Crossing Delancey
(1988)		 Speak
(1989)		 We Three Kings
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA-[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

"Big Nuthin'" was a minor radio hit.[6]

Track listing
  1. "Speak"
  2. "Big Nuthin'"
  3. "Cloud Dancing"
  4. "Everyone Is Good"
  5. "In the World"
  6. "I Love My Mom"
  7. "Losing Our Job"
  8. "Person With a Past"
  9. "The Anti-Sex Backlash of the 80's"
  10. "Easy"
  11. "Nocturne"
  12. "Merciful God"
  13. "Broken Places"
  14. "Feeling Is Mutual"

Personnel
  • Produced By The Roches And Jeffrey Lesser
  • Engineered by Jeffrey Lesser
  • Executive Producer: Teddy Wainwright
  • A&R: Marty Scott
  • Jeff Lippay: Assistant Engineer / Glen Zdon: Live Sound / Mastering: Grag Calbi, Sterling Sound, Inc.
  • Recorded and Mixed at RPM Studios, New York, NY.
  • Art Director: Toni Scott / Layout: Murray Brenman
  • Photography: Timothy White / Hand Lettering: Stephen Foster / Illustrations: Terre Roche

Musicians
  • Maggie Roche: Singing, piano, synthesizers, keyboard bass
  • Terre Roche: Singing, guitars
  • Suzzy Roche: Singing, synthesizers, guitars
  • Carter Cathcart: Piano on "Losing Our Job", synthesizer strings and horn.
  • Libby McLaren: Synthesizers, keyboard bass
  • Vince Cherico: Drums, drum programming, percussion
  • Fernando Saunders: Bass Guitar
  • The Roches: Drum and synthesizer programming
  • Larry Fast: Additional synthesizer programming

References
  1. "Speak - The Roches | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. "Robert Christgau: CG: The Roches". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  4. "The Roches Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. Meyer, Marianne (May 3, 1992). "The Roches Returning to Tarrytown" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. Buckley, Peter (December 10, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
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