Yes You Can (album)
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| Studio album by Steve Harley | ||||
| Released | 1992 (Europe) 1993 (UK) |
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| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | CTE (Europe) Food For Thought Records (UK) |
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Steve Harley (tracks 1-10) Matt Butler (tracks 2-10) Mickie Most (tracks 1, 3) |
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| AllMusic |    |
| 24.000 Dischi (Italian Dalai editore book) | |
Yes You Can is the third studio album by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released in Europe in 1992, and in the UK in 1993.
The album was Harley's first new album of new material since 1979's The Candidate. It featured a mixture of older songs first written and recorded in the 1980s and newer material. The album was produced by Harley and Matt Butler, except "Rain in Venice", which was produced Mickie Most, Harley and Butler, and "Irresistible", which was produced by Most and Harley. The album was mastered by Steve Rooke and Ian Jones at Abbey Road Studios in London.
Throughout the 1980s, Harley released a handful of singles which either became minor hits or chart failures. In early 1984, he signed a record deal with Mickie Most's RAK Studios and began working at RAK Studios in London to record a new solo album. Some of the tracks recorded for the project included "Sophistication", "Irresistible", "Rain in Venice", "New-Fashioned Way", "The Lighthouse", "Star for a Week", "Promises Promises" and the 1970 Edwin Starr song "Oh How Happy". The song "Irresistible" was released as a single in 1985 and was remixed the following year to be issued as a single again. The 1986 version's sleeve announced the upcoming album El Gran Senor, however before it was released, RAK folded and was sold to EMI, leaving the album to be shelved.
In 1989, Harley re-emerged with a UK and European tour with a new line-up of Cockney Rebel. Before the tour, Harley and ex-Cockney Rebel members Duncan Mackay and Jim Cregan entered Point Studios in London to write and record four new songs; "Dancing on the Telephone", "When I'm with You", "The Alibi" and "Limbs of Man". The first three songs were performed live on the 1989 tour, while "Dancing on the Telephone" and "The Alibi" would later appear on Yes You Can. During the same year, Harley announced that an album of new material would be recorded in the summer and released in the autumn that year. In 1990, with the album yet to be released, he revealed that work on the new album was almost done. However, he was unsure when it would be released as no label had been finalised. He listed the likely inclusions of the album as being: "The Lighthouse", "Star for a Week", "Promises", "Victim of Love", "Dancing on the Telephone" and "Not Alone Anymore" - the latter being a cover of the 1988 song by the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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