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''Yes You Can'' is the third studio album by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released in 1992 within Europe and 1993 in the UK. ==Background== The album was Harley's first album of new material since 1979's ''The Candidate''. Throughout the 1980s, Harley released a handful of singles which either became minor hits or failed to chart. He re-emerged in 1989 when he toured the UK with a new line-up of the Cockney Rebel band. In early 1984, Harley signed a three album contract with Mickie Most's RAK Records. During the same time, Harley went with Most, Andrew Gold and Stuart Elliot into the RAK studios in London to record an album. It contained the tracks "Sophistication," "Irresistible," the 1970 Edwin Starr song "Oh How Happy," "Rain in Venice," "New-Fashioned Way," "The Lighthouse," "Star for a Week" and "Promises Promises". The song "Irresistible" had been released as a single in 1985, before being re-recorded the following year and being issued as a single again. The single's sleeve announced the release of the upcoming album ''El Gran Senor'', however before it was released, the company went bust. "Sophistication" would later be played during the band's tour in 1989, and would eventually be released as a bonus track on the 2004 live album ''Anytime! (A Live Set)''. The ''El Gran Senor'' would have featured the same versions of "Irresistible", "Rain in Venice" and "Star for a Week" on the album as what would appear on ''Yes You Can'', whilst the remaining songs were different. "New-Fashioned Way" was recorded for the unreleased album as a modern dance, up-tempo rhythm version, "The Lighthouse", although similar to the ''Yes You Can'' album version, was different via the use of samples and synthesisers, whilst instead of a violin solo at the end, sampled saxophone was used. The song would be used on tour in 1989 and has been often performed by Harley live since. The song "Promises" was also a different, Stiletto recording, and was first played live around 1984. Reportedly the song took a long time to rehearse. As the recordings on ''El Gran Senor'' had pasted over time, Harley decided to drop the rest of the album, however in 1991, new musical ideas led Harley to rehearse a few for his tour. "New-Fashioned Way" was reworked for live concerts, and the song became one of the highlighted songs of the tour of the time. Harley soon recorded the song again and this version would appear on ''Yes You Can''. The song, "Oh, How Happy" was left unreleased, although it was performed once at a festival in a South American style. "Star for a Week" had a lot of versions as nearly every tour, the song's overall theme and sound was changed. Originally the song was first performed live in 1979 at Harley's sold out Hammersmith Odeon concert. In 1989, Harley, Duncan Mackay, and Jim Cregan were working in the Point Studios in London, where four new songs were written; "Dancing on the Telephone", "When I'm with You", "The Alibi" and "Limbs of Man". The first three songs were chosen for use on the 1989 comeback tour, whilst "Limbs of Man" was never released. Both "Dancing on the Telephone" and "The Alibi" were re-recorded for the ''Yes You Can'' album. In October 1991, Harley was invited to play Night of the Proms and after another big European tour, fans kept asking for a new album, and Harley was pressed by the audience to release an album with the songs that he had performed live since the 1980s. At first, Harley was not happy about recording the old material and it took nearly two years to convince him. However he finally released ''Yes You Can'' in 1992 within Europe, an album with some old songs, filled with some new ones. Two of the new songs "Victim of Love" and "Fire in the Night" were mainly written while touring.〔 In effort to promote the album, Harley completed a new tour – the "Yes You Can" tour – with some new musicians. The album was produced by Harley and Matt Butler, except "Rain in Venice" which was produced Most, Harley and Butler, whilst "Irresistible was produced by Most and Harley. The album was mastered by Steve Rooke and Ian Jones at Abbey Road Studios in London. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yes You Can (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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