The Turn of a Friendly CardThe Turn of a Friendly Card
The Turn of a Friendly Card
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The Turn of a Friendly Card

Album by The Alan Parsons Project

Released November 1980
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: Original Album & Bonus Tracks
  • 1
    May Be a Price to Pay
    5:01
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Games People Play
    4:24
    4.1 ★
  • 3
    Time
    5:14
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    I Don’t Wanna Go Home
    4:52
    3.4 ★
  • 5
    The Gold Bug
    4:34
    4.6 ★
  • 6
    The Turn of a Friendly Card: I. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part One
    2:44
    4.2 ★
  • 7
    The Turn of a Friendly Card: II. Snake Eyes
    3:15
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    The Turn of a Friendly Card: III. The Ace of Swords
    2:57
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    The Turn of a Friendly Card: IV. Nothing Left to Lose
    4:07
    4.4 ★
  • 10
    The Turn of a Friendly Card: V. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two
    3:32
    4.4 ★
  • 11
    May Be a Price to Pay (intro – demo)
    1:32
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Nothing Left to Lose (basic backing track)
    4:35
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Nothing Left to Lose (Chris Rainbow vocal overdub compilation)
    2:02
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Nothing Left to Lose (early studio version with Eric's guide vocal)
    3:11
    5.0 ★
  • 15
    Time (early studio attempt)
    4:42
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    Games People Play (rough mix)
    4:32
    5.0 ★
  • 17
    The Gold Bug (demo)
    2:49
    5.0 ★
  • CD 2: Eric's Songwriting Diaries, Extra Bonus Tracks & Single Edits
  • 1
    May Be a Price to Pay (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    3:26
  • 2
    Games People Play (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    3:06
  • 3
    Time (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    4:06
  • 4
    I Don’t Wanna Go Home (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    2:12
  • 5
    The Turn of a Friendly Card (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    3:19
  • 6
    Snake Eyes (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    3:13
  • 7
    Nothing Left to Lose (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    2:46
  • 8
    The Turn of a Friendly Card / Snake Eyes / I Don’t Wanna Go Home (Eric’s Songwriting Diary)
    4:32
  • 9
    May Be a Price to Pay (early version – Eric guide vocal & unused guitar solo)
    5:03
  • 10
    Games People Play (early version – Eric guide vocal)
    4:32
  • 11
    Time (orchestra & Chris Rainbow backing vocals)
    4:19
  • 12
    The Gold Bug (early reference version)
    5:08
  • 13
    The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part 1 (early backing track)
    2:18
  • 14
    Snake Eyes (early version – Eric guide vocal)
    3:20
  • 15
    The Ace of Swords (early version with synth “orchestration”)
    3:03
  • 16
    The Ace of Swords (early version with piano on melody)
    2:40
  • 17
    The Turn of a Friendly Card, Part Two (Eric guide vocal and extended guitar solo)
    3:32
  • 18
    Games People Play (single edit)
    3:35
  • 19
    The Turn of a Friendly Card (single edit)
    3:44
  • 20
    Snake Eyes (single edit)
    2:26

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Release credits

  • additional [3], engineer [1-2, 4-10], producer [1-2, 4-10], vocal [3]
  • arranger [2.17, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6], conductor [2.17, 1.1-3, 1.6], orchestrator [2]
  • background vocals [2-4, 9], lead vocals [6-7, 10], vocal [2.17, 1.5]
  • acoustic guitar [3, 5], bass [2.17, 1.1-7, 1.9]
  • lead vocals [1]
  • harpsichord [2.17, 1.6], keyboard [2], lead vocals [9], organ [1], piano [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-7, 2.17], vocal [3]
  • acoustic guitar [3, 5, 9], guitar [2.17, 1.1-7]
  • lead vocals [2, 4]
  • drums (drum set) [1.1-7, 1.9, 2.17], percussion [2.17, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-7]
  • accordion [9], saxophone [5]

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