''Yes'' is the third
studio album
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by
alternative rock
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band
Morphine
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, released in March 1995. It was their first album to make the ''
Billboard
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'' Top 200, but fared less well abroad than its predecessor. As of February 1997 it has sold 156,000 copies in United States according to
Nielsen SoundScan
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.
Critical reception
In a retrospective review,
AllMusic
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's Greg Prato felt that on ''Yes'' Morphine had moved away from the more "accessible direction" they had introduced on 1994's ''
Cure for Pain'' for a more "challenging (but just as rewarding) direction." He found ''Yes'' to be "just a shade less spectacular than ''Cure for Pain,'' but certainly not by much."
Track listing
;Notes
*Track 8 recorded live at
KCRW
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,
Santa Monica
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, California, January 1994, for ''
Morning Becomes Eclectic
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''.
*Track 10 recorded live at Bullet Sound Studios,
Nederhorst den Berg, the Netherlands, May 1994, for ''2 Meter Sessies'',
NOS/
VARA TV.
2018 vinyl expanded edition
In 2018, ''Yes'' became the first release in the Run Out Groove label's vinyl-only Cornerstones series and included a bonus record of ''Yes''-era B-sides, unreleased outtakes from the ''Yes'' sessions and unreleased live broadcast recordings, all remastered from the original source tapes.
* ''side one (1-6) and two (7-12) as per original album''
;Notes
*Track 4 recorded live at Hell West,
San Francisco
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, California; recording and lead bass by Frank Swart.
*Track 6 recorded live at
Hi-N-Dry,
Cambridge
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, Massachusetts; recording and production by Mark Sandman.
*Tracks 7–10 recording date and location not listed.
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.
;Morphine
*
Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass, piano (4), Chamberlin (7), tritar (7), guitar (12)
*
Dana Colley – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone (4, 9, 10), doublesax (3, 7)
*
Billy Conway – drums
;Additional musicians
*Frank Howard Swart – wah bass (9)
;Technical
*
Mark Sandman – producer, engineer (12), mixing (6, 7, 9, 12), front cover photography
*
Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer (2–4, 6, 7, 11), mixing (1–5, 11)
*Mike Denneen – engineer (1, 5, 7)
*Tim O'Heir – engineer (6, 7)
*Scott Fritz – engineer (8)
*Frank Howard Swart – engineer (9), mixing (9)
*Han Nuyten – engineer (10)
*Truman Stiles – mixing (6, 7)
*Phil Davidson – mixing (8, 10)
*Toby Mountain – mastering
*Robin Spencer – design
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
*
1995 albums
Morphine (band) albums
Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie
Rykodisc albums
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