The Alan Parsons Project "The Turn of a Friendly Card"

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. It is a concept album about gambling. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up into five tracks, with the five tracks listed as sub-sections. 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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

Side one

1. "May Be a Price to Pay (Woolfson)" Elmer Gantry 4:58
2. "Games People Play (Woolfson)" Lenny Zakatek 4:22
3. "Time (Woolfson)" Eric Woolfson 5:04
4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home (Woolfson/Parsons)" Lenny Zakatek 5:03

Side two

1. "The Gold Bug (Parsons)" Instrumental 4:34
2. "The Turn of a Friendly Card

• i. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 1 (2:44) (Woolfson)
• ii. Snake Eyes (3:14) (Woolfson/Parsons)
• iii. The Ace of Swords (2:57) (Parsons)
• iv. Nothing Left to Lose (4:07) (Woolfson)
• v. The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 2 (3:22) (Woolfson)"
• Chris Rainbow (1, 2, 5) Eric Woolfson (4), Instrumental (3) 16:24

Though numbered as a single work, "The Turn of a Friendly Card" is split into five tracks.

The Turn of a Friendly Card was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

"May Be a Price to Pay" (Intro/demo)

"Nothing Left to Lose" (Basic backing track)

"Nothing Left to Lose" (Chris Rainbow overdub compilation)

"Nothing Left to Lose" (Early studio version with Woolfson's guide vocal)

"Time" (Early studio attempt)

"Games People Play" (Rough mix)

"The Gold Bug" (Demo)