Yin and Yang (Fish albums)
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Yin and Yang are the titles of two separate compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

s by Fish
Fish (singer)
Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

 co-released in 1995. They are a retrospective on Fish's four solo albums and four albums with Marillion
Marillion
Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

.

Yin and Yang were released on Fish's independent label Dick Bros Record Company
Dick Bros Record Company
The Dick Brothers Record Company was an independent record label formed by the singer Fish based in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. It predominantly released material by Fish, including 'official bootleg' live albums...

. There also was a "radio edits" promotional release containing eight tracks, each with a roughly one-minute long introduction spoken by Fish. This CD was also available as a fan-club mail-order edition.

Music

Some of the 26 tracks (13 on each album) have been re-recorded (including all by Marillion) or remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

ed, others remain in their original versions.

The re-recorded Marillion tracks are "Punch & Judy", "Incubus" (from Fugazi
Fugazi (album)
Fugazi is the second studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1984 and was the first album with Ian Mosley on drums. It reached no. 5 on the UK album charts, stayed on the chart for a total of 20 weeks and contained the UK top 40 singles Punch And Judy and...

, 1984), "Kayleigh
Kayleigh
"Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of...

", "Lavender" (from Misplaced Childhood
Misplaced Childhood
Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1985 and has been their most commercially successful album, reaching number one in the and spending a total of 41 weeks on the chart, the longest chart residency of a Marillion album...

, 1985), "Incommunicado", "Sugar Mice" (Clutching at Straws
Clutching at Straws
Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988...

, 1987). Another track ("Institution Waltz") is a new version of a Marillion song they demoed but never properly recorded.

The re-recorded solo tracks are "State of Mind" (1990, from Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors was the first solo album that rock singer Fish released after he departed Marillion in 1988. Although the recordings for this album finished as early as June 1989, EMI Records decided to delay the release until early 1990, to avoid collision with Marillion's album...

), "Credo", "Lucky", "Favourite Stranger", "Just Good Friends" (now a duet with Sam Brown) (1991, from Internal Exile
Internal Exile
Internal Exile was Fish's second solo album after leaving Marillion in 1988. The album, released 28 October 1991, was inspired by the singer's past, his own personal problems and his troubled experiences with his previous record label EMI.The album's music reflects Fish's indulgence in the vast...

), "Somebody Special" (1994, from Suits
Suits (album)
Suits is the fourth solo album by former Marillion singer Fish, and his third studio album with original material...

).

The title track of the 1991 album Internal Exile
Internal Exile
Internal Exile was Fish's second solo album after leaving Marillion in 1988. The album, released 28 October 1991, was inspired by the singer's past, his own personal problems and his troubled experiences with his previous record label EMI.The album's music reflects Fish's indulgence in the vast...

 appears in its previously unreleased original version recorded in 1989. It would later become a bonus track on re-issues of that Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors was the first solo album that rock singer Fish released after he departed Marillion in 1988. Although the recordings for this album finished as early as June 1989, EMI Records decided to delay the release until early 1990, to avoid collision with Marillion's album...

.

The set also contains three cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

s:
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...

's "Solo" appears as found on the 1993 covers album Songs from the Mirror
Songs from the Mirror
Songs from the Mirror is the third solo album by singer Fish. It does not contain any original Fish material; instead it is a cover album featuring Fish's versions of songs by artists who inspired him before his career started...

.
"Time and a Word" is a Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...

 song recorded during the Songs from the Mirror sessions, but left off the original version of that album. Instead, it appeared on the compilation Outpatients '93 first. It has since been included on a re-issue of Songs from the Mirror. Yes guitarist Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)
Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an English guitarist, known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes...

, who appears as a guest musician on this track, was not yet in Yes when the song was written.
There is a version of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's "Boston Tea Party", which is not identical with the one on Songs from the Mirror, but was newly recorded with the members of the original SAHB line-up.

Personnel

Other than that, all new versions were recorded by Fish's then-current line-up: Frank Usher
Frank Usher
Frank Usher is an English guitarist best known for his work in Fish's band. Usher lives and operates a guitar-manufacturing business in Innerleithen, Scotland...

, Robin Boult (guitars), Foster Paterson (keyboards), David Paton
David Paton
David Paton is a Scottish bass and guitar player, most notably with three different bands: Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and Camel. He has also worked as a solo artist, session musician, and sometime vocalist...

 (bass), Dave Stewart (drums). Stewart had replaced Kevin Wilkinson
Kevin Wilkinson
Kevin Wilkinson was a musician based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.- Career :Born Kevin Michael Wilkinson in Stoke-on-Trent, he is credited as a former official member of several successful British pop groups, including The League of Gentlemen , The Waterboys , China Crisis and Squeeze...

 who had moved on to the The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid . They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be ". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents...

. "Just Good Friends", originally from Internal Exile
Internal Exile
Internal Exile was Fish's second solo album after leaving Marillion in 1988. The album, released 28 October 1991, was inspired by the singer's past, his own personal problems and his troubled experiences with his previous record label EMI.The album's music reflects Fish's indulgence in the vast...

