The Turn Of A Friendly Card  by The Alan Parsons Project

The fifth studio album by The Alan Parsons Project was released in November 1980 and is titled The Turn Of A Friendly Card. The main theme of the album's compositions deals with gambling and the negative effects it can have on people's lives. The Turn Of A Friendly Card is an album that balances between art rock and progressive rock.

The album was recorded at Acousti Studio in Paris during the years 1979 and 1980. Alan Parsons also serves as the producer. The composition of the musical pieces belongs to both Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, who for the first time tries his vocal abilities by performing the song Time, which was the third single from the album. The major hit of the album was Games People Play. The record concludes with a sixteen-minute suite bearing the title of the album.

The sales of The Turn Of A Friendly Card are estimated to be close to 2,000,000 copies worldwide, and it reached No. 38 in the United Kingdom and No. 13 in the United States.