Time Is the Key

Time is the Key is the fourth album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records.^[2]

Time is the Key
Studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Released	Late 1979 (Late 1979)
Recorded	Konk studios, August 1979
Genre	Jazz rock, progressive rock[1]
Length	43:39
Label	Arista
Producer	Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Downwind (1979) Time is the Key (1979) Leave It Open (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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, particularly on the first two tracks.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted

Personnel

Pierre Moerlen's Gong

• Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, electravibe, marimba, glockenspiel, tympani, darbuka, synthesizers (7, 8)
• Hansford Rowe – bass (3 - 11), acoustic guitar (5), bass synthesizer (11)
• Bon Lozaga – guitar (3 - 11)

Former Pierre Moerlen's Gong

• Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar (9 - 11)

Additional personnel

• Darryl Way – violin (1)
• Joe Kirby – double bass (1, 2)
• Peter Lemer – keyboards (3 - 11), Polymoog (6 - 10)
• Nico Ramsden – lead and rhythm guitar (8)

Produced by Pierre Moerlen

Production credits

• Engineering – John Rollo
• Mastering – Ray Staff at Trident
• Photography – Jay Myrdal and Sheila Rock
• Sleeve layout and design – Steve Ridgeway and Julie Harris
• Additional engineer – Brian Risner
• Studio co-ordination – Brian Risner

References

1. "allmusic ((( Time Is the Key > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
2. "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Time Is The Key". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

• Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p. 243