Thief in The Night, Philo/Fretless 1977 LP only "speaks with the poetic richness of Perrault the poet." -- Concord Monitor
New Hampshire, Fishtraks 1981 LP & Cassette "Luminous heartfelt folk songs." -- Sweet Potato
Click to play the track "Chocorua"
Tenants in Common, Fishtraks, 1984 LP & Cassette "A collection of Perrault's musical poems." -- Rockingham Gazette
Click to play the track "Sonny's Back"
Country Matters, Rockweed, 1988/1995 CD & Cassette "Flat out the best record to come from the Northeast in at least two years." --Face Magazine
Click to play the track "Ballad of the Squalus"
Before You Go, Rockweed, 1994 CD & Cassette "A haunting work of art." -- Jam Music Magazine
Click to play the track "Wounded Knee"
Rough Cuts, * Rockweed, 1998 CD & Cassette
"Perrault delivers a collection of vivid, melancholy, gritty, folk/country tales that transcend the genre. A fine, fine album" --Northeast Performer * Finalist, Crossroads Magazine Music Awards.
Click to play the track "Lucky Jim"
Ballad of Louis Wagner , Rockweed, 2003 CD "These spare, lovely tunes sound like they've been dug up out of the rocky New England soil; they're organic to the place." -- Portsmouth Times
Click to play the track "The Ballad of Louis Wagner"
Jefferson's Dream, Rockweed, 2009 CD Eight historical ballads are taken from the forthcoming book Jefferson’s Dream by John Perrault. Focusing on the Declaration’s preamble as our founding creed, Jefferson’s Dream is a meditation on eight great Americans whose lives manifest the principles of the Declaration – whose lives make clear the courage it takes to be free. The book will include lyrics and musical transcriptions for all eight ballads. Click to play the track "Abe Lincoln Walks at Midnight"
