The Roches (studio album) by The Roches

The Roches by The Roches
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 5,292nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 57 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (90th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (892nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,292nd)
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The Roches Self-Titled Debut CD Album Warner Brothers The Roches 1979
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THE ROCHES “Self Titled” LP - Warner Bros. BSK 3298, Promo Copy 1979, Excellent
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The Roches Self-Titled Debut Album Warner Brothers The Roches 1979 3298-2
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 57 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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From 08/10/2013 12:39
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
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From 09/03/2011 11:27
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
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From 09/02/2011 23:10
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!
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From 06/07/2011 16:26
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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