That's a great review of Time And A Word Trollheart! Full of facts, details and opinions that I largely agree with.
Yes, Astral Traveller has something boring about it. If I ever skip a track, that's the one I skip. The rest of the album has some of my favourite Yes tracks, and I'd disagree with Queen Boo about the use of orchestra, tbh; I think the orchestral instruments blend in very well, although The Big Country theme in No Opportunity is a bit startling - luckily it's such a great piece of music that I don't mind its sudden intrusion there at all.
Elsewhere though, the orchestra meshes well with the band imo, partly because it's often just one or two instruments woven into the songs, (Clear Days and Everydays ), or the gradual crescendo of Time And A Word. Isn't that a subtler use of orchestra than Days of Future Past, where they had a bunch of Moody Blues songs, but with a bit of orchestra stuck on at the front and back?
Personally, I'd give Time And A Word a higher ranking than TH's 7, perhaps because I like Everydays more than TH does. That jazzy touch to the intro is an album highlight for me.
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