Time and a Word

Time and a Word is the second studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 24 July 1970 by Atlantic Records. Following the commercial failure of their first album, Yes, the group continued to follow their early music direction of performing original material with rearranged cover versions of songs by pop, jazz, and funk artists. Time and a Word includes songs with orchestral arrangements.

Time and a Word became the group's first release to enter the UK chart with a peak of No. 45.^[2] It failed to chart in the US and received some mixed reviews from critics. During their UK tour in April 1970, guitarist Peter Banks was fired from the group. By the time of the album's release, he was replaced by Steve Howe who is photographed with the group on the North American issue. In 2003, the album was remastered with several previously unreleased tracks.

Background

Jon Anderson's decision to use a live orchestra on most of the album's songs (as he reported in the Yesyears video) put him very much at odds with Peter Banks. Tensions within the band increased, and just after the album's recording was completed in early 1970, Banks was asked to leave. Steve Howe would join the line-up, as a replacement, that March. The album includes two songs written by Anderson with David Foster, a former bandmate in The Warriors.

Time and a Word's use of a studio orchestra seemed intrusive to some critics, and the album's received was lukewarm. The opening track contains an orchestral intro to Richie Havens' song "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed", featuring a main theme from the 1958 film The Big Country by Jerome Moross.The track "The Prophet" borrows from Gustav Holst's "Jupiter" in the Planets Suite.

The album was recorded at Advision Studios in West London.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Robert Christgau	C^[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"	Richie Havens	4:48
2.	"Then"	Jon Anderson	5:44
3.	"Everydays"	Stephen Stills	6:08
4.	"Sweet Dreams"	Anderson, David Foster	3:51

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"The Prophet"	Anderson, Chris Squire	6:34
6.	"Clear Days"	Anderson	2:06
7.	"Astral Traveller"	Anderson	5:53
8.	"Time and a Word"	Anderson, Foster	4:31

2003 Remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Dear Father"	Anderson, Squire	4:12
10.	"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (original mix)	Havens	4:42
11.	"Sweet Dreams" (original mix)	Anderson, Foster	4:19
12.	"The Prophet" (single version)	Anderson, Squire	6:33

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

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 a butterfly, but this was deemed inappropriate in the US, so the cover there used a conventional photograph of the band. Despite appearing on the US cover, Howe does not play on the album. The back cover of both versions features photographs of Anderson, Squire, Kaye, Bruford and Banks.

Personnel

Yes

Jon Anderson: lead vocals, percussion
Peter Banks: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
Chris Squire: bass guitar, vocals
Tony Kaye: Hammond organ, piano
Bill Bruford: drums, percussion

Additional musicians

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)
2013 - Rhino - CD as part of The Studio Albums 1969-1987

Sources

Time and a Word CD booklet essay, Mike Tiano, c. 2003
AllMusicGuide.com

Footnotes

1 2 3 AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder. "Time and a Word - Yes | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
↑ "Chart Stats – Yes – Time and a Word". chartstats.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
↑ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Time and a Word – Yes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: yes". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

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Steve Howe Alan White Geoff Downes Billy Sherwood Jon Davison Chris Squire Jon Anderson Peter Banks Bill Bruford Tony Kaye Tony O'Reilly Rick Wakeman Patrick Moraz Trevor Horn Trevor Rabin Eddie Jobson Igor Khoroshev Benoît David Oliver Wakeman

Studio albums	Yes Time and a Word The Yes Album Fragile Close to the Edge Tales from Topographic Oceans Relayer Going for the One Tormato Drama 90125 Big Generator Union Talk Keys to Ascension Keys to Ascension 2 Open Your Eyes The Ladder Magnification Fly from Here Heaven & Earth

Live albums	Yessongs Yesshows 9012Live: The Solos Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970 House of Yes: Live from House of Blues Symphonic Live Live at Montreux 2003 Union Live In the Present – Live from Lyon Songs from Tsongas Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center

Compilations	Yesterdays Classic Yes Yesstory Highlights: The Very Best of Yes Keystudio Yes Remixes Yes, Friends and Relatives Greatest Hits Live

Singles	"Your Move" "Roundabout" "America" "And You and I" "Don't Kill the Whale" "Into the Lens" "Owner of a Lonely Heart" "Leave It" "It Can Happen" "Hold On" "Love Will Find a Way" "Rhythm of Love" "Lift Me Up" "Make It Easy" "Saving My Heart" "The Calling" "Walls" "Open Your Eyes" "We Can Fly"

Other notable songs	"Yours Is No Disgrace" "Starship Trooper" "South Side of the Sky" "Long Distance Runaround" "Heart of the Sunrise" "Close to the Edge" "Siberian Khatru" "The Gates of Delirium" "Awaken" "Onward" "Changes" "Cinema" "Our Song" "Big Generator" "Shoot High Aim Low" "The Solution"

Video releases	Yessongs 9012Live YesYears Greatest Video Hits Yes: Live - 1975 at Q.P.R. Live in Philadelphia Keys to Ascension Yesspeak Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss Classic Artists: Yes Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut The Lost Broadcasts Rock of the '70s

Box sets	Yesyears In a Word: Yes (1969–) The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection The Word Is Live Essentially Yes Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

Tours	The Yes Album Tour Fragile Tour Close to the Edge Tour 1960s–70s 1980s–90s 2000s–10s

Related articles	Discography List of band members XYZ Cinema UK The Buggles Asia GTR Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman Yesoteric Conspiracy Steve Howe Trio Circa Yoso The Syn Mystery Esquire Glass Hammer Jimmy Haun Tom Brislin Brian Lane World Trade Symphonic Music of Yes Run with the Fox

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