The Turn of a Friendly Card

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.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

"May Be a Price to Pay" – 4:58
"Games People Play" – 4:22
"Time" – 5:04
"I Don't Wanna Go Home" – 5:03
"The Gold Bug" (instrumental) – 4:34
"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)" – 2:44
"Snake Eyes" – 3:14
"The Ace of Swords" (instrumental) – 2:57
"Nothing Left to Lose" – 4:07
"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part Two)" – 3:22

[edit] Charts

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

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Discography
Studio Albums: Tales of Mystery and Imagination \| I Robot \| Pyramid \| Eve \| The Turn of a Friendly Card \| Eye in the Sky \| Ammonia Avenue \| Vulture Culture \| Stereotomy \| Gaudi
Compilations: The Best of the Alan Parsons Project \| The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 \| The Essential Alan Parsons Project
Singles: "(The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" \| "The Raven" \| "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" \| "Don't Let It Show" \| "What Goes Up" \| "Damned If I Do" \| "Games People Play" \| "Time" \| "Snake Eyes" \| "Eye in the Sky" \| "Psychobabble" \| "You Don't Believe" \| "Don't Answer Me" \| "Prime Time" \| "Let's Talk About Me" \| "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" \| "Stereotomy"