Nurds

Nurds
Studio album by The Roches
Released 1980
Recorded Record Plant, New York
Genre Folk
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Roy Halee
The Roches chronology

The Roches
(1979)		 Nurds
(1980)		 Keep On Doing
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B[2]

Nurds is a 1980 album by The Roches, the follow-up to their debut. 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".[3] It was successful enough to chart at #130 on the Billboard 200[4]

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

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Greg. Nurds at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Roches > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
  3. ↑ Shewey, Don (December 25, 1980). "Nurds The Roches > Album Review". Rolling Stone (333/334). Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Nurds - The Roches > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.