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Nurds

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Released
  
1980

Genre
  
Folk

Producer
  
Roy Halee

Recorded
  
Record Plant, New York

Label
  
Warner Bros.

Nurds (1980)
  
Keep on Doing (1982)

Nurds is the second studio album by the folk trio The Roches, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980. It was positively reviewed although not quite as highly as their first album. The Rolling Stone review noted that they were "not just entertaining but downright terrifying". It was successful enough to chart at No. 130 on the Billboard 200

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Nurds" (Suzzy Roche)
  2. "It's Bad For Me" (Cole Porter)
  3. "Louis" (Terre Roche)
  4. "Bobby's Song" (Terre and Suzzy Roche)
  5. "The Boat Family" (Maggie Roche)
  6. "My Sick Mind" (Terre Roche)
  7. "The Death of Suzzy Roche" (Suzzy and Terre Roche)
  8. "Factory Girl" (Traditional Irish)
  9. "One Season" (Maggie Roche)
  10. "This Feminine Position" (Maggie Roche)

Credits

  • Recordist: Jon Mathias
  • Assistant: Dave Alhard
  • Maggie Roche: acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Suzzy Roche: acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Terre Roche: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
  • Jay Dee Daugherty: drums
  • Fred Smith: electric bass guitar
  • Lincoln Goines: acoustic bass guitar
  • Jon Mathias: electric bass guitar on "Nurds"
  • Gabriel Katona: synthesizer
  • Bob Conti: percussion
  • Bobby Gordon: clarinet on "Bobby's Song"
  • Basic tracks and vocals recorded at Record Plant, NYC
  • Overdubs: Redwing Studios, Tarzana, California
  • Finishing touches: United Western Studios, Los Angeles
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi
  • Art direction / design: Tim Ritchie
  • Photography: Irene Young
  • A special thank-you to Robert Fripp, Anita Legault and Ted Templeman

    • References

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