The Turn of a Friendly Card

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The Turn of a Friendly Card
Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released	November 1980
Recorded	Late 1979 - mid 1980 Acousti Studio, Paris
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	40:32
Label	Arista Records
Producer	Alan Parsons
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The Alan Parsons Project chronology
Eve (1979) The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

[edit] Side one

1. "May Be a Price to Pay" (lead vocal Elmer Gantry) – 4:58
2. "Games People Play" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 4:22
3. "Time" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson backing vocal Alan Parsons) – 5:04
4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 5:03
5. "The Gold Bug" (instrumental) – 4:34

[edit] Side two

1. "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 2:44
2. "Snake Eyes" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 3:14
3. "The Ace of Swords" (instrumental) – 2:57
4. "Nothing Left to Lose" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 4:07
5. "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)

[edit] Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1980	The Billboard 200	13
1980	UK Albums Chart	38

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