Seductive Reasoning Explained

Seductive Reasoning
Type:	studio
Artist:	Maggie and Terre Roche
Cover:	Seductive_Reasoning_01.jpg
Caption:	Original cover, 1975
Released:	1975
Recorded:	1974–1975
Genre:	Folk
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Paul Simon, Paul Samwell-Smith, David Hood and Jimmy Johnson
Next Title:	The Roches
Next Year:	1979

Seductive Reasoning is the debut album by the sibling folk duo Maggie and Terre Roche, released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It precedes their 1979 debut album as a trio, The Roches.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Margaret Roche, except where indicated.

1. "Underneath the Moon"
2. "Down the Dream"
3. "Wigglin' Man" (Margaret Roche, Terre Roche)
4. "West Virginia"
5. "If You Emptied Out All Of Your Pockets You Could Not Make The Change"
6. "Telephone Bill"
7. "Malachy's"
8. "Burden of Proof"
9. "The Mountain People"
10. "Jill of All Trades"

Personnel

Musicians:

• Maggie Roche – piano and guitar
• Terre Roche – guitar
• The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

• • Roger Hawkins – drums
  • David Hood – bass
  • Barry Beckett– keyboards
  • Pete Carr – guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar

Additional musicians:

• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• George Marge – electric clarinet
• Ann Odell – strings
• John Hall – electric guitar
• Paul Simon – guitar
• Jerry Masters – bass

Production:

• 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9: produced by David Hood and Jimmy Johnson; engineers – Greg Hamm, Steve Melton, Jerry Masters
• 4, 7, 10: produced by Paul Samwell Smith; engineer – Martin Levan
• 5: produced by Paul Simon; engineers – Steve Melton, Phil Ramone

Cover photo by Chip Berlet.

References

All information from the original album cover has been verified by a Wikipedian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Berlet