Time Is the Key

Time is the Key
Studio album by
Pierre Moerlen's Gong
ReleasedLate 1979
RecordedKonk studios, August 1979
GenresJazz rock, progressive rock
Length43:39
LabelArista
ProducerPierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Downwind
(1979)		 Time is the Key
(1979)		 Leave It Open
(1981)
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Time is the Key is the fourth album by the band Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records.

The album is notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, and 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, particularly on the first two tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Former Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Additional personnel

Produced by Pierre Moerlen

Production credits

References

  1. 1 2 3 "allmusic ((( Time Is the Key > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2009.