Yang [Original recording reissued, Import]

Fish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Import
• Label: Chocolate Frog UK
• ASIN: B00004TRDK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,405 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lucky (1995 Re-recording)

2. Big Wedge (1995 Remix Of 1990 Original)

3. Lady Let It Lie (1995 Remix Of 1994 Original)

4. Lavender (1995 Re-recording)

5. Credo (1995 Re-recording)

6. A Gentleman's Excuse Me (1990 Original)

7. Kayleigh (1995 Re-recording)

8. State Of Mind (1995 Re-recording)

9. Somebody Special (1995 Re-recording)

10. Sugar Mice (1995 Re-recording)

11. Punch & Judy (1995 Re-recording)

12. Fortunes Of War (1994 Original)

13. Internal Exile (1989 Recording Not Previously Released)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Yang" is Classic Fish Re-recorded, and Remixed, August 28, 2000

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D.A.Knight (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yang (Audio CD)

Yang is the companion album to Yin, which together, are a truely `essential' collection of hits, should-have-been-hits, and classic material from Fish's solo albums as well as those with Marillion, retooled to the artist's present standards with his more recent bandmates. Great solo songs such as "Big Wedge" and "Lady Let It Lie" are presented here in a remixed form which they benefit from: there's a bit more kick to them.

There are re-recordings of songs from one of my favourite Fish albums, Internal Exile. "Lucky" and especially "Credo" sound much better than the originals. There is also an early version of the title track from `89, which is a bit more raw, closer to live. "Somebody Special" is not as over-produced as the original, on Suits.

Classic Marillion material has been made Fish-y, and for the better. The version of "Lavender" on Yang is much improved, given more atmosphere, depth, and passion than the original. The new "Kayleigh" is okay, but it was never a favourite song ("Heart Of Lothian" would have suited me better). "Sugar Mice" is good enough, but the new "Punch & Judy" is rip-roaring.

The re-recordings and re-mixes make this less crass than a `hits' album, but more of a testament to artistic determination.