Speak


MCA.

November 14, 1989

Produced by: The Roches and Jeffrey Lesser

  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


Liner Notes:

SPEAK
words & music by Maggie Roche

BIG NUTHIN'
words & music by Maggie, Terre & Suzzy Roche

CLOUD DANCING
words by Huang O (1498-1569) as translated
by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung
music by Maggie Roche

EVERYONE IS GOOD
words and music by Terre Roche

IN THE WORLD
words by Suzzy Roche
music by Maggie Roche

I LOVE MY MOM
words and music by Suzzy Roche

LOSING OUR JOB
words & music by Terre Roche

PERSON WITH A PAST
words & music by Margaret

THE ANTI-SEX BACKLASH OF THE 80'S
words & music by Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche

EASY
words & music by Suzzy Roche

NOCTURNE
words & music by Margaret Roche

MERCIFUL GOD
words and music by Suzzy and Terre Roche

BROKEN PLACES
words & music by Margaret Roche

FEELING IS MUTUAL
words & music by Margaret Roche



PRODUCED BY THE ROCHES AND JEFFREY LESSER
Engineered by Jeffrey Lesser
Executive Producer: Teddy Wainwright
A&R: Marty Scott

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)

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

All songs published by Nabithius (ASCAP). Administered by Bug Music, Inc.,
except "Feeling is Mutual" published by DeShufflin (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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.