The Roches
by The Roches
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The Roches bestography
The Roches is ranked as the best album by The Roches.
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The Roches track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Roches rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 52 Music Albums of 1979 | 37/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 61 Music Albums of 1979 | 22/61 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1979 | 19/35 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1979 by Ultimate Record Collector | 41/41 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 90 Music Albums of 1979 | 3/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Jimmy Dread | Folk Off! Pastoral Perfection for Pixie People | 18/100 | - |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2025 |  imacgill | Top 89 Music Albums of 1979 | 76/89 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 54 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 206 | |||
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The Roches ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/20/2026 15:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,685 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:27 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2025 16:04 | RockyRaccoon | 7,222 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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The Roches forum mentions
EyeKanFly 08/16/2021 10:30 in What album are you listening to right now?
meccalecca 02/09/2014 18:08 in Chart talkThe Roches comments
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/10/2013 12:39 | #83642 | TOP COMMENT
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My mistake, the hallelujah chorus is on this album.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Keep-On-Doing-Roches-German-vinyl-LP-album-record-WBK57027-WARNER-BROS-1982-/271254697927?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3f280a37c7
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/03/2011 11:27 | #27014 | TOP COMMENT
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there was a "halleluah chorus(sp) it was on their second album, but it is also on their greatest hits, here is the link...you have to check it out, it is hilarious.
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Works-Roches/dp/B0000B1A5W/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1315049131&sr=1-3
Jimmy Dread TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2011 23:10 | #26999 | TOP COMMENT
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Not to my knowledge - as far as I'm aware the entry is correct, at least my version hasn't got that on it! High time it had a re-appraisal, history hasn't been too kind and hardly anyone's heard it... terrible shame!
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/07/2011 16:26 | #22809 | TOP COMMENT
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Got a promo of this album from the Warner rep when it came out and we played it in the store all the time..when people came in the store, they looked up at the speakers and at each other like what in the hell were they hearing..funny...but'nowaxjim", wasn't there a version of Handel's Hallelujah chorus on this album?
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