We Three Kings (The Roches album)

We Three Kings
Studio album by
the Roches
Released1990
GenreFolk, Christmas music
LabelParadox/MCA;[1] rerelease by Rykodisc[2]
ProducerThe Roches, Jeffrey Lesser
The Roches chronology
Speak
(1989) 		We Three Kings
(1990) 		A Dove
(1992)
Alternative cover
Cover of the 1994 reissue by Rykodisc

We Three Kings is an album by the American folk trio the Roches, released in 1990.[3][4] It is a collection of Christmas songs.[5][6] The sisters wrote two of the album's 24 tracks.[7] We Three Kings is considered a classic of unconventional Christmas music.[8][9][10][11]

MCA Records allowed the album to go out of print; it was reissued by Rykodisc in 1994, after the label had signed the trio.[12][13] For years, the sisters performed selections of the songs at their annual Bottom Line shows.[14][15]

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  4. ^ Alden, Grant; Blackstock, Peter (September 15, 2009). No Depression # 78: Family Style. University of Texas Press.
  5. ^ Sinagra, Laura (December 17, 2005). "The Roche Sisters Reunited, with Christmas in the Air". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Buckley, Peter (December 11, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides.
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  8. ^ Bledsoe, Wayne (14 July 2006). "Sibiling harmony: Sisters' unique blend charms critics, fans". Preview. Knoxville News Sentinel. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Roches Holiday Twist". Entertainment. New Jersey Herald. December 6, 2012.
  10. ^ Ross, Curtis (December 21, 2007). "The Roches Bring Harmony to Holidays". Friday Extra. The Tampa Tribune. p. 15.
  11. ^ Smith, Andy (March 15, 1996). "Roches have to work at family harmony". The Providence Journal. p. E1.
  12. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (December 8, 1994). "Chestnuts and lumps of coal - Bennett, Buttholes, and John Tesh—these are a few of our favorite, and least favorite, things". Music. Dallas Observer.
  13. ^ Germain, David (February 29, 1996). "Roches Remain 'Weird Sisters' of Folk-Pop". Times Union. Associated Press. p. P3.
  14. ^ Conan, Neal (December 9, 1994). "Neal Conan Interviews Two of the Roches". Morning Edition. NPR.
  15. ^ "Roche Motets". The New Yorker. Vol. 70, no. 43. December 26, 1994. p. 20.