12-07-2015, 03:36
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THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT "the turn of a friendly card" cd, 1980
career stats:
studio albums..............10
compilations................23
singles........................28
this album stats: #38 UK.....#10 CAN.....#13 US........#2 AU
singles:
"the turn of a friendly card pt.I"..................did not chart anywhere
"games people play".................................#9 CAN......#16 US........#23 AU
"time"...................................................#30 CAN......#15 US
"snake eyes"............................................................#67 US
a "swap" from Jerome for a few country discs I sent him....
the idea was to swap discs that we hadn't heard of or wouldn't necessarily purchase ourselves....good idea IMO, and it worked from my point of view.
this is APP's fifth studio release, I do own "eye in the sky" on cd,but that's it,i like some of that one,not all of it but this one.....
I love it, loved it the fist time I played it in my car....hell, I even like the two short instrumental tracks on it....they fit in with the album very well(not just add-ons to fill space)
I did notice on the Wikipedia site that the title track was sixteen minutes long on the original vinyl version(split into five parts over the second side of the vinyl) on cd each part is a separate track, but that doesn't matter,it works for me....
I love the vocals from the three or four vocalists on here,love the textures of the music,love the balanced production,in fact, nothng really bad to say about the whole album...
I do hear bits of Pink Floyd an ELO on this one in parts,but so what theyre from the same era....
im going to have to take a look at the APP back catalogue a bit more I think.....
great stuff from a previously ignored band by me.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
best track: I don't wanna go home
worst track: the ace of swords
tracks:
1...may be a price to pay ***
2...games people play ***
3...time ***
4...I don't wanna go home ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9O6JgXdMk audio link
5...the gold bug **
6...the turn of a friendly card pt:I **
7...snake eyes **
8...the ace of swords **
9...nothing left to lose ***
10.the turn of a friendly card pt:II **
3s=5
2s=5
1s=0
rating: 2.5
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.