Ivor wrote:I hadn't listened to this in years but it was always one of my favourite LPs of that era. Given the upgrades in hifi equipment since I last heard it it's actually quite astounding! Like listening to a remix! Still a great album.
That album certainly brings back memories of college. Great album alright but I did kinda prefer Pablo Honey at the time.
I havent listened to the above in years either. I never tried out any of their albums after Ok Computer and those later albums do seem to divide opinion!
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl. Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
I remember reading a negative two star review of this album and I was horrified as it's one of his very best....
An honest one:
This is an excellent record. With true Verlaine style you have the twisted style of 'Bomb' where the traditional pop-sensibility of 'we can work it out' gets inverted into a desperate bleak acknowledgement of a final breakdown, the warning of 'A Town Called Walker' for anyone trying to return to their roots and the barely hidden regret of a man finding a reason to make contact with an ex-partner in 'The Scientist Writes a Letter'.
The album is loaded with great melodies and unexpected twists. Verlaines guitar work has never been tighter and his writing sharper. I like Television but I think his solo work is criminallly under-valued. If you like your music to be soaked in razor edged pyschedelia and come out taughter than cheese wire you should buy this record.
How did you get on with that one johnny....I hope that you enjoyed it?
Enjoyed it a lot, Fergus. I hadn't heard Time and a Word in years and I think that the classic Yes line up was Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman, but this has a lot energy to it. Peter Banks and Tony Kaye are a lot better than I remembered. Good stuff from one of my favourite periods of music.
