- Audio Cassette (Sep 21 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Polygram Records
- ASIN: B000001G0V
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
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Product Details
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Track Listings
| 1. I'm the Only One |
| 2. If I Wanted To |
| 3. Come to My Window |
| 4. Silent Legacy |
| 5. I Will Never Be the Same |
| 6. All American Girl |
| 7. Yes I Am |
| 8. Resist |
| 9. Ruins |
| 10. Talking to My Angel |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Yes I Am is the album that catapulted Melissa Etheridge into superstardom. The 1993 collection's mercilessly driven, bluesy songs--nearly all dripping with sensual lyrics and rousing rhythms--made it the ideal breeding ground for a couple of career-enhancing music videos. The eerily possessive rock ballad "Come to My Window" hit the tube first with a bizarre twofold portrait of Etheridge and her guitar and actress Juliette Lewis having a nervous breakdown. This single brought the album into the public consciousness and was quickly followed by the similarly obsessive, slow-groovin' "I'm the Only One" and the co-dependence-battling "If I Wanted To". But the album's real strength is in the hidden gems untouched by MTV programmers. The slow-building "Silent Legacy", the undulating blues scream "Yes I Am", and the playful, acoustic "Ruins" are what make this album a whole. --Sally Weinbach
Amazon.com essential recording
Yes I Am is the album that catapulted Melissa Etheridge into superstardom. The 1993 collection's mercilessly driven, bluesy songs--nearly all dripping with sensual lyrics and rousing rhythms--made it the ideal breeding ground for a couple of career-enhancing music videos. The eerily possessive rock ballad "Come to My Window" hit the tube first with a bizarre twofold portrait of Etheridge and her guitar and actress Juliette Lewis having a nervous breakdown. This single brought the album into the public consciousness and was quickly followed by the similarly obsessive, slow-groovin' "I'm the Only One" and the co-dependence-battling "If I Wanted To." But the album's real strength is in the hidden gems untouched by MTV programmers. The slow-building "Silent Legacy," the undulating blues scream "Yes I Am," and the playful, acoustic "Ruins" are what make this album a whole. --Sally Weinbach
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5.0 out of 5 stars
an excellent CD,
By A Customer
This review is from: Yes I Am (Audio CD)
I must confess gay people make me very insecure,but I like Melissa,her songwriting and rough vocals make this an excellent rock album.Every song here is good,no need to program your CD player to skip tracks,let it play all the way through.The production and recording quality are great,provided by Hugh Padgham.Mauricio Fritz Lewak contributes a great drumbeat throughout.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bottom line: Two awesome songs. Get the singles instead,
This review is from: Yes I Am (Audio CD)
Yes I Am, and Etheridge in general are both severely overrated. The rest of the reviewers here make it sound like Yes I Am is a masterpiece when most of the songs are barely even mediocre. It doesn't make her music profound or emotional just because she's sexually attracted to other women. And it certainly doesn't make her an amazing songstress, because she isn't. I bought Yes I Am for "The Only One" and "Come to My Window", and expected the rest of the songs on the album to be on par with those two singles. How wrong I was. Don't get me wrong, Melissa has a certain passion to her voice when she sings, but most of the songs still sound like filler due to their overall lack of catchiness. None come even close to the two singles I mentioned above. I got Yes I Am in a tape lot at a yard sale. Since I was already familiar with Melissa's two breakthrough hits off Yes I Am, I immediately got that cassette along with her self-titled debut, Never Enough, Brave and Crazy, and Your Little Secret. I've yet to listen to them all, but I've also listened to Brave and Crazy all the way through along with Yes I Am, and Brave and Crazy is even more boring than the filler off this album. As of right now, I'm working my way through Your Little Secret, and the only half-decent song off side one is "I Really Like You". This review is just a warning to those expecting more material that sounds as great as Melissa's two huge hits, because it just ain't there. Excellent songs: -"The Only One" Half-catchy songs that are by no means above average: The rest of the songs are so boring it all meshed into one big bore I can't recall them
5.0 out of 5 stars
YES YES YES SHE'S THE ROCK QUEEN!,
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This review is from: Yes I Am (Audio CD)
Oh!, Please bring me some water!, this album it's so hot, you should own it, "I'm The Only One" it's a great break up song, that you can dedicate to anyone, of course we are the only one's, a rock classic!, "Come To My Window" one of the most easy to follow songs ever!, great lyrics, great music, amazing feelin', "If I Wanted To" a more easy and simple song, "Yes I Am" soulful and intimate, overall this is a classic album of rock music, the best album ever release by Miss Etheridge, a must have in any collection.
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