2009 studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Yes
is the tenth studio album by English
synth-pop
duo
Pet Shop Boys
, released on 18 March 2009 by
Parlophone
. The album was recorded throughout 2008 and was produced by
Brian Higgins
and his production team
Xenomania
.
[13]
Xenomania also co-wrote three of the tracks. Guitarist
Johnny Marr
and string arranger
Owen Pallett
appear as well.
[14]
"
Love Etc.
" was released on 16 March 2009 as the album's lead single.
[13]
Background and release
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]
Yes
debuted at number four on the
UK Albums Chart
with first-week sales of 27,639 copies, the duo's highest-placing album since
Bilingual
(1996).
[15]
Early sales figures predicted that the album would enter at number one,
[16]
but its release was beset by distribution problems and
Yes
proved unable to hold onto its midweek position. The download version erroneously went on sale through the
iTunes Store
three days before its official release date, rendering 2,500 sales ineligible for the chart, while, the following week, a number of suppliers of the physical album reported stock level problems.
[17]
The closing track "Legacy" was subject to censorship in China for political sensitivity reasons, as it contains the lyric "governments fall". The song was changed to an instrumental.
[18]
The album was released in multiple formats, including a
digital
version that included a 48-minute track-by-track commentary on the album, and an 11-disc vinyl version limited to 300 copies, with each disc containing a different album track on the first side and a corresponding instrumental version on the second.
[19]
The double CD edition of the album incorporated a bonus disc titled
Etc.
, which featured mostly instrumental dub mixes of six album tracks, as well as a new song called "This Used to Be the Future", which features guest vocals by
Philip Oakey
of
the Human League
. A standard, single-disc vinyl LP was also issued, but did not coincide with the international CD and download release.
Yes
spawned three further singles. On 1 June 2009, "
Did You See Me Coming?
" was released worldwide on a number of physical and digital formats, backed with three new B-sides.
[13]
A limited German-only "
Beautiful People
" CD and download followed in October. The five-track
Christmas
, Pet Shop Boys' first EP release,
[20]
was released on 14 December 2009, with "All Over the World" acting as the principal radio promo and gaining a music video.
The album was nominated for
Best Electronic/Dance Album
at the
2010 Grammy Awards
.
Yes
was supported by a comprehensive world tour that stretched across 2009?2012. A recording of the tour made in London in December 2009 was released in a CD/DVD package on 15 February 2010 as
Pandemonium
.
Yes
was re-released on 20 October 2017 (along with
Elysium
) as
Yes/Further Listening 2008-2010
. This reissue was digitally remastered and contained two bonus discs of B-sides, demos, remixes and rarities from the era.
Artwork
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The album sleeve was designed by
Mark Farrow
and Pet Shop Boys. The tick on the cover consists of 11 coloured squares, each one representing a track.
[21]
It was inspired by German artist
Gerhard Richter
(who is referenced in the album's opening track, "Love Etc."), specifically his 4900 exhibition at the
Serpentine Gallery
and the stained glass window in
Cologne Cathedral
.
[22]
The album's cover was nominated in the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards shortlist in the Graphics category.
[23]
Track listing
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All tracks are written by
Neil Tennant
and
Chris Lowe
, except where noted
Yes
track listing
Title
| Writer(s)
|
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1.
| "
Love Etc.
"
| | 3:32
|
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2.
| "All Over the World"
|
| 3:51
|
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3.
| "
Beautiful People
"
|
| 3:42
|
---|
4.
| "
Did You See Me Coming?
"
|
| 3:41
|
---|
5.
| "Vulnerable"
|
| 4:47
|
---|
6.
| "More Than a Dream"
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Cooper
- Higgins
- Jason Resch
- Kieran Jones
| 4:57
|
---|
7.
| "Building a Wall"
|
| 3:50
|
---|
8.
| "King of Rome"
|
| 5:31
|
---|
9.
| "Pandemonium"
|
| 3:43
|
---|
10.
| "The Way It Used to Be"
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Cooper
- Higgins
- Nick Coler
| 4:44
|
---|
11.
| "Legacy"
|
| 6:21
|
---|
Japanese edition bonus track
[24]
Title
| Writer(s)
|
---|
12.
| "Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Sex Mix)
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Higgins
- Cooper
- Powell
- Parker
| 6:18
|
---|
iTunes Store
bonus tracks
[25]
Title
| Writer(s)
|
---|
12.
| "Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Dub)
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Higgins
- Cooper
- Powell
- Parker
| 6:18
|
---|
13.
| "Yes" (track by track commentary by Neil & Chris)
|
| 48:40
|
---|
Special edition bonus disc:
Etc.
[26]
Title
| Writer(s)
|
---|
1.
| "This Used to Be the Future" (featuring
Philip Oakey
)
|
| 5:14
|
---|
2.
| "More Than a Dream" (Magical Dub)
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Cooper
- Higgins
- Resch
- Jones
| 6:10
|
---|
3.
| "Pandemonium" (The Stars and the Sun Dub)
|
| 5:50
|
---|
4.
| "The Way It Used to Be" (Left of Love Dub)
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Cooper
- Higgins
- Coler
| 5:16
|
---|
5.
| "All Over the World" (This Is a Dub)
|
| 5:21
|
---|
6.
| "Vulnerable" (Public Eye Dub)
|
| 5:17
|
---|
7.
| "Love Etc." (Beautiful Dub)
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Higgins
- Cooper
- Powell
- Parker
| 6:24
|
---|
Total length:
| 39:32
|
---|
All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted
Yes/Further Listening 2008?2010 Volume 1
(Disc 2)
Title
| Writer(s)
|
---|
1.
| "Gin and Jag"
|
| 4:31
|
---|
2.
