Yes! (Jason Mraz album)
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Released | July 11, 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2013–2014 | |||
Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
Length | 51:35 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Yes! is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. The album was released on July 11, 2014, Atlantic Records.[1] The album's lead single "Love Someone" was released on May 19, 2014.[2]
The album is a collaboration between Jason Mraz and the members of indie-rock-folk band Raining Jane: Mai Bloomfield, Becky Gebhardt, Chaska Potter and Mona Tavakoli, with whom Mraz has been working since 2007,[3] and who are his backing band on the record,[4][5] as well as co-writers of majority of the songs.
Critical reception[]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 62/100[6] |
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Billboard | 82/100[8] |
The Boston Globe | 70/100[5][6] |
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Yes! was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 62, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews.[6]
Matt Fruchtman of Slant Magazine gave the album two out of five stars, saying "his wide-lens worldview leaves Yes! feeling like the musical equivalent of a G-rated sitcom."[11] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, saying "The exclamation point that punctuates its title suggests Jason Mraz may be a little enthusiastic on Yes! but that's a feint, hiding how this 2014 record is the next logical step on the singer/songwriter's road of seduction. Gone is the celebrated wordplay, a self-conscious maturation that was perhaps inevitable, but also absent are the smooth soul flourishes of 2012's Love Is a Four Letter Word."[7]
Commercial performance[]
The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 102,000 copies in the United States.[12]
In Canada, the album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart with 12,000 copies, falling behind Rise Against's The Black Market.[13]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rise" | Jason Mraz, Chaska Potter, Mona Tavakoli, Becky Gebhardt, Mai Bloomfield, Chris Keup, Stewart Myers |
| 1:29 |
2. | "Love Someone" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield, Keup, Myers | 4:16 | |
3. | "Hello, You Beautiful Thing" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt |
| 3:34 |
4. | "Long Drive" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield |
| 3:50 |
5. | "Everywhere" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield |
| 3:24 |
6. | "Best Friend" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield |
| 3:19 |
7. | "Quiet" | Mraz, Daniel Omelio, Ammar Malik |
| 4:18 |
8. | "Out of My Hands" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield |
| 3:26 |
9. | "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" | Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian Perren | Mraz | 2:58 |
10. | "3 Things" | Mraz, Michael Natter, Nancy Natter, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield | 2:54 | |
11. | "You Can Rely on Me" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield, Keup, Myers, M. Natter, N. Natter |
| 3:43 |
12. | "Back to the Earth" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield |
| 3:46 |
13. | "A World with You" | Mraz, Myers, Keup |
| 4:39 |
14. | "Shine" | Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield |
| 6:04 |
- Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[14]
- Jason Mraz – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, piano, synthesizer bass, engineering, mixing, production
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Charts and certifications[]
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Year-end charts[]
Certifications[]
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Release history[]
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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United Kingdom[33] | July 11, 2014 | CD, digital download | Atlantic Records |
United States[34] | July 15, 2014 |
References[]
- ^ "Jason Mraz's 'Yes!' Album: Hear First Single 'Love Someone'". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ "Love Someone: Jason Mraz: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ "About the band". rainingjane.com. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ Reuter, Annie (May 19, 2014). "Interview: Jason Mraz Details His First Acoustic Album, 'YES!'". Radio.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Johnston, Maura (July 15, 2014). "Jason Mraz, 'YES!'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Reviews for Yes! by Jason Mraz". Metacritic. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Yes! - Jason Mraz". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ Benjamin, Jeff (July 15, 2014). "Jason Mraz's 'YES!': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard.
- ^ Wood, Mikael (July 18, 2014). "Pursued by youngsters, Jason Mraz is mellower than ever on 'Yes!'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (August 15, 2014). "Jason Mraz's New Album: Yes!". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fruchtman, Matt. "Jason Mraz: Yes!". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ "'Weird Al' Yankovic Gets First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200 with 'Mandatory Fun'". Billboard. July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ^ Alan Cross. "A Journal of Musical ThingsWeekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 23 July 2014". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ^ "Yes! - Jason Mraz | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Jason Mraz – Yes!". Hung Medien.
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- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jason Mraz – Yes!" (in French). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Jason Mraz Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
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- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jason Mraz – Yes!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
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- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2014. 36. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
- ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 29, 2014". Chart-Track. IRMA.
- ^ "Artisti - Classifica settimanale WK 29 (dal 14-07-2014 al 20-07-2014)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Jason Mraz – Yes!". Hung Medien.
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- ^ "Jason Mraz | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
- ^ "Jason Mraz Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2014". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Jason Mraz – Yes!". Music Canada.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Yes! by Jason Mraz". Itunes.apple.com. 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - YES! by Jason Mraz". iTunes. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
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- Jason Mraz albums
- Atlantic Records albums