Yes (Morphine album) explained
Yes is the third studio album by alternative rock band Morphine, released in March 1995. It was their first album to make the Billboard 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.[1]
Critical reception
In a retrospective review, AllMusic'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
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.[2]
- side one (1-6) and two (7-12) as per original album
- Notes
- Track 4 recorded live at Hell West, San Francisco, California; recording and lead bass by Frank Swart.
- Track 6 recorded live at Hi-N-Dry, Cambridge, Massachusetts; recording and production by Mark Sandman.
- Tracks 7–10 recording date and location not listed.
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.[3]
- 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
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Billboard. morphine album sales.. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. February 8, 1997. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 34. October 14, 2018. Internet Archive.
- Web site: Run Out Groove's Cornerstones: Records that should be in everyone's collection. Long Live Vinyl. June 25, 2018. December 14, 2022.
- Yes . . 1995 . CD liner . . RCD 10320.
- 193.
- Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1995. Ultratop. June 13, 2021.
