Album Description
Originally released in 1995, Yes was Boston-based trio Morphine's third album. Featuring Mark Sandman on vocals and slide bass, Dana Colley on baritone sax, and Billy Conway on drums, Yes hit #1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, expanding the group's substantial cult following and the appeal of their noirish, guitar free, "low rock" sonics. Critical acclaim for the album and stand-out tracks, including singles "Honey White" and Super Sex," paved the way for Morphine's major label deal the following year. The new audiophile reissue of this alt-rock classic pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

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In a rock & roll world divided between guitar bands and synth bands, Morphine exist in a no-man's zone. The Boston trio has neither guitars nor keyboards and gets by with just drums, sax, and bass. In a pop universe where every singer, guitarist, and keyboardist instinctively goes to a higher note to attract attention, Morphine stay hunkered down low. Billy Conway's tuned drum kit, Dana Colley's baritone sax and Mark Sandman's baritone vocals and two-string slide bass all occupy the same low-end band of the sound spectrum. Morphine's odd configuration would have no more than novelty value if Sandman's songs weren't so good. This album's first single, "Honey White," for instance, rides the back of a fast, angular baritone riff to describe a pretty, young girl hooked on drugs. In the dark comedy of Sandman's rock-noir purr, Honey tells her dealer, "You'll get me when I'm old and wizened and not a day before that." He replies, "It won't be that long." The beat and the humor are essential, for otherwise these jazzy, elliptical mood pieces would become unbearably pretentious. The broken relationship described in "Radar" is a pop cliché, but it's given new life by the shattered R&B riff and by the nit-picking bickering of lines like "If I am guilty, so are you. It was March 4, 1982." In similar fashion, modern paranoia and sexual gamesmanship are nailed to the wall in "Sharks" and "Whisper" respectively. --Geoffrey Himes

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 29 reviews)

Classic. by K (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)

5 Stars
July 24, 2009
With Cure for Pain, Yes is one of Morphine`s best albums. Mark Sandman was a genious...

Beyond the Subjective by E. Jaimes (New York, NY United States)

5 Stars
June 23, 2009
Some things are a matter of opinion, and some aren't. Not to sound cocky (too late, I know), but I am writing this for your own good. This is one of the greatest albums ever made. The best you can do for yourself is get it and try to understand it. Start with the quintessential ingredients: words and music. They are there in spades, poetry and musicianship. They also complement each other; nothing disjointed here. Add in the originality of the instrumentation and the quality of the writing, and you have a real gem that has largely flown beneath the "radar" considering its excellence. Do you hear what I mean? Yes. I hope you enjoy!

Good sax. by J. Knight (Roanoke, VA USA)

2 Stars
August 18, 2008
Good sax, and "Whisper" is a gotta-have-it hit. Interestingly off-key, it's a limiting factor - good for a track or two, an entire album that way kind of grates. Despite that, they show great potential.

Morphine rocks. by Shane A. White (USA!!!)

5 Stars
November 30, 2007
There is nothing quite like Morphine. Tight, throbbing bass. Dirty Tenor, Bari, Bass, and Double Saxophone. Mark Sandman's vocals. I love this album. One of my favorites of all time. If you like Rock, Jazz, and Blues, with unbelievable sax, this is it!

yes=alright by Steven Riggs

3 Stars
November 14, 2007
I'm a huge fan of the first song on this record. Honey White is one of the best subtle drug reference songs there is. The second track is great, but with only one exception the record sounds genaricly Morphine. This I might add is a hell of a lot better than most bands, but nothing I didn't hear from Cure for Pain. The exception is Whisper, a super sexy slow cut with a sax solo that could make someone melt.

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