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YES: Time and a Word | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 118 (Patreon)

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2026-07-22 04:50:47
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I really loved this album...much more than I was expecting to. I'm so glad that it's the album from Yes that I picked! From the great opening cover to the rousing title track finale, this album includes sounds reminiscent of The Moody Blues...maybe a bit of Deep Purple...and some Beatles...and, of course, their own emerging musical language. I hope you enjoy as much as I did!

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Yes: Time and a Word | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 118

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Daniel Travers

I'm glad you picked it as it's definitely my favourite album not just by Yes but as whole.

Paul Ehney

You've got to check out the videos for this, Doug.

Sid Levy

Doug easily identifies the raw sound that defines Yes in this period to what we later come to love. All the elements are there but not quite polished yet. Chris’s bass pops! Bill is superb and dynamic as always.

Bill Coonley

Time And A Word pointed Yes in the right direction, even with the psychedelic touches. Peter Banks and Tony Kaye deserve big props on their respective instruments, too.

Neale Brassell

To me (being a keyboardist), one really big difference in Yes's sound between their first three albums and Fragile onward - and the reason Tony Kaye left the band - is that Kaye ONLY played the organ and had no interest in synthesizers. Along came Rick Wakeman and his arsenal, and the rest is history.

Frits van Voorst

It’s really a fine album! With the exception (for me) of the title track, which I find a bit corny in comparison to the rest of the album. And as a coincidence, Magnification has a similar corny track: Time is time. Anyway Doug, in your Yes journey you missed the start so far and I think you’ll like their debut album almost equally as their second.

Tom (the soggy one)

Brief answer to the orchestration question- the separation with Peter Banks was far uglier than you present it. Most of the guitars were removed from the mix, except where absolutely necessary ("Then", for example), and replaced/supplemented by the small college orchestra that was given the Phil Spector treatment, for some reason. Note also, that the original British cover has the stylized naked woman with the butterfly on her hip. Obviously that wouldn't fly in the US, so they used a band photo instead. With Steve Howe, NOT Peter Banks. Though Banks is on the back cover of both and Howe's name never appears on the original releases of this album.

Tom (the soggy one)

If you want to see Richie Havens in action, just watch the movie "Woodstock". Havens was the opening act for the concert, with a rapturous performance of "Freedom". He was highly respected and admired by most artists of the day, and remains a favorite of Jon Anderson. Interesting that the Yes cover of N.O.N.N.E.N. has an instrumental bridge (and one of the few Banks parts) straight out of the current Marlboro cigarettes TV commercials. Those of us of an age knew it immediately first time we heard it.

Tom (the soggy one)

What we're missing is my favorite track from this album, "Dear Father". Not on the original release (Time constraints? A second conclusion to the same album?), it was still fully formed and produced, just not included. Though it has shown up on any number of Yes compilations since. It is definitely my suggestion for the next DoD. Doug will love it!

Trevor Cotterell

So glad you've finally heard this album - one of my favorite Yes albums and I don't think it gets anything like the recognition it deserves. It may not be quite as polished as many of the later ones, but for me, so what? Maybe it would have lost something... It's very song driven, and somehow manages to be both simple and complex at the same time. I think Tony Kaye deserves far more recognition (can we have One Live Badger PLEASE???) and I don't have a problem with Peter Banks either. Maybe it's because some of these made the early Yes sets I saw, but it's an album i go back to.

Aarf

Wondeful album and wonderful reaction! Thank you Doug! If I remember correctly, in Prophet they quote Holst (Jupiter), in Everydays they quote very briefly "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Bach (2 seconds or so with the guitar). Time and a Word is a good song and when I listen to it I feel a little bit like I feel when i listen to "Hey Jude": wanting to join the fading chorus and keep it going. I also feel that the song is a little bit more "restrained" than the rest of the album (mind you, I love it). What I mean is that, if I heard that song on its own and tried to imagine what the rest of the album sounded like, I think I’d be quite surprised — and it certainly wouldn’t be an unpleasant surprise! Don't forget to listen in the future to "Dear Father" the "b-side" of "Sweet Dreams" (I know it wasn't included in the album, but I think is where it belongs)!

James Geckle

Doug, I 'm certain you'll enjoy the live versions of 'Time and a Word' & 'Onward' from the "Keys to Ascension" albums. But hit their debut first! ✌️🤘

Ralph Darvill

Oh my, I haven't listened to this album in a long time. So it's been really intriguing to hear it afresh, and gave Doug's dissection...and his enthusiasm. I'd forgotten how much Chris's sound was already quite strident. Tony Kaye's playing is really cool as well. He was quite "soul based" with his organ sound. Most notable to my ears is the sound if Bill's drumming which is still quite conventional here, before he really brought in his trademark snare sound and unique approach to the rhythm of any song he's backing. I think I might listen again.

DAVID SCHWARTZ

I hadn't listened to this album in quite a while. Thanks so much Doug for posting this. I needed to hear this again. It's an underrated Yes album for sure.

Rodney Griffin

Have you ever heard a Yes album that doesn't have a positive message. I haven't. ✌️♥️

Rodney Griffin

Peter Banks would go on to form the band "Flash", another Progressive Rock band.

Peter Tutak

In 'Everydays' not a direct quote, but maybe a paraphrase of Holst's "Jupiter" - but a few seconds later, a direct quote of JS Bach. I can't say enough about the orchestral arrangement in the solo section - jazzy.

Simon Carter

I haven't listened to this for several decades, but always liked it ... sucked into it by the one track that survived into classic Yes period live shows - the title track. This time round I was surprised how much foreshadowed Rick Wakeman's keyboards on Fragile - surprised, because he didn't play on TAAW.

Adie

It was a lovely revisit to this album for me, as I haven't listened to it all the way through for several decades! I still hear it as kind of proto-Yes, mainly because the symphonic sensibility is not there even though some orchestral sounds are included. In fact, for me, the Yes Album is not quite there for the same reason.

Hubris_and_Me

I love how you say they were still finding their lineup. I don't think they ever found it

Rolling Ronnie

For me, this and The Yes Album are their best work (even though I love Rick Wakeman). After The Yes Album, they started to create complexity for the sake of it (in my opinion, of course)

Steven Charlton

I think that sound at the end of "Them" was created by Colin Goldring (Gnidrolog) playing a Sopranino recorder...

Jeff Norman

A couple of fun facts about Peter Banks: 1. He named the band. Anderson and Howe had suggested "Life" and "World" (or maybe vice versa) but "Yes" was from Banks. 2. He also designed the initial logo (as seen on their first album). 3. He plays guitar on Lionel Richie's "Hello"!