No Trespassing (EP) explained

No Trespassing
Type:ep
Artist:The Roches
Cover:The Roches - notrespassing.jpg
Released:1986
Genre:Folk
Length:15:18
Label:SOS Records
Rhino Records
Producer:Joe Ferry, Andy Block, The Roches
Prev Title:Another World
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Crossing Delancey
Next Year:1988

No Trespassing is a 1986 EP by the American folk group the Roches.[1] It was released in 1986 on SOS Records, and distributed more widely by Rhino Records.[2] [3]

Production

The EP was produced by Joe Ferry, Andy Block, and the Roches.[4] The trio recorded it after splitting from Warner Bros. Records; they claimed that it was the first time that they had total control in the studio.[5]

Critical reception

The New York Times determined that "as usual with the Roches, [the EP] finds new things to say about love and its discontents—quietly but without flinching."[6] The Los Angeles Times praised the "enticing, soft-rockish title song."[7]

AllMusic wrote that "an alternately gleeful and wary romanticism empowers the whole set, as the Roches sisters' voices entwine as one, with novel harmonies adding cycles of tension and resolution."

Track listing

  1. "No Trespassing"
  2. "Knifed"
  3. "That Won't Happen"
  4. "La Vie C'est La Vie"

Credits

Notes and References

  1. News: Emerson . Bo . THE HARMONIC DIVERGENCE: THE ROCHES - Simplicity Suits Singing Sisters Inspired by the Commonplace . Atlanta Journal-Constitution . August 19, 1988 . E1.
  2. News: Kolson . Ann . SINGING SISTERS: THE ROCHES ARE HAPPY OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 4 Mar 1988 . E1.
  3. News: Mitchell . Justin . ROCHES: THREE SINGERS IN SEARCH OF A LABEL . Chicago Tribune . 16 July 1987 . 13D.
  4. Reviews . Billboard . Dec 13, 1986 . 98 . 50 . 60.
  5. News: Brotzman . Bob . ROCHES REAPPEAR, WITH FEELING . Los Angeles Daily News . Knight-Ridder . May 13, 1987 . L.A. Life . 18.
  6. News: Pareles . Jon . The Roches Resurface With 'No Trespassing' . The New York Times . 11 Feb 1987 . C23.
  7. News: Hochman . Steve . TWISTED SISTERS . Los Angeles Times . 18 May 1987 . Calendar . 7.