to Anderson with either Squire or David Foster, Anderson's former bandmate in The Warriors. Banks said he made contributions to the writing of the album, but his name was not included in the credits. It did not bother him at first, but it caused some discontent years later when he missed out on royalties. Time and a Word marked a development in Anderson's lyric content, who began to move from simple love themes to topics of greater scale, described by band biographer Dan Hedges as "life, oneness and the future". Songs "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed", the album's first cover song and opening track, was written by American artist Richie Havens. It opens with an orchestral theme taken from the soundtrack to the 1958 Western film The Big Country by Jerome Moross. Anderson wrote "The Prophet" which tells the story of a man, followed by many, who tells the others to find and believe in themselves and not follow "like sheep". The song borrows a theme from "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets suite by English composer Gustav Holst and shows Anderson incorporating other themes from classical music, to which he listened regularly. "Sweet Dreams" was particularly well-received by future Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin, who requested that the band perform the song in concert during the 90125 tour in 1984. The song "Time and a Word" saw the band searching for an anthem-type song. Anderson, who was still musically naive, presented its basic theme to the group on a guitar, using only two or three chords, leaving the other band members trying to discern what he was playing. The song was recorded with Foster on acoustic guitar. Again, Banks didn't agree and claimed it was not meant to be part of the final mix, having been intended only as a guide track. On the final version, Banks played his parts over Foster's. Yes also recorded "Dear Father" at Advision Studios, but decided not to include the track on the album. It was released as the B-side of the "Sweet Dreams" single, but only received an album release when it was included on the 1975 compilation Yesterdays. Cover The sleeve for the album's original UK pressing was designed and photographed by Laurence Sackman and co-ordinated by Graphreaks. The front cover features a black-and-white Dada-esque chequered design and a nude woman, while the back cover included photographs of each