The Turn of a Friendly Card

Infobox Album |
Name = The Turn of a Friendly Card
Type = Album
Artist = The Alan Parsons Project


Released = November 1980
Recorded = Late 1979 - mid 1980
Acousti Studio, Paris
Genre = Progressive rock, Pop rock
Length = 40:32
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Alan Parsons
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lnr9kezt7q7z link]
Last album = "Eve"
(1979)
This album = "The Turn of a Friendly Card"
(1980)
Next album = "Eye in the Sky"
(1982)

"The Turn of a Friendly Card" is a progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980. The album focuses on gambling, and loosely tells the tale of a middle-aged man who grows restless and takes a chance by going to a casino and betting all he has, only to lose it all. The original LP had a side-long title piece, which on the CD version is broken up into five tracks. "The Turn Of A Friendly Card" is also notable for spawning the moderate hits "Games People Play" and "Time," the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance.

Track listing

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
#"May Be a Price to Pay" (lead vocal Elmer Gantry) – 4:58
#"Games People Play" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 4:22
#"Time" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson backing vocal Alan Parsons) – 5:04
#"I Don't Wanna Go Home" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 5:03
#"The Gold Bug" (instrumental) – 4:34
#"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 2:44
#"Snake Eyes" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 3:14
#"The Ace of Swords" (instrumental) – 2:57
#"Nothing Left to Lose" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 4:07
#"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part Two)" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 3:22

"The Turn of a Friendly Card" was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

11. "May Be a Price to Pay" (intro/demo)
12. "Nothing Left to Lose" (basic backing track)
13. "Nothing Left to Lose" (Chris Rainbow overdub compilation)
14. "Nothing Left to Lose" (early studio version with Eric's guide vocal)
15. "Time" (early studio attempt)
16. "Games People Play" (rough mix)
17. "The Gold Bug" (demo)

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