Time Is the Key [Import]

Gong, Pierre Moerlen's Gong | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B0000070JM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,100 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ard Na Greine

2. Earthrise

3. Supermarket

4. Faerie Steps

5. An American in England

6. The Organ Grinder

7. Sugar Street

8. The Bender

9. Arabesque Intro & Arabesque

10. Esnuria Two

11. Time Is the Key

Editorial Reviews

Japanese Limited Edition Special Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Versatile Talent, November 9, 1998

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Mike Davis, [e-mail] (Santa Rosa, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Is the Key (Audio CD)

This is one of my favourite recordings of this incarnation of Gong. (This is Pierre Moerlin's Gong). The range of versatility demonstrated here is remarkable. What I really like about this jazz/fusion style recording is that all the talents demonstrate their remarkable abilities without overdoing it. This is a group effort, not just someone's ego with a back up band. Also, if you like this, I would highly recommend Expresso and Expresso II as well!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz-Rock exceptionnel, October 20, 2004

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Manon Dubois "Guidou60" (Plessisville, Qc. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time Is the Key (Audio CD)

Le mélange de percussion (marimba, timbales, batterie, etc...) est très impressionnant. La dextérité des musiciens est étonnante, emplie d'une étonnante mélodie bien orchestrée. À posséder absolument!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bells of sweetness, May 16, 2000

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loteq (Regensburg/Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Is the Key (Audio CD)

"Time is.." augments PMG's instrumentation with keyboards, and basically, it sounds like a more accessible and lighter version of 1978's virtuos "Expresso II". However, the songwriting isn't as varied and strong as on "Downwind", and the vibraphone melodies are always the same throughout the whole album. The line-up features some members of the "Expresso"-outfit (Moerlen, Rowe, Holdsworth, Lozaga), but also a couple of new players. Rowe's funny, pumping bass and Lemer's crystalline synth sounds provide the most interesting parts of this album. The first few tracks are a bit too lightweight and repetitive. The second half is much stronger, containing such fine songs as the richly textured "The organ grinder", the furious rocker "The bender", the airy "Esnuria part II", and "Arabesque intro/Arabesque", which casts a clever eye back to the Eastern flavor of 1975's "Shamal". Moerlen's drumming is more focused than ever before, and amazingly, the music still manages to sound fresh and uplifting today. It's even palatable for people who usually don't care about fusion and jazz-rock.