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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. Those slow grooves underscored how Mraz embraced his role as a middlebrow make-out king in the wake of the success of "I'm Yours," but Yes! feels like a truer follow-up to that 2009 hit than the 2012 LP because it emphasizes Jason Mraz the sensitive singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar slung across his shoulders. He flirts with rhythms floating up from the Caribbean, he covers Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," he cops a bit of the Lumineers' big-beat folk stomp, and he strums a ukulele -- but these are all mild, complementary accents to a sun-kissed collection of romantic songs. Mraz doesn't avoid amorous clichés so much as he shamelessly embraces each and every one, addressing songs to a lover who is also his best friend and a "beautiful thing," celebrating long drives and quiet times with the one he loves. Such subjects are a clear indication that Yes! is not a record fueled by the heady rush of love at first sight; it's an album designed to soundtrack a long getaway weekend for a couple already in love.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Chris Keup, Engineer, Writer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, Writer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Pedal Steel Guitar - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Organ, Piano - Ben Brodin, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Chris Keup, Engineer, Writer, AssistantProducer - Brian Jones, Drums - Stewart Myers, Bass Guitar, Writer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Hi-String Guitar, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - John O'Reilly, Drums - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Nate Walcott, Wurlitzer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Writer, Background Vocals, Upright Bass - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals, Ukulele - Mai Bloomfield, Glockenspiel, Background Vocals, Marimba - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Banjo - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Ben Brodin, Organ, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Mellotron, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Nate Walcott, Wurlitzer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, Sitar - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Background Vocals, Papoose Guitar - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
David Campbell, String Arranger - Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Producer, Engineer & Mixer, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, Bass Guitar, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Pedal Steel Guitar, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Nate Walcott, Piano - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Brian Jones, Drums - Stewart Myers, Engineer, Bass Guitar, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Background Vocals, Papoose Guitar - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Banjo - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - John O'Reilly, Drums - Ben Brodin, Piano - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Producer, Banjo, Pedal Steel Guitar, MixingEngineer - Nate Walcott, Piano - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Producer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Percussion, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Background Vocals, Papoose Guitar - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Background Vocals - Ammar Malik, Writer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Daniel Omelio, Writer - John O'Reilly, Drums - James Krausse, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Ben Brodin, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Dobro, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Organ, Writer, Background Vocals, Upright Bass - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Hi-String Guitar, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Ben Brodin, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Engineer & Mixer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Freddie Perren, Writer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, Bass Guitar, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Banjo - Christine Yarian Perren, Writer - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Bass Guitar, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Mandolin, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Glockenspiel, Writer, Background Vocals, Papoose Guitar - Mona Tavakoli, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Banjo - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - Michael Natter, Writer - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - Nancy Natter, Writer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, AssistantProducer - Chris Keup, Engineer, Writer, AssistantProducer - Brian Jones, Drums - Stewart Myers, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Writer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer, Organ - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Hi-String Guitar, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Organ, Piano - Michael Natter, Writer - James Krausse, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Ben Brodin, AssistantEngineer - Nancy Natter, Writer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, MixingEngineer, AssistantProducer - Nate Walcott, Piano - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Background Vocals, Papoose Guitar - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Producer, Pedal Steel Guitar, MixingEngineer - Nate Walcott, Organ - Chris Keup, Engineer, Writer, AssistantProducer - Stewart Myers, Engineer, Writer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Upright Bass, Sitar - Chaska Potter, Mandolin, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Background Vocals, Papoose Guitar - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals - Andy Powers, Banjo - Justin Hergett, Engineer - Chris Joyner, Piano - Ben Brodin, Piano - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Chris Gehringer, MasteringEngineer - Jason Mraz, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Mike Mogis, Producer, Banjo, Electric Guitar, E-bow Guitar, MixingEngineer - Chris Keup, Engineer, AssistantProducer - Brian Jones, Drums - Stewart Myers, Engineer, AssistantProducer - David Kalish, Engineer - Becky Gebhardt, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, Sitar - Chaska Potter, Writer, Background Vocals - Mai Bloomfield, Cello, Writer, Background Vocals - Mona Tavakoli, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Justin Hergett, Drums - Ben Brodin, Piano, AssistantEngineer - James Karusse, MixingEngineer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
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. Those slow grooves underscored how Mraz embraced his role as a middlebrow make-out king in the wake of the success of "I'm Yours," but Yes! feels like a truer follow-up to that 2009 hit than the 2012 LP because it emphasizes Jason Mraz the sensitive singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar slung across his shoulders. He flirts with rhythms floating up from the Caribbean, he covers Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," he cops a bit of the Lumineers' big-beat folk stomp, and he strums a ukulele -- but these are all mild, complementary accents to a sun-kissed collection of romantic songs. Mraz doesn't avoid amorous clichés so much as he shamelessly embraces each and every one, addressing songs to a lover who is also his best friend and a "beautiful thing," celebrating long drives and quiet times with the one he loves. Such subjects are a clear indication that Yes! is not a record fueled by the heady rush of love at first sight; it's an album designed to soundtrack a long getaway weekend for a couple already in love.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:35
- Main artists: Jason Mraz
- Label: Atlantic Records - ATG
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. A Warner Music Group Company
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