Yes (Pet Shop Boys album)

Yes
Studio album by Pet Shop Boys
Released 18 March 2009 (2009-03-18)
Recorded 2008
Studio Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Synthpop
Length 48:39
Label Parlophone
Producer
Pet Shop Boys chronology
Disco 4
(2007)		 Yes
(2009)		 Party
(2009)
Singles from Yes
  1. "Love Etc."
    Released: 16 March 2009
  2. "Did You See Me Coming?"
    Released: 1 June 2009
  3. "Beautiful People"
    Released: 2 October 2009
  4. "All Over the World"
    Released: 14 December 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Drowned in Sound5/10[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Independent[7]
NME8/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin8/10[11]

Yes is the tenth studio album by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 18 March 2009 by Parlophone. The album was recorded throughout 2008 and is produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania.[12] Xenomania also co-wrote three of the tracks. Guitarist Johnny Marr and string arranger Owen Pallett appear as well.[13] "Love Etc." was released on 16 March 2009 as the album's lead single.[12]

Background and release

Yes debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart on sales of 27,639 copies, the duo's highest-placing album since Bilingual (1996).[14] Early sales figures predicted that the album would enter at number one,[15] 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 iTunes 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.[16] The album was hit by a minor manufacturing error as well: some booklets included with initial copies of the Yes etc. double CD set were stapled in the wrong order. EMI set up a website for anyone affected by this to claim a new booklet.[17]

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.[18] 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", to which Philip Oakey of The Human League contributed some vocals. 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.[12] A limited German-only "Beautiful People" CD and download followed in October. The five-track Christmas, Pet Shop Boys' first EP release,[19] 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.

Album cover

The album sleeve was designed by Mark Farrow and Pet Shop Boys. The tick on the cover is made up of eleven coloured squares.[20] 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.[21]

The album's cover was nominated in the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards shortlist in the Graphics category.[22]

Track listing

All tracks written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, except where noted. 

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Etc."  
3:32
2."All Over the World"   3:51
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

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Yes.[25]

Pet Shop Boys
Additional personnel

  • Angela Becker – management
  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Andy Brown – brass arrangement and conduction (track 2); London Metropolitan Orchestra conduction (tracks 3, 11)
  • Nick Coler – keyboards, programming (tracks 3–5, 7, 9–11); guitar (tracks 3, 4, 10)
  • Sacha Collisson – keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 6); guitar (tracks 6, 10)
  • Miranda Cooper – backing vocals (track 6)
  • Andy Dudman – London Metropolitan Orchestra recording (tracks 2, 3, 11)
  • Fred Falke – keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 5)
  • Farrow – art direction, design
  • Alex Gardner – backing vocals (tracks 3, 6)
  • Pete Gleadall – keyboards, programming (tracks 3–5, 7–9, 11, "This Used to Be the Future")
  • Matt Gray – keyboards, programming (tracks 1–3, 6–8, 10, 11)
  • Steve Hamilton – brass (tracks 8, 9)
  • Brian Higgins – production (all tracks); keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5); backing vocals (track 6)
  • Kieran Jones – keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 6–8, 10, 11); guitar (tracks 3, 6)
  • Mike Kearsey – brass (tracks 8, 9)
  • London Metropolitan Orchestra – brass (track 2)
  • Jessie Malakouti – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Johnny Marr – guitar (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9); harmonica (tracks 3, 9)
  • Alasdair McLellan – photography
  • Philip Oakey – guest vocals (track "This Used to Be the Future")
  • Owen Pallett – orchestral arrangement (tracks 3, 11)
  • Owen Parker – keyboards, programming (tracks 1–3, 9, 10); guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9); backing vocals (track 3)
  • Mark Parnell – drums (track 9)
  • Tim Powell – keyboards, programming (all tracks); backing vocals (tracks 3, 6)
  • Jason Resch – keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 6–8, 10, 11); guitar (tracks 3, 6–10)
  • Toby Scott – keyboards, programming (track 10)
  • Cathy Thompson – London Metropolitan Orchestra leader (tracks 3, 11)
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
  • Carla Marie Williams – backing vocals (track 3); guest vocals (track 10)
  • Xenomania – production (all tracks); backing vocals (tracks 1, 9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 32
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[27] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[28] 69
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[29] 49
Croatian Combined Albums (HDU)[30] 16
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[31] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[32] 9
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[33] 34
European Albums (Billboard)[34] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[35] 28
French Albums (SNEP)[36] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[37] 3
Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)[38] 3
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[39] 24
Irish Albums (IRMA)[40] 34
Italian Albums (FIMI)[41] 40
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[42] 32
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[43] 40
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[44] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC)[45] 8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[46] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[47] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[48] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[49] 4
US Billboard 200[50] 32
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[51] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[52] 65
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[53] 21

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Germany (BVMI)[54] Gold 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] Silver 60,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Japan[23] 18 March 2009 EMI
Australia[56] 20 March 2009
  • CD
  • digital download
Germany[57]
  • CD
  • 2-CD
  • digital download
Italy[58]
France[59] 23 March 2009
  • CD
  • digital download
United Kingdom[12]
  • CD
  • 2-CD
  • digital download
 Parlophone
United States[60] 21 April 2009 Astralwerks
Germany[61] 24 April 2009 LP EMI
United Kingdom[62] 11 May 2009 Parlophone

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  3. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  4. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ↑ Entertainment Weekly
  6. ↑ The Guardian review
  7. ↑ The Independent review
  8. ↑ NME review
  9. ↑ PopMatters review
  10. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 April 2009)
  11. ↑ Spin review
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