Time And A Word
by Yes
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Time And A Word is ranked 11th best out of 63 albums by Yes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yes is Close To The Edge which is ranked number 87 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,743.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/24/2026 17:23 | Bluedog | 165 | 73/100 | |
| 01/23/2026 16:55 | hebbo137 | 199 | 79/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 19:59 | duelek | 1,737 | 76/100 | |
| 01/05/2026 20:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,133 | 70/100 | |
| 12/14/2025 14:19 |  talinhosgameplay | 90 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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VictorVale 08/01/2023 22:45 | #298443
Confesso que terei que ouvir mais vezes para gostar, mas, de primeira impressão, achei legal.
Jboy56 10/13/2022 12:48 | #290428
Not my favorite YES album, perhaps #6. The tracks are well played as usual, but they are no so memorable.
A small step up from the debut album. But again, the best was yet to come!
There's a little more going on in this album than is obvious at first Whilst Yes do not have their ultimate lineup (missing Steve Howe and Rick Wakemam), this is an important transitionary album, and very progressive with more than a little infusion of psychedelia. Some say that the orchestral work in combination does not fit in well - I beg to differ. I think potentially the problem lies when comparing the quality of production and sound between this and the hugely successful Yes Album, Fragile and CTTE. These follow up albums are undeniably where Yes were at their peak. Time and a Word, however, is a classic timepiece in its own right. Anderson, Squire and Bruford show their raw talent here. Banks on the guitars and Kaye on the organs/pianos also have great moments and balance it all out really well. I think this is where Yes had a stronger focus on rock, but they experimented with their jazz and classical elements to great effect. Highlights are Then, Sweet Dreams, Astral Traveller and the title track.
Great prog album by Yes. These guys never disappoints. The title track might be top 3 Yes track of all time.
Graeme2 11/13/2020 22:34 | #260772
Nice album actually bit like the nice in parts but not really so yeah. Anyways a while since I heard this and it's much enjoyment. Vinyl sounding good, not sure if original press but cover being attacked by mold. Love the pre wakeman heavy Hammond. Bass in yr face. Top vox. And some wonderful production.
Track 5 -7 are really weak but the rest is good. The final track's a little cheesy but cheesy has never bothered me much. It's mostly a great song.
The orchestration was unnecessary and the instrumentation doesn't entice me. The songs themselves, though are pretty good. Underrated.
Liedzeit 03/22/2020 17:55 | #249013
It is not really bad, but it says a lot that where it is actually beautiful the tune is by Stephen Stills.
jeremy9 08/30/2019 17:44 | #241964
Great progressive album
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