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. As other band's albums, The Turn of a Friendly Card is a Concept album with its theme focused on the gambling industry and the fate of gamblers, with more than one reference to Las Vegas (e.g. "there's a sign in the desert that lies to west" from the title piece). Musically it's a more melodic and accessible album than its predecessors. Up to this album, all Alan Parsons Project albums had been packaged in gatefold sleeves. Increasing budgetary constraints of record companies made The Turn of a Friendly Card the beginning of all subsequently released Alan Parsons Project albums to be single-sleeve packaged. The album was recorded in a record short time of two weeks in Paris. Usually the Alan Parsons Project would take many months to record an album. Track listing All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. Though numbered as a single work, "The Turn of a Friendly Card" is split into five tracks on most compact disc and all digital and streaming releases. Bonus tracks (2008 remaster) 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) 1:32 "Nothing Left to Lose" (Basic backing track) 4:36 "Nothing Left to Lose" (Chris Rainbow overdub compilation) 2:02 "Nothing Left to Lose" (Early studio version with Woolfson's guide vocal) 3:11 "Time" (Early studio attempt) 4:42 "Games People Play" (Rough mix) 4:33 "The Gold Bug" (Demo) 2:50 "The Gold Bug" (Demo) was named after an Edgar Allan Poe short story. The main keyboard sound is a Hohner Clavinet with damaged strings and a repeat echo. This was also used for the final album version. The short duration of the notes made it difficult to get in tune. Deluxe Edition (2015) In 2015, a "deluxe