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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.)

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Speak
Studio album by The Roches
Released	1989
Genre	Folk
Length	50:17
Label	MCA
Producer	The Roches and Jeffrey Lesser
The Roches chronology
Crossing Delancey (1988) Speak (1989) We Three Kings (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A-[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

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