''Yes, No'' is the thirteenth studio album by Japanese Jazz fusion band

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. It was released on February 26, 1988 through Columbia Records and was the last studio album by the band released under the name ''The Square''.

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

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. It was also used as the opening theme for news show ''Businessman News'', shown on

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. The second track on the album, ''Go For It'' was used to advertise for the 1990 Toyota Sera.

Rerelease and live recordings

On November 21, 2001, Village Records rereleased ''Yes, No'' on CD and DSD formats. The album was included in the T-Square 35th Anniversary THE BOX 2013 box set. ''Mr. Mellow'' was performed on the

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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.

Track listing

Sources

Personnel

Sources ;The Square *Hirotaka Izumi -

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, synthesizer and programmable synthesizer *Hiroyuki Noritake - drums *

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and programmable synthesizer * Mitsuru Sutoh - bass *

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- alto saxophone and EWI ;Additional Musicians *Tatsuji Yokoyama -

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(4,5) *Toshihiro Nakanishi Group -

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(1,10) *Charles Loper -

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(1,2,3,4) *Daniel Higgins -

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, flute (1,2,3,4) *Gary Grant -

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, flugelhorn (1,2,3,4) *

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- trumpets, flugelhorn (1,2,3,4)

References

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