Time is the Key | ||||
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Released | Late 1979 | |||
Recorded | Konk studios, August 1979 | |||
Genre | Jazz rock, progressive rock [1] | |||
Length | 43:39 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Pierre Moerlen | |||
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Time is the Key is the fourth album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records. [2]
Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history.
It features the English jazz keyboard player Peter Lemer on most tracks, their only album to do so, and Allmusic notes that there is also a progressive rock influence on the album, especially on the first two track. [1]
All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ard Na Greine" ( Irish for "Height of the Sun") | 6:10 |
2. | "Earthrise" | 2:25 |
3. | "Supermarket" | 3:35 |
4. | "Faerie Steps" | 5:33 |
5. | "An American in England" ( Hansford Rowe) | 2:57 |
6. | "The Organ Grinder" | 3:56 |
7. | "Sugar Street" | 2:22 |
8. | "The Bender" | 3:16 |
9. | "Arabesque Intro & Arabesque" | 5:18 |
10. | "Esnuria Two" | 5:34 |
11. | "Time is the Key" | 2:29 |
Produced by Pierre Moerlen