Keep On Doing
| Keep On Doing | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | June 1982 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 38:14 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Robert Fripp | |||
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Keep On Doing is the third studio album by the folk trio the Roches, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.[1][2] It is their second collaboration with Robert Fripp, following their 1979 debut album.
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[7] |
The New York Times opined that "the trio's close-harmony singing reaches an unprecedented richness and complexity."[1] The Christian Science Monitor deemed the album "a charmingly rough-cut LP full of whimsical folk."[8] Less supportative, The Boston Phoenix felt that "the Roches haven't yet become the rule-breaking interpreters of urban, bohemian, feminine experience they once promised to be — perhaps because they draw too often on a common adolescence and a shared conversation for their satire."[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that the trio "regain some oddball focus from another oddball Fripp treatment."[6]
Track listing
[edit]- "The Hallelujah Chorus" (George Frideric Handel)
- "Losing True" (Margaret Roche)
- "Steady with the Maestro" (George Gerdes)
- "The Largest Elizabeth in the World" (Terre Roche)
- "On the Road to Fairfax County" (David Massengill)
- "I Fell in Love" (Terre and Suzzy Roche)
- "The Scorpion Lament" (Margaret Roche)
- "Want Not Want Not" (Suzzy and Terre Roche)
- "Sex Is for Children" (Terre Roche)
- "Keep On Doing What You Do / Jerks on the Loose" (Suzzy and Terre Roche)
Personnel
[edit]- Recorded by Craig Leon. Assisted by Ken Tracht
- Recorded June, 1982 at Blue Rock Studios, New York City
- Maggie Roche – acoustic guitar, synthesizer, piano, singing
- Terre Roche – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, singing
- Suzzy Roche – acoustic guitar, singing
- Tony Levin – bass guitar
- Bill Bruford – percussion
- Robert Fripp – guitar and devices, on tracks 2, 9, and 10
- Tony Levin, Bill Bruford and Robert Fripp appear courtesy of E.G. Records
- Photography – front cover – Peter Cunningham
- Back cover – Irene Young
- Front and Back cover – Art Direction, Design – Rise Daniels
- Special thanks to Teddy Wainwright, Elizabeth Rush, Glen Zdon, Loudon Wainwright III, Mark Johnson
Charts
[edit]| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | US Billboard 200 | 183 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Holden, Stephen (19 Nov 1982). "Roche Sisters' Big Step". The New York Times. p. C5.
- ^ Sullivan, Jim (10 Dec 1982). "Roches Are Where They Want to Be". Arts. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
- ^ Olewnick, Brian. Keep On Doing at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Roches > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ Miller, Debby (November 11, 1982). "The Roches Keep on Doing > Album Review". Rolling Stone. No. 382. Archived from the original on November 5, 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 596.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 334.
- ^ Smith, David Hugh. "Record Guide". Arts. The Christian Science Monitor. p. 16.
- ^ Swartley, Ariel (November 9, 1982). "The Roches In Sunshine and In Shadow". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
