Speak (The Roches album)

Infobox Album
Name = Speak
Type = Album
Artist = The Roches


Released = 1989
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 50:17
Label = MCA
Producer = The Roches and Jeffrey Lesser
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:h9fqxqt5ldde link]
* Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1532&name=The+Roches link]

Last album = "No Trespassing"
(1986)
This album = "Speak"
(1989)
Next album = "We Three Kings"
(1990)

"Speak" is a 1989 album by The Roches.

Track listing

# "Speak"
# "Big Nuthin'"
# "Cloud Dancing"
# "Everyone Is Good"
# "In The World"
# "I Love My Mom"
# "Losing Our Job"
# "Person With A Past"
# "The Anti-Sex Backlash Of The 80'S"
# "Easy"
# "Nocturne"
# "Merciful God"
# "Broken Places"
# "Feeling Is Mutual"

Credits

* 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
* Jeffrey Lesser: Falsetto vocal (Don't blink or you'll miss it)

Dedications

* Special Thanks to David Roche, Teddy Wainwright, Libby McLaren, Carter Cathcart, Vince Cherico, Glen Zdon, Elizabeth Rush, George Sheanshang and Ma & Dad.

* Special Thanks to Jeffrey Less, Jeff Lippay and Marty and Toni Scott for making this possible.

* Thank you, Mark Johnson and Ann Sachs - from Maggie.

* Thanks to Martha Fay, Ilene Weiss, Karen Lashinsky, Merreta Schmeltzkopf & The Single Moms - Couldn't have done it without you! - and to Lucy Roche for teaching me about love - Suzzy

* A very special thanks to my boyfriend, Cliff Fagin and to the memory of my girlfriend, Joanna Walton - Terre

* This album is dedicated to Gram.