Discography


Recordings by The Roches

Moonswept, 429 Records, 2007

Rhino HiFive: The Roches, Rhino / Warner Bros., 2007
The Collected Works of the Roches, Rhino Records, 2003

Can We Go Home Now, Rykodisc, 1995

Will You Be My Friend?, Baby Boom Music, 1994
A Dove, MCA, 1992
We Three Kings, MCA 1990 (reissued: Rykodisc 1994)
Speak, MCA, 1989
No Trespassing, Real Live Records, 1986 (reissued: Rhino Records, 1990)
Another World, Warner Bros., 1985
Keep On Doing, Warner Bros., 1982
Nurds, Warner Bros., 1980
The Roches, Warner Bros., 1979

Recordings by Maggie and Terre Roche

I Gave My Love a Kerry, Earth Rock Wreckerds, 2004
Seductive Reasoning, Columbia, 1975

Recordings by Suzzy and Maggie Roche

Why The Long Face, Red House Records, 2004
Zero Church, Red House Records, 2002

Recordings by Terre Roche

The Sound of a Tree Falling, Earth Rock Wreckerds, 1998

Recordings by Suzzy Roche

Some Assembly Required, The Four Bitchin' Babes, Shanachie, 2002
Songs from an Umarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA, Red House Records, 2000
Holy Smokes, Red House Records, 1997

Singles and Promos by The Roches

  • The Rykodisc Fall '95 Mixer, (VRCD 9509), Rykodisc, 1995. (Contains a live version of "My Winter Coat" performed 6/27/95 on the KCRW program "Morning Becomes Eclectic.")
  • Speak! with Ed Sciaky, MCA/Paradox, 1989 (Promo Cassette. Interview & songs)
  • Big Nuthin, 45 rpm, 12" vinyl, MCA/Paradox, 1989 (B side contains Anti-sex Backlash of the 80's and Person with a Past)
  • Big Nuthin, 33 rpm, 12" vinyl, MCA/Paradox, 1989 (B side also contains Big Nuthin)
  • Big Nuthin, CD, MCA/Paradox, 1989
  • Big Nuthin, CD, MCA/Paradox, 1989 (3:58 edit)
  • Everyone Is Good, CD, MCA/Paradox, 1989
  • Hallelujah Chorus and Second Family, 45 rpm, 7" vinyl, Warner Bros., WB 7-29815, Nov. 1982.
  • Hallelujah Chorus, 45 rpm, 7" vinyl, Warner Bros. (Stereo one side, mono on the other)
  • We, 33 rpm, 7" vinyl, Warner Bros. (We and Married Men on A side, Hammond Song on B side)