, is now a duet featuring Sam Brown, which was also released as a lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

.
All new tracks were mixed and produced by James Cassidy, who had previously worked on Songs from the Mirror and Suits
Suits (album)
Suits is the fourth solo album by former Marillion singer Fish, and his third studio album with original material...

.

Cover

The outside cover, a relatively simple concept based on the yin and yang
Yin and yang
In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang , which is often referred to in the West as "yin and yang", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only...

 symbol (with each element in the shape of a fish) surrounded by a circular Celtic knot
Celtic knot
Celtic knots are a variety of knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, used extensively in the Celtic style of Insular art. These knots are most known for their adaptation for use in the ornamentation of Christian monuments and manuscripts, such as the 8th-century...

 pattern, was again designed by permanent Fish collaborator Mark Wilkinson
Mark Wilkinson
Mark Wilkinson is best known for his detailed cover art that he created for a number of British bands, most prominently the progressive rock band, Marillion...

. The Yin version of the cover has a black symbol on a white/greyish background, the Yang version has a white symbol against a dark-red/black background. (On the Radio Edits CD cover, the two fishes are in different colours, more similar to the actual yin and yang symbol.) "1980 1995" is written in the upper left corner, apparently in reference to Marillion. Actually, Fish did not join Marillion until 1981, making this a somewhat dubious attempt at citing an anniversary as the occasion for this retrospective.
The booklets contain several photographs of Fish mostly taken on the Scottish coast.

Single

The new version of "Just Good Friends", a duet with Sam Brown, was released as a lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 on 14 August 1995. It failed to enter the UK top 40, spending one week at #63 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

.

Tour

The album was surrounded by an extensive 80-date world tour, at that time the longest Fish had undertaken since leaving Marillion. It included several countries never covered by any previous tours, some of which are rarely visited by international acts, such as Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. There were also six gigs in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, one of which (originally captured for national TV) would later be released as the video and live album Krakow.
The tour was briefly stopped when, while in Estonia, bassist David Paton was called away on a family matter but never returned. He was replaced by Ewen Vernal
Ewen Vernal
Ewen Vernal is a Scottish musician.Born in Glasgow to a musical family, Vernal began taking piano lessons at 8 years old—inspired by a Beatles-singing mother and a choir-leading, saxophone-playing father...

 (formerly of Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985. Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". The band consists of vocalist Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond....

).

Yin

  1. "Incommunicado" (1995 Re-recording) – 5:08 (Dick
    Fish (singer)
    Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

    /Rothery
    Steve Rothery
    Steve Rothery is the guitarist of the English rock band Marillion. He was born in Brampton, South Yorkshire, England. From the age of six he lived in Whitby, North Yorkshire.-Biography:...

    /Kelly/Trewavas
    Pete Trewavas
    Pete Trewavas is an English musician. He joined Marillion in 1982, taking over the role of bassist, from Diz Minnett, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist.Although he was born in Middlesbrough, Trewavas spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of...

    /Mosley
    Ian Mosley
    Ian F. Mosley is a drummer in the progressive rock band, Marillion.Mosley joined the band in 1984 after a long search for a replacement of Mick Pointer, who had been left the band in 1983. Mosley had previously, among others, played with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, both on two of his...

    ), originally from the Marillion
    Marillion
    Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

     album Clutching at Straws
    Clutching at Straws
    Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988...

     (1987)
  2. "Family Business" (1990 Original Recording) – 5:14 (Dick/Simmonds
    Mickey Simmonds
    Mickey Simmonds is an English session keyboardist, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work with progressive rock acts, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, Camel and Fish...

    /Lindes
    Hal Lindes
    Hal Andrew Lindes is an English-American guitarist and film score composer.In 1980 he began recording a solo album with producer Al Kooper, along with Herbie Flowers on bass and John Bradbury on drums...

    ), from the Fish
    Fish (singer)
    Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

     album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
    Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
    Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors was the first solo album that rock singer Fish released after he departed Marillion in 1988. Although the recordings for this album finished as early as June 1989, EMI Records decided to delay the release until early 1990, to avoid collision with Marillion's album...

     (1990)
  3. "Just Good Friends" (1995 Re-recording featuring Sam Brown) – 5:46 (Dick/Usher
    Frank Usher
    Frank Usher is an English guitarist best known for his work in Fish's band. Usher lives and operates a guitar-manufacturing business in Innerleithen, Scotland...

    /Boult/Simmonds), originally from the Fish album Internal Exile
    Internal Exile
    Internal Exile was Fish's second solo album after leaving Marillion in 1988. The album, released 28 October 1991, was inspired by the singer's past, his own personal problems and his troubled experiences with his previous record label EMI.The album's music reflects Fish's indulgence in the vast...

     (1991)
  4. "Pipeline" (1994 Original Recording) – 6:55 (Dick/Paton
    David Paton
    David Paton is a Scottish bass and guitar player, most notably with three different bands: Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and Camel. He has also worked as a solo artist, session musician, and sometime vocalist...

