this album featured the only track to be written by all five members of the band. The opening "Procession" was a piece that was intended to describe the history of music from the beginning of time up until the album's recording. The only three words heard in this track—"desolation," "creation," and "communication"—were similarly used (along with many other "-ation" words) in "One More Time to Live."

The album reached #1 on the British album charts, in addition to a three-week stay at #2 in the United States, and produced one top-40 single, "The Story in Your Eyes." The track "Emily's Song" was written by John Lodge for his newborn daughter. Mike Pinder wrote and sang the album's concluding track "My Song."

The title is taken from the student mnemonic for the lines of the treble clef: E-G-B-D-F. These notes are heard played on piano during "Procession."

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Procession" Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas Edge, Hayward, Lodge, Pinder, Thomas (sung and spoken) 4:40
2. "The Story in Your Eyes" Hayward Hayward 2:57
3. "Our Guessing Game" Thomas Thomas 3:34
4. "Emily's Song" Lodge Lodge 3:41
5. "After You Came" Edge Thomas, Pinder, Lodge, Hayward 4:37
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
6. "One More Time to Live" Lodge Lodge 5:41
7. "Nice to Be Here" Thomas Thomas 4:24
8. "You Can Never Go Home" Hayward Hayward 4:14
9. "My Song" Pinder Pinder 6:20
Total length: 40:05
2007 SACD expanded edition and 2008 remaster bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
10. "The Story in Your Eyes" (original version) Hayward 3:33
11. "The Dreamer" Hayward, Thomas 3:42