Albums on which one or more of the Roches has performed

  • Endless Highway: The Music of the Band, 429 Records, 2007. (The Roches sing "Acadian Driftwood").
  • Winter Child, Matt Duke, MAD Dragon Records MDR 005, 2006. (Suzzy and Lucy join Marshall Chrenshaw and 4 others in the backing chorus for "Tidal Waves.")
  • Dual Edge, Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff, CatSkip Records, Inc. catlogue # 0088, 2006. (Terre joins Al Stewart in a duet of Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". Terre sings the 1st and 3rd verses, plus harmonizes on part of the 4th. Terre and Al sing the choruses together.)
  • Elvis Murphy's Green Suede Shoes, Black 47, Gadfly Records 289, 2005 (Suzzy has small bits of dialog on "The Bells of Hell" and "Girl Next Door". She also sings backup on "Kilroy Was Here").
  • Box of Photographs, Johnny Rodgers, PS Classics PS-532, 2005 (Terre sings backup on "Mary Jean" and "Home To Mendocino").
  • Little Noises, Marcia Pelletiere, Saf'Lini Music, 2004. (Disc one contains Suzzy's rendition of “The Black Bag,” a solo number on which Suzzy accompanies herself with an electric keyboard. Disc two contains Terre's performance of “My Friend in Herself,” an obscure, comtemplative number featuring a powerful performance by Terre.)
  • Songs Of The Unforgiven, Crash Test Dummies, Deep Fried Recordes SPY 10005, 2004. (Suzzy sings duets with lead singer Brad Roberts on “Sonnet 1 (And When The Sun Goes Down),” “There Is No Final Winner,” and “Sonnet 3 (The Cold Is Here).”)
  • Want Two, Rufus Wainwright, Dreamworks B0003716-00, 2004.  (Suzzy is part of a back-chorus on “Gay Messiah.”)
  • My Last Go Round, Rosalie Sorrels, Red House Records RHR CD 167, 2004 (On "My Home Ain't In The Hall of Fame", Terre sings in a star-studded folk chorus along with Loudon Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Christine Lavin, Patrik Sky, Peggy Seeger, and Jean Ritchie).
  • Circo, Darden Smith, Dualtone (80302-01156-2) , 2004 (Suzzy sings on "One Hundred Ways".
  • New York Town, Black 47, Gadfly Records, 2004 (Suzzy sings on "New York Town," "Brooklyn, Goodbye")
  • Paranoid Larry And His Imaginary Band, Paranoid Larry, Big Tree Records, 2003. (Maggie sings on all but one song. She is featured in a duet on the song “Pineaple Girl.”)
  • White Trash Christmas (CD single), Pork Chop, Big Tree Records, 2002. (Maggie is a backup singer. )
  • Love Songs, Drench (Koosil-ja Hwang, Suzzy Roche, and Kate Valk), 2002, The Wooster Group (WG81402). This is a collection of songs from "To You, The Birdie! (Phedre)", performed by The Wooster Group.
  • I Was In Love With A Difficult Man, Christine Lavin, Redwing Music, 2002
  • My Home Must Be a Special Place, David Massengill, Gadfly Records, 2002
  • The Last Man on Earth, Loudon Wainwright III, Red House Records, 2001 (Suzzy supplies vocals)
  • Kilroy Was Here, Larry Kirwan, Gadfly Records, 2001
  • Elsewhere, Marlon Cherry, Fang Records, 2001 (Terre supplies vocals and guitar)
  • A Nod to Bob (Bob Dylan 60th Birthday Tribute), Maggie and Suzzy perform "Clothesline Saga", Red House Records, 2001
  • Kids, Cars and Campfires, (compilation CD, Suzzy performs "Yankee Doodle"), Red House Records, 2001
  • Felix McTeigue, Felix McTeigue, Rusty Muffler Records, 2001
  • "The Riversound Cafe, Volume One", From 93.9 The River, WRSI, Northhampton Ma., 2000. (Suzzy & Maggie perform "Love Comes to Town").
  • Spin, Whirligig, 2000 (Terre supplies vocals)
  • Hope: Mothers Helping Mothers, (Compilation CD, Suzzy performs "Breathing"), 2000
  • Live @ the World Cafe, Volume 9, World Cafe CDs, 2000
  • Allow Me, Jules Shear, Uni/Zoe, 2000
  • The Brian Woodbury Songbook, Brian Woodbury, Some Phil Records, 2000 (Terre sings on the song "Explain the Rain")
  • Happily Never After, John Eddie, 1999, (Suzzy and Terre sing back-up on "Won't Be Me")
  • Moms That Cook, (compilation CD, Suzzy performs "The Velvet Hills of Trampoline"), Baby Boom Music, 1999
  • Blue Days Black Nights, Freedy Johnston, Elektra (62263-2), 1999.
  • Terrapin, Joe Gallant and Illuminati, Which Records, 1999
  • Social Studies, Loudon Wainwright III, Hannibal Records, 1999
  • Bleecker Street, various artists, Astor Place Recordings, 1999
  • Spark, Julian Dawson, Gadfly Records, 1999
  • Hoi Polloi, FILO, 1999
  • 12 in a Room, Mark Johnson, Not Lame Archive, 1998
  • Between Us, Jules Shear, Windham Hill, 1998
  • A Child's Celebration of Christmas, Various Artists, Music For Little People, 1997?
  • A Child's Celebration of Lullabies, Various Artists, Music For Little People, 1997?
  • Ben & Jerry's One World/One Heart For Kids, Various Artists, Rhino, 1997?
  • Heading Uptown, Woody Mann, Shanachie (8025), 1997 (Terre supplies vocals)
  • Weiss Christmas, Ilene Weiss, Gadfly Records, 1997.
  • House On Fire: An Urban Folk Collection, Volume 2, Various Artists, Red House Records, 1997
  • Move Over Darling, Julian Dawson, Compass, 1997
  • Time and Love, The Music of Laura Nyro, Various Artists, Astor Place, 1997
  • Moving Waters, Ashley Johnston, Pacha Mama Music, 1996.
  • Obliviously, Ilene Weiss, Gadfly Records, 1996. (Suzzy, Maggie, and David provide vocals).
  • Noises In The Hallway, Greg Trooper, D'Ville, 1996.
  • Christmas Songs, Carolling Carollers, One Voice/Satellites Records, 1996
  • What's That I Hear? The Songs of Phil Ochs, (The Roches perform "The Bells"), Sliced Bread Records, 1995
  • Travel On, Julian Dawson, Watermelon Records, 1995
  • For The Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson, Various Artists, Music Masters, 1995
  • Troubadours of Folk - Volume 5: Singer-Songwriters of the '80s, Rhino Records, 1995
  • The Return, David Massengill, Pump Records, 1995
  • Lonesome Val NYC, Val Haynes, Bar/None Records, 1994
  • Songs of Jack Hardy, Of The White Goddess, BCN/Beacon Records, 1994
  • Swamp Ophelia, Indigo Girls, Epic, 1994
  • Christmas at Mountain Stage, Various Artists, Blue Plate, 1994
  • Modern a Cappella, Various Artists, Rhino Records, 1992
  • Manson Family: An Opera, John Moran, Point Music, 1992
  • Here It Is, David Roche, Fireweed Records, 1992
  • Tenth Anniversary Fast Folk Revue - Part 1 - Live at the Bottom Line, Fast Folk, 1992
  • Rites of Passage, Indigo Girls, Sony Music Entertainment Inc., 1992
  • History, Loudon Wainwright III, Virgin Records Ltd., 1992
  • Time Passes By, Kathy Mattea, PolyGram, 1991
  • Are You Okay, WAS (NOT WAS), Chrysalis, 1990
  • Through, Jack Hardy, Brambus Records, 1990
  • Retrospective, Jack Hardy, Brambus Records, 1989
  • Second Annual Greenwich Village Folk Festival, Various Artists, Fast Folk, 1989
  • Desolation Angels, Intersound, 1989
  • Strange Angels, Laurie Anderson, Warner Bros., 1989
  • The People's Republic of Rock n' Roll, Peter Stampfel and The Bottle Caps, Homestead Records, 1989
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Various Artists, Real Live Records, 1989
  • Christmas Guitars, Various Artists, Green Linnet Records Inc., 1989
  • Up & In, Dave Guard, Ball Bearing Records, 1988 (Terre supplies vocals)
  • Crossing Delancy, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Verese Sarabande Records, 1988
  • Stay Awake, Various Artists, A&M, 1988
  • Sixth Anniversary Issue, Various Artists, Fast Folk, 1988
  • Red to Blue, Leon Redbone, August Records, Inc., 1987; Re-released on CD by Sugar Hill Records, Inc., 1995 (SHCD-3840)
  • Hey Mister Get the Ball, Stacy Phillips, Shanachie (95004), 1986.
  • Songs from Liquid Days, Phillip Glass, CBS Records, 1986
  • Visiting, Craig Leon, Arbitor/Thunderbolt, 1982
  • Places I Have Never Been, Willie Nile, Columbia Records, 1982
  • League of Gentlemen, Robert Fripp, 1981. (The Roches are heard on 3 spoken word segments on "Indiscrete I, II, & III". These were left out of the CD version.)
  • Golden Down, Willie Nile, Razor and Tie, 1981
  • Bread and Roses Festival of Music, Various Artists, Fantasy Records, 1980
  • Seconds of Pleasure, Rockpile, Columbia, 1980.
  • The Budweiser Robert Klein Comedy Hour, D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp., 1979, (1 1/2 record set of a radio program broadcast December 23, 1979. The Roches appear in the last 1/3 of the show performing "The Hammond Song").
  • Exposure, Robert Fripp, Polydor, 1979
  • Final Exam, Loudon Wainwright III, Arista Records, 1978
  • The Nameless One, Jack Hardy, Great Divide Records, 1978
  • T-Shirt, Loudon Wainwright III, Arista Records, 1976
  • There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Paul Simon, Columbia, 1973

