Turn of a Friendly Card

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studio album
First released:
1980

Overview Edit

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 was broken up into five tracks (as were the CD versions except the West German pressing), with the five sub-tracks having their names listed with sub-numberings - a la an outline numbering system.. 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.

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
681526
Release dates:
  • Jan 27 2009

Genres

Adult Contemporary, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Concept Album, Electronic, Progressive Rock, Classic Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Eric Woolfson's Treatise on the Human Tragedy of Gambling Addiction
If much of Peter Gabriel's lasting artistic legacy will be the principled stands he has taken for the cause of human rights, then a similar legacy should linger long after Eric Woolfson for his insights into the human tragedies of gambling addiction. While many superficial songs have been written on the subject, The Turn of a Friendly Card explores the excitement and disappointment, the folly and the wisdom that can sometimes come when there is Nothing Left To Lose. That song, in particular, emb…
Written by Parrish A. Highley "the_projectron"
2 stars Where are the lyrics???
The one question which I haven't seen asked or discussed yet with these remasters/re-issues is WHY, WHY, WHY did they eliminate the LYRICS, which were included with the original albums??? They DO include totally redundant essay pieces which look like somebody got incredibly lazy and decided to just write one article about all 10 albums, and then just chop it up a little depending on which CD they were sticking it in. The sound quality and bonus tracks are ok, but none of them withstands repeated…
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Track listing Edit

  • CD 1 : Turn of a Friendly Card

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    May Be a Price to Pay
    ?:??
    2
    Games People Play
    ?:??
    3
    Time
    ?:??
    4
    I Don't Wanna Go Home
    ?:??
    5
    The Gold Bug
    ?:??
    6
    The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 1
    ?:??
    7
    Snake Eyes
    ?:??
    8
    The Ace of Swords
    ?:??
    9
    Nothing Left to Lose
    ?:??
    10
    The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 2
    ?:??
    11
    May Be a Price to Pay [Intro - Demo]
    ?:??
    12
    Nothing Left to Lose [Basic Backing Track]
    ?:??
    13
    Nothing Left to Lose [Chris Rainbow Vocal 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 Version]
    ?:??

Credits Edit

  1. arranger

  2. conductor

  3. engineer

    1. Chris Blair [mastering]
  4. performer

    1. Alan Parsons [vocals and instrument]
    2. Chris Rainbow [vocals]
    3. David Paton [instrument]
    4. Eric Woolfson [instrument]
    5. Ian Bairnson [instrument]
    6. Lenny Zakatek [vocals]
    7. Mel Collins [instrument]
    8. Stuart Elliott [instrument]
  1. producer

Other versions Edit

Turn of a Friendly Card 10 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 8226
release dates: Jul 7 1987 in Germany
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Turn of a Friendly Card 6 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Arista Records
catalog number: 258 982
release dates: 1984 in Germany
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Turn of a Friendly Card 6 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Arista Records
catalog number: 8226
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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