Yes!
Studio album by
Jason Mraz
ReleasedJuly 11, 2014
Recorded2013–2014
GenrePop, pop rock
Length51:35
LabelAtlantic
Jason Mraz chronology
Love Is a Four Letter Word
(2012) 		Yes!
(2014) 		Know.
(2018)
Singles from Yes!
  1. "Love Someone"
    Released: May 19, 2014

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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Billboard82/100[8]
The Boston Globe70/100[5][6]
Los Angeles Times[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Slant Magazine[11]

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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
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
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
  • Chris Keup[a]
  • Stewart Myers[a]
4:16
3."Hello, You Beautiful Thing"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
3:34
4."Long Drive"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
3:50
5."Everywhere"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
3:24
6."Best Friend"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
3:19
7."Quiet"Mraz, Daniel Omelio, Ammar Malik
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
  • Keup
  • Myers
4:18
8."Out of My Hands"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
3:26
9."It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian PerrenMraz2:58
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
  • Mraz
  • Keup
  • Myers
3:43
12."Back to the Earth"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
3:46
13."A World with You"Mraz, Myers, Keup
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
4:39
14."Shine"Mraz, Potter, Tavakoli, Gebhardt, Bloomfield
  • Mogis
  • Mraz
6:04
Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[14]

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom[33] July 11, 2014 CD, digital download Atlantic Records
United States[34] July 15, 2014

References

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  6. ^ a b c "Reviews for Yes! by Jason Mraz". Metacritic. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Yes! - Jason Mraz". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  8. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (July 15, 2014). "Jason Mraz's 'YES!': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard.
  9. ^ Wood, Mikael (July 18, 2014). "Pursued by youngsters, Jason Mraz is mellower than ever on 'Yes!'". Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^ Dolan, Jon (August 15, 2014). "Jason Mraz's New Album: Yes!". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Fruchtman, Matt. "Jason Mraz: Yes!". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
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