Subsequent Musical Influences
The album's sound influenced the band Brave Saint Saturn to create the astro-rock music genre.
The musical style and theme of Time were echoed in later albums such as The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy, who cited the album as a great influence; and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips.
In an early 1980s Rolling Stone magazine interview, Steve Winwood said that ELO's Time had influenced him.
Ladyhawke has stated that ELO's Time is one of her five favourite albums.
In 1999, Cher sampled a synth sound from "Prologue" and "Epilogue" at the beginning of her number 1 hit single "Believe".
In 2012, on his mixtape "Nehru jackets," the rapper aka Heems sampled the chorus of "Yours Truly, 2095" in his track "Computers," which deals with themes similar to the original song.
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