    /Boult), from the Fish album Suits
    Suits (album)
    Suits is the fourth solo album by former Marillion singer Fish, and his third studio album with original material...

     (1994)
  5. "Institution Waltz (1995 Recording) – 4:03 (Dick/Minnitt/Rothery/Kelly/Pointer
    Mick Pointer
    Mick Pointer , originally from Brill in Buckinghamshire, England, was the original drummer and founding member of the progressive rock band, Marillion...

    ), originally by Marillion
    Marillion
    Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

    , previously unreleased
  6. "Tongues" (1991 Original Recording) – 6:17 (Dick/Simmonds/Usher/Boult), from the Fish album Internal Exile (1990)
  7. "Time and a Word" (1993 Original Recording) – 4:22 (Anderson
    Jon Anderson
    Jon Anderson is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known as the former lead vocalist in the progressive rock band Yes...

    /Foster
    David Foster
    David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

    ), Yes
    Yes (band)
    Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...

     cover, originally released on the compilation Outpatients '93, later included on the re-issue of Songs from the Mirror
    Songs from the Mirror
    Songs from the Mirror is the third solo album by singer Fish. It does not contain any original Fish material; instead it is a cover album featuring Fish's versions of songs by artists who inspired him before his career started...

     (1998)
  8. "The Company" (1990 Original Recording) – 4:05 (Dick/Simmonds), from the Fish album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
  9. "Incubus" (1995 Re-recording) – 9:40 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Mosley/Trewavas), originally from the Marillion
    Marillion
    Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

     album Fugazi
    Fugazi (album)
    Fugazi is the second studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1984 and was the first album with Ian Mosley on drums. It reached no. 5 on the UK album charts, stayed on the chart for a total of 20 weeks and contained the UK top 40 singles Punch And Judy and...

     (1984)
  10. "Solo" (1993 Original Recording) – 4:10 (Denny), Sandy Denny
    Sandy Denny
    Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...

     cover, from the Fish album Songs from the Mirror (1993)
  11. "Favourite Stranger" (1995 Re-recording) – 6:03 (Dick/Usher), originally from the Fish album Internal Exile (1991)
  12. "Boston Tea Party" (1995 Re-recording with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band) – 4:58 (Harvey
    Alex Harvey (musician)
    Alex Harvey was a Scottish rock musician. With The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the 1970s glam rock era.-Biography:...

    /McKenna/Cleminson
    Zal Cleminson
    Alistair "Zal" Cleminson is a Scottish guitarist, best known for his prominent role in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band during the 1970s.-Career:...

    ), Sensational Alex Harvey Band cover, originally on the Fish album Songs from the Mirror (1993)
  13. "Raw Meat" (Edited intro, 1994 Original Recording) – 6:52 (Dick/Usher), from the Fish album Suits (1994)

Total Time 73:43

Yang

  1. Lucky (1995 Re-recording) – 4:55 (Dick/Boult/Simmonds), originally from the Fish album Internal Exile (1991)
  2. Big Wedge (1995 Re-mix of 1990 original) – 5:49 (Dick/Simmonds), originally from the Fish album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
  3. Lady Let It Lie (1995 Re-mix of 1994 original) – 6:56 (Dick/Paton/Cassidy
    James Cassidy
    James Cassidy an American musician and educator who is one of the founding members of the band Information Society...

    ), originally from the Fish album Suits (1994)
  4. Lavender (1995 Re-recording) – 4:59 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley), originally from the Marillion album Misplaced Childhood
    Misplaced Childhood
    Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1985 and has been their most commercially successful album, reaching number one in the and spending a total of 41 weeks on the chart, the longest chart residency of a Marillion album...

     (1985)
  5. Credo (1995 Re-recording) – 6:46 (Dick/Simmonds/Boult/Usher), originally from the Fish album Internal Exile (1991)
  6. A Gentleman's Excuse Me (1990 Original) – 4:16 (Dick/Simmonds), from the Fish album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
  7. Kayleigh (1995 Re-recording) – 4:10 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley), originally from the Marillion album Misplaced Childhood
    Misplaced Childhood
    Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1985 and has been their most commercially successful album, reaching number one in the and spending a total of 41 weeks on the chart, the longest chart residency of a Marillion album...

    (1985)
  8. State Of Mind (1995 Re-recording) – 6:50 (Dick/Simmonds/Lindes), originally from the Fish album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
  9. Somebody Special (1995 Re-recording) – 4:23 (Dick/Boult/Paton), originally from the Fish album Suits (1994)
  10. Sugar Mice (1995 Re-recording) – 6:19 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley), originally from the Marillion album Clutching at Straws (1987)
  11. Punch & Judy (1995 Re-recording) – 3:28 (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley), originally from the Marillion album Fugazi (1984)
  12. Fortunes Of War (1994 Original) – 8:08 (Dick/Cassidy/Boult), from the Fish album Suits (1990)
  13. Internal Exile (1989 Recording not previously released) – 4:48 (Dick/Boult/Simmonds), this version originally recorded for the Fish album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990), a different version from this one appears on Internal Exile (1991)


Total time 71:56

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