Yes & Also Yes

Mike Doughty | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RED GENERAL CATALOG
• ASIN: B005CGN1VW
• In-Print Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,718 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Na Na Nothing

2. Into the Un

3. Day by Day By

4. Holiday (What Do You Want?)

5. Russell

6. Strike the Motion

7. Have at It

8. Makelloser Mann

9. The Huffer and the Cutter

10. Rational Man

11. Telegenic Exes #1 (Hapless Dancers)

12. Weird Summer

13. Vegetable

14. Telegenic Exes #2 (Astoria)

Editorial Reviews

Things Mike Doughty Would Like You To Know About His New Album Yes and Also Yes:

1. The title, Yes and Also Yes was the headline of my profile on an online dating site. I improvised it, because they wouldn't let me post until I wrote a headline. I was wretchedly unsuccessful at online dating.

2. The single, 'Na Na Nothing,' was partially stolen from a song written by Nikki Sixx, Dan Wilson (wrote 'Closing Time'), and Matt Gerrard (wrote a bunch of tunes in 'High School Musical') (I got their permission to steal it)

3. 'Holiday,' a Christmas song, is a duet with Rosanne Cash. I did a show with her, and she said, onstage, 'I feel nervous playing my new songs, because Mike Doughty is here, and he's such a great songwriter.' That blew my mind.

4. The song 'Into the Un' was written for, and rejected by the Twilight soundtrack. (It's about goth kids on LSD in a train station)

5. I recorded it in a studio in Koreatown, Manhattan, from July '10 to April '11. Produced by Pat Dillett. Notable musicians included my trusty
factotum Andrew 'Scrap' Livingston on bass, and the pianist Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman, who basically plays with everybody who's groovy (Justin Bond, Antony and the Johnsons, Glen Hansard, The National, David Byrne, Yoko Ono). I'm releasing it on my own label, Snack Bar, through Megaforce. I split with Dave Matthews' label ATO so I could run my own shop and have more control, business-wise.

6. I wrote most of the songs at the legendary artists' colony Yaddo, where Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, and a lot of other all-time giants worked. It was founded by a railroad tycoon's wife, in her mansion, built in the 1890s. They put up artists for a month or two, feed them in an opulent dining room, and give them space and time to work.

7. I used a capsule of the antidepressant duloxetine as a percussion instrument on some tracks. I held the tiny pill between my thumb and
forefinger, put it close to the mic and shook it so it made a shcka-shcka-shcka! sound.

8. I wrote a book about my ugly, drug-doing years called The Book of Drugs. It's coming out in 2012 on Da Capo/Perseus.

9. The song 'Makelloser Mann' is in German.

10. I play a Chinese lute (called a zhong ruan) on the song 'Telegenic Exes, #1'

11. In the liner notes, I say I exclusively wear Paul Smith suits and Sol Moscot eyeglasses, and eat only gummi bears made by Haribo. I did this because I hope they'll send me free stuff.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another beautiful left turn September 1, 2011

By Robert Flor

Format:Audio CD

Yes & Also Yes, is a another great collection of hauntingly good, avant garde alt-rock from singer, song writer, label owner, and ex-Soul Coughing front-man Mike Doughty. It's been 23 months since Mike's last album "Sad man, happy man"(a raved return to Mike's soulful acoustic rock roots) graced our playlists, and I'm happy to say that Y.&.A.Y. falls in-line with Mike's record of recording successful and timeless music. As Mike's first independently produced solo album, it further illuminates Mike as both a tested artist, and thoughtful producer. Y.&.A.Y is a 5-speeds album and ranges from the slower promenade of tracks 5,11,14 to the racing kick-drum of tracks 2,6,7. It's a front loaded album (tis the standard these days) starting strong with a great example of Mike's iconic Na-Na style catchy-pop-hook choruses, and only dips into obscurity in track 8. Which, I should point out is a thoughtful 1.3 minutes long. Like most Doughty/Soul Coughing albums, this one utilizes an eclectic mix of sounds and instruments to compliment Mike's soulful voice and thick guitar sounds: Piano, slide guitar, Hammond organ, vibraphone, violin, viola, stand-up bass, and synthesizer. All in all, I consider it a great album. It places 2nd behind the amazing Haughty Melodic album and believe (i can't believe he actually did it) it beats golden delicious/Sad man. When speaking about his artistic direction as it relates to dropping new albums, Mike said he tends to "take sharp left turns." Coming off Sad Man Happy Man this is definitely a left turn, but he's sticking to a great block and I think i speak for all his fans when i say i love the part of town he's cruising around in.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best September 7, 2011

By G. Connot

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I am a huge MD fan, have been since the early days of Soul Coughing, but I'm not the biggest fan of everything he does. This album, however, is excellent, I would say its his best since Haughty Melodic, my favorite album of his. The style is new but not a total reinvention, and its very good. For once he's produced an album where there isn't a single song I skip over. Definitely a must-have.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Great June 4, 2012

By TX Gunner

Format:Audio CD

I am a huge fan of MD and have enjoyed his work since his days in Soul Coughing. While this album does have a lot going for it, I think the entire work feels rushed and unfinished. Some of the songs are brilliant, but they end before they are complete. I do not deny the quality or ability of the artist, and I will certainly continue to support Mike, I just think some of the works needed to be developed more. Have At It is the best example of this. This is the second album in a row from MD where it appears that quanity was chosen over quality.