| Time is the Key | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Pierre Moerlen's Gong |
| Cover: | Gong_Time_Is_The_Key.jpg |
| Recorded: | Konk studios, August 1979 |
| Genre: | Jazz rock, progressive rock |
| Length: | 43:39 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Pierre Moerlen |
| Prev Title: | Downwind |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Leave It Open |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Time is the Key is the fourth album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records.[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.
Produced by Pierre Moerlen