Time and a Word
Studio album by Yes
Released	June 1970
Recorded	November 1969- January 1970
Genre	Progressive rock, Symphonic rock
Length	40:06
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Tony Colton
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C) link
Yes chronology
Yes (1969) Time and a Word (1970) Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970 (1969-70)
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Time and a Word is the second album by progressive rock band Yes, released in mid-1970 in the UK and November 1970 in the US. Yes are an English Progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. This was the last Yes album to feature the group's original line-up, as Peter Banks was fired before the album's release. For the keyboard player Peter Banks see the entry for the band After the Fire.

With the ambitious decision to use string arrangements on most of the album's songs, Peter's role as a guitarist was diminished. Tensions within the band increased, and just after the album's recording was completed in early 1970, Peter was asked to leave, which he reluctantly did. Steve Howe would join the line-up that March, replacing Banks. Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English Guitarist The album also includes two songs Jon Anderson wrote with David Foster [1], a former band mate in The Warriors. Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944 is an English Musician, best known as the lead singer of the Progressive rock band The Warriors is a five-piece band from Oxnard California, playing a form of Post-hardcore that verges on metal The US and UK releases had different album artwork; the UK version had black-and-white drawing of a nude woman, 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 does not play on the album. Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English Guitarist The back cover of both versions features photographs of the band members, including Peter Banks. For the keyboard player Peter Banks see the entry for the band After the Fire.

Time and a Word's use of heavy strings seemed intrusive to some critics, and while the album was received in a lukewarm fashion upon its release (UK #45, Yes' first chart entry at home), it is more warmly remembered today.

With the acquisition of Steve Howe, the band would start to compose, rehearse, and record the music for The Yes Album over the summer and autumn of 1970. Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English Guitarist The Yes Album is the third album by British Progressive rock band Yes. The album, released the following spring, would finally earn the band their success. In effect, Time and a Word marks the end of Yes's formative, yet musically significant, period.

Time and a Word (Atlantic 2400 006) reached #45 in the UK. It never charted in the US.

Track listing

Side one

1. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 4:48
2. "Then" (Jon Anderson) – 5:46
3. "Everydays" (Stephen Stills) – 6:08
4. "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, David Foster) – 3:50

Side two

5. "The Prophet" (Anderson, Chris Squire) – 6:34
6. "Clear Days" (Anderson) – 2:06
7. "Astral Traveller" (Anderson, Foster^[1]) – 5:53
8. "Time and a Word" (Anderson, Foster) – 4:32

Remastered Tracks

Time and a Word was remastered and reissued in 2003 with several bonus tracks:

9. "Dear Father" (Anderson, Squire) – 4:14
10. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Original Mix)" (Havens) – 4:46
11. "Sweet Dreams (Original Mix)" (Anderson, Foster) – 4:20
12. "The Prophet (Single Version)" (Anderson, Squire) – 6:33

Tracks 9–11 first appeared on early West German pressing of Time and a Word, Atlantic (GE) (4/42/70). Richie Havens (born January 21, 1941) is an American folk Singer and Guitarist. Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944 is an English Musician, best known as the lead singer of the Progressive rock band Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 is an American Guitarist and Singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and David Walter Foster, OC, OBC, LLD (born November 1, 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire (born March 4, 1948) is an English musician best known as the Bass guitarist and

Personnel

• Jon Anderson: Vocals, percussion
• Chris Squire: Bass, vocals
• Peter Banks: Electric and acoustic guitars, vocal
• Tony Kaye: Piano, organ
• Bill Bruford: Drums, percussion

with

• David Foster: acoustic guitars on the title track

Reissues

1989 - Atlantic - CD
1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered )
2003 - Rhino - CD (Remastered with Bonus Tracks )

Sources

• Time and a Word CD booklet essay, Mike Tiano, c. Jon Anderson, born John Roy Anderson on 25 October 1944 is an English Musician, best known as the lead singer of the Progressive rock band Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire (born March 4, 1948) is an English musician best known as the Bass guitarist and The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the For the keyboard player Peter Banks see the entry for the band After the Fire. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound Tony Kaye (born Anthony John Selvidge on January 11, 1946 in Leicester, England) is a British The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each William Scott Bruford (born May 17 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent) better known as Bill Bruford, is an English Drummer The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. 2003
• AllMusicGuide. com

Footnotes

1. ^ Anderson, Jon; Foster, David (1975). YES Yesterdays (Music score), Paperback, Warner Music, p. 28. ASIN: B000CS2YT0.