The Turn of a Friendly Card is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up into five tracks. The Turn of a Friendly Card spawned the hits "Games People Play" and "Time", the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance. An edited version of the title piece combining the opening and ending parts of the suite was also released as a single along with an official video.
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Track Listing
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Side one No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "May Be a Price to Pay" Elmer Gantry 4:58 2. "Games People Play" Lenny Zakatek 4:22 3. "Time" Eric Woolfson 5:04 4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home" Lenny Zakatek 5:03 Side two No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "The Gold Bug" Chris Rainbow 4:34 2. "The Turn of a Friendly Card - i. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 1 (2:44)
- ii. Snake Eyes (3:14)
- iii. The Ace of Swords (2:57)
- iv. Nothing Left to Lose (4:07)
- v. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 2 (3:22)"
Chris Rainbow (i, ii, v), Eric Woolfson (iv), none (iii)