''Yes!'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Jason Mraz Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'' (2002), which spawned the single " The Remedy (I Won't ...

. The album was released on July 11, 2014, Atlantic Records. The album's lead single " Love Someone" was released on May 19, 2014. 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, and who are his backing band on the record, as well as co-writers of majority of the songs.

Critical reception

''Yes!'' was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an

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score of 62, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 6 reviews. 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." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of

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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''."

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. 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''.

Track listing

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Personnel

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– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, piano, synthesizer bass, engineering, mixing, production ;Raining Jane *Mai Bloomfield – cello, glockenspiel, hi-string guitar, marimba, papoose, vocals *Becky Gebhardt – bass, upright bass, sitar *Chaska Potter – electric guitar, mandolin, ukulele, vocals *Mona Tavakoli – drums, percussion, vocals ;Additional musicians *

Mike Mogis Michael Riley Mogis (born May 16, 1974) is an American producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Recor ...

– banjo, dobro, e-bow, electric guitar, mellotron, pedal steel, synthesizer bass *Andy Powers – banjo, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, pedal steel * Ben Brodin – drums, percussion, piano, organ *Chris Joyner – drones, organ, piano, tanpura *Nate Walcott – organ, piano, Wurlitzer *Brian Jones – drums *John O'Reilly – drums *Stewart Myers – bass *Maryann Galewood – handclapping *Amber Elliot – handclapping *Ms. Tina – handclapping *Colin Killalea – inspiration ic vocal arrangement *Regan Sprenkle – vocal arrangement ;Technical personnel *

– engineering, mixing, production *Chris Keup – engineering, production, additional production *Stewart Myers – engineering, production, additional production *Justin Hergett – engineering, mixing assistant *David Kalish – engineering * Ben Brodin – assistant engineering *

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– mixing *James Krausse – mixing assistant *Chris Gehringer – mastering ;Additional personnel *Tony Corey – production management *Jeff Nicholas – creative direction *Sam Riback – A&R *Douglas Gledhill – design *Ryan McCann – design *Patrick Morales – design *Jen Rosenstein – band photo

Critical reception

Commercial performance

Track listing

Personnel

Charts and certifications

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