Yes, No

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Yes, No
T-Square Yes, No.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 1988 [1] [2]
Recorded Los Angeles · Mad Hatter Studios
Tokyo · CBS Sony Shinanomachi Studio [3]
Genre Jazz fusion
Length49:17
Label Columbia Records [4] [5]
T-Square chronology
Truth
(1987)
Yes, No
(1988)
Wave
(1989)

Yes, No is the thirteenth studio album by Japanese Jazz fusion band T-Square. It was released on February 26, 1988 through Columbia Records [1] [4] and was the last studio album by the band released under the name The Square.

Contents

Background

The first track on this album, Dans Sa Chambre, was used as the theme song for the Japanese talk show Time 3, shown on Fuji Network System. It was also used as the opening theme for news show Businessman News, shown on TV Tokyo. The second track on the album, Go For It was used to advertise for the 1990 Toyota Sera. [4]

Rerelease and live recordings

On November 21, 2001, Village Records rereleased Yes, No on CD and DSD formats. [2]

The album was included in the T-Square 35th Anniversary THE BOX 2013 box set. [6]

Mr. Mellow was performed on the Megalith live album. Miss You was included in the Wordless Anthology V compilation album and performed live on the Megalith, Miss You In New York and T-Square Live (Featuring F-1 Grand Prix Theme) live albums. Crisis and Go For It were included on the F-1 Grand Prix compilation album. Papillon was rearranged and performed on the Miss You In New York live album. [7]

Track listing

Sources [1] [8]

All music is composed by Masahiro Andoh, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Dans Sa Chambre"5:26
2."Go For It"4:53
3."Miss You"5:02
4."El Mirage" (music: Hirotaka Izumi)5:19
5."Shadow"5:51
6."Mr. Mellow" (music: Hirotaka Izumi)5:03
7."Kiss"4:14
8."Papillon"3:46
9."Crisis"4:45
10."Catcher In The Rye" (music: Hirotaka Izumi)4:58

Personnel

Sources [9] [10]

The Square
Additional Musicians

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