| "This Used to Be the Future" (with Phil Oakey)
|
| 5:12
|
---|
3.
| "We're All Criminals Now"
|
| 3:55
|
---|
4.
| "Gin and Jag" (Frisky Mix)
|
| 7:12
|
---|
5.
| "Beautiful People" (demo)
|
| 3:21
|
---|
6.
| "
My Girl
"
| Mike Barson
| 3:41
|
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7.
| "
The Loving Kind
" (Monitor Mix; previously unreleased)
| - Cooper
- Higgins
- Powell
- Tennant
- Lowe
| 3:22
|
---|
8.
| "Love Etc." (PSB Mix)
| - Tennant
- Lowe
- Higgins
- Cooper
- Powell
- Parker
| 6:17
|
---|
9.
| "Did You See Me Coming?" (PSB Possibly More Mix)
|
| 8:48
|
---|
10.
| "The Former Enfant Terrible" (PSB Bring It On Mix)
|
| 7:23
|
---|
11.
| "Up and Down"
|
| 3:44
|
---|
12.
| "Brits Medley" (previously unreleased on CD)
|
| 9:35
|
---|
Total length:
| 67:05
|
---|
All tracks are written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted
Yes/Further Listening 2008?2010 Volume 2
(Disc 3)
Title
| Writer(s)
|
---|
1.
| "I Cried for Us"
| Kate McGarrigle
| 3:49
|
---|
2.
| "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas" (new version)
|
| 3:49
|
---|
3.
| "All Over the World" (new version)
|
| 3:47
|
---|
4.
| "
Viva la Vida
/
Domino Dancing
" (
Christmas
EP Mix)
| - Berryman
- Buckland
- Champion
- Martin
- Tennant
- Lowe
| 5:32
|
---|
5.
| "My Girl" (Our House Mix)
| Mike Barson
| 5:48
|
---|
6.
| "
Leaving
(Demo)"
|
| 4:14
|
---|
7.
| "
Together
"
| | 3:28
|
---|
8.
| "
Glad All Over
" (from "Together" CD single)
| | 3:25
|
---|
9.
| "The Dumpling Song" (demo from
My Dad's a Birdman
; previously unreleased)
| | 1:47
|
---|
10.
| "Wings and Faith" (demo from
My Dad's a Birdman
; previously unreleased)
|
| 2:08
|
---|
11.
| "Night Song" (Fan Club download 2010; previously unreleased on CD)
| | 3:27
|
---|
Total length:
| 41:19
|
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Personnel
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Pet Shop Boys
- Neil Tennant
? lead vocals
(all tracks)
; keyboards, programming
(tracks 3?5, 7?11)
- Chris Lowe
? keyboards, programming
(all tracks)
Additional musicians
- Tim Powell
? keyboards, programming
(all tracks)
; backing vocals
(tracks 3, 6)
- Fred Falke
? keyboards, programming
(tracks 1, 5)
- Matt Gray ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 1?3, 6?8, 10, 11)
- Brian Higgins ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
; backing vocals
(track 6)
- Owen Parker ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 1?3, 9, 10)
; guitar
(tracks 1, 3, 4, 9)
; backing vocals
(track 3)
- Sacha Collisson ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 1, 6)
; guitar
(tracks 6, 10)
- Xenomania ? backing vocals
(tracks 1, 9)
- Andy Brown ? brass arrangement, brass conducting
(track 2)
; London Metropolitan Orchestra conducting
(tracks 3, 11)
- London Metropolitan Orchestra ? brass
(track 2)
- Pete Gleadall ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 3?5, 7?9, 11)
- Kieran Jones ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 3, 6?8, 10, 11)
; guitar
(tracks 3, 6)
- Nick Coler ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 3?5, 7, 9?11)
; guitar
(tracks 3, 4, 10)
- Jason Resch ? keyboards, programming
(tracks 3, 6?8, 10, 11)
; guitar
(tracks 3, 6?10)
- Johnny Marr
? guitar
(tracks 3, 4, 7, 9)
; harmonica
(tracks 3, 9)
- Carla Marie Williams ? backing vocals
(track 3)
; guest vocals
(track 10)
- Jessie Malakouti
? backing vocals
(track 3)
- Alex Gardner
? backing vocals
(tracks 3, 6)
- Owen Pallett
? orchestral arrangement
(tracks 3, 11)
- Cathy Thompson ? London Metropolitan Orchestra leader
(tracks 3, 11)
- Miranda Cooper
? backing vocals
(track 6)
- Mike Kearsey ? brass
(tracks 8, 9)
- Steve Hamilton ? brass
(tracks 8, 9)
- Mark Parnell ? drums
(track 9)
- Toby Scott ? keyboards, programming
(track 10)
Technical
- Brian Higgins
? production
- Xenomania
? production
- Jeremy Wheatley ? mixing
- Andy Dudman ? London Metropolitan Orchestra recording
(tracks 2, 3, 11)
- Dick Beetham ? mastering
Artwork
- Farrow
? design, art direction
- Pet Shop Boys
? design, art direction
- Alasdair McLellan ? photography
Etc.
bonus disc
[
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Pet Shop Boys
- Neil Tennant ? lead vocals
(all tracks)
; keyboards, programming
(track 1)
- Chris Lowe ? keyboards, programming
(track 1)
Additional musicians
- Philip Oakey
? guest vocals
(track 1)
- Pete Gleadall ? keyboards, programming
(track 1)
- Tim Powell ? keyboards, programming
(track 1)
Technical
- Brian Higgins ? production
(track 1)
- Xenomania ? production
(track 1)
- Jeremy Wheatley ? mixing
(track 1)
- Pet Shop Boys ? remix
(tracks 2?5)
- Xenomania ? remix
(tracks 2?7)
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
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Release history
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