Time and a Word
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Time and a Word is the second album by progressive rock band 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...

, released in mid-1970 in the UK and November 1970 in the US. This was the last Yes album to feature the group's original line-up, as Peter Banks
Peter Banks
Peter Banks is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes.-Early career:When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him an acoustic guitar...

 was fired before the album's release.

Time and a Word (Atlantic 2400 006) reached #45 in the UK. The North American release of the album (Atlantic SD 8273) did not chart.

The album

With Jon Anderson's decision to use a live orchestra on most of the album's songs (as Anderson reported in the YesYears video), Peter Banks was very much at odds with the decision. Tensions within the band increased, and just after the album's recording was completed in early 1970, Banks was asked to leave. Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)
Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an English guitarist, known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes...

 would join the line-up that March, replacing Banks. The album includes two songs Jon 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...

 wrote with David Foster, a former band mate in The Warriors
The Warriors (British band)
The Warriors, also known as The Electric Warriors, were a British rock'n'roll, Beatles-inspired band of the early 1960s. While the band recorded a few singles with Decca Records, it is mostly remembered because many of its members later became successful musicians in the British progressive rock...

.

Time and a Words use of a studio orchestra seemed intrusive to some critics, and the album was received in a lukewarm fashion (UK #45, Yes' first chart entry at home). The opening track contains an orchestral intro to Richie Havens' song "No Opportunity Needed, No Experience Necessary", featuring a main theme from the 1958 film The Big Country
The Big Country
Meanwhile, Terrill insists on riding into the canyon. Initially, Leech refuses to accompany him, and the other men follow his lead. However, after Terrill rides out alone, Leech catches up with him. The remaining hands again align themselves with Leech by following. The group soon rides into a trap...

 by Jerome Moross
Jerome Moross
Jerome Moross was an American-born composer for the stage, and a composer, conductor and orchestrator for motion pictures.-Biography:...

. Also, the track "The Prophet" borrows from Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....

's "Jupiter" from the Planets Suite.

Album cover

The US and UK releases had different album artwork; the UK version used a black-and-white Dada-esque photo-montage of a nude woman with butterfly, but this was deemed inappropriate in the US, so the cover there showed a picture of the band. Despite appearing on the US cover, Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)
Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an English guitarist, known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes...

 does not play on the album. The back cover of both versions features photographs of Anderson, Squire, Kaye, Bruford and Banks.

Side one

  1. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens
    Richie Havens
    Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...

    ) – 4:48
  2. "Then" (Jon 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...

    )* – 5:46
  3. "Everydays" (Stephen Stills
    Stephen Stills
    Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...

    ) – 6:08
  4. "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, David Foster) – 3:50

Side two

  1. "The Prophet" (Anderson, Chris Squire
    Chris Squire
    Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire , is an English musician, known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes. He is the only member of the group to appear on every album.-Before Yes:...

    ) – 6:34
  2. "Clear Days" (Anderson) – 2:06
  3. "Astral Traveller" (Anderson) – 5:53
  4. "Time and a Word" (Anderson, David Foster) – 4:32

2003 Remaster bonus tracks

Time and a Word was remastered and reissued in 2003 with several bonus tracks:
  1. "Dear Father" (Anderson, Squire) – 4:14
  2. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Original Mix)" (Havens) – 4:46
  3. "Sweet Dreams (Original Mix)" (Anderson, Foster) – 4:20
  4. "The Prophet (Single Version)" (Anderson, Squire) – 6:33


Tracks 9–11 first appeared on early West German pressing of Time and a Word, Atlantic/Teldec (GE) (24/4/70).

Personnel

  • Jon 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...

    : vocals, percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Peter Banks
    Peter Banks
    Peter Banks is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes.-Early career:When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him an acoustic guitar...

    : electric
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

     and acoustic guitars, vocals
  • Chris Squire
    Chris Squire
    Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire , is an English musician, known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes. He is the only member of the group to appear on every album.-Before Yes:...

    : bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , vocals
  • Tony Kaye
    Tony Kaye (musician)
    Tony Kaye is a British musician.Kaye was the original keyboard player for the progressive rock group Yes from 1968 to 1971, and rejoined Yes from 1983 to 1995...

    : piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

  • Bill Bruford
    Bill Bruford
    William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...

    : drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion


with
  • David Foster: vocals on "Sweet Dreams", acoustic guitar on "Time and a Word"

Reissues

1989 - Atlantic - CD

1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered )

2003 - Rhino - CD (Remastered with Bonus Tracks )
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