Albums which contain songs written or co-written by one or more of the Roches, but on which the Roches do not appear.

  • Nollaig, Reágánta, rdpmusic, 2001
    • "Star of Wonder" by Terre Roche
  • Losing True, Ida, ???, 1998
    • "Losing True" by Margaret A. Roche
  • The Songs from the Land Before Time, Universal UMD (British label), 1997
    • "Eggs"
    • "Peaceful Valley"
    • "You Are One of Us Now"
  • Bar Nine, Cal Golden Overtones, Casa, 1991
    • "We" by Maggie, Terre, & Suzzy Roche
  • Tame Yourself, k.d. Lang on a Benefit Album for PETA, 1991
    • "Damned Old Dog" by Margaret A. Roche
  • New York Rendezvous, The SOS All-Stars, CMG--Chase Music Group (CMD 8001), 1987
    • "Love To See You" by Suzzy Roche
  • The CooP Fast Folk Musical Magazine, November 1982 (Various Artists) -- Jack Hardy and Mark Dunn
    • "Apostrophe to the Wind" by Margaret A. Roche (previously unreleased)
  • Against the Grain, Phoebe Snow, Columbia, 1978
    • "Married Men" by Margaret A. Roche

Miscellaneous recordings that don't fit above.

  • Day One, Sarah Dougher, K Records, 1999?
    • Words from "Quitting Time", by Margaret A. Roche, are quoted in Sarah Dougher's song "Moving".
  • I Megaphone, Imogen Heap, Almo Sounds, 1998
    • The song "Useless" contains samples of the Roches performance on "Songs from Liquid Days".