ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1 & 2) FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION

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[@Michelmulkens]

The favorite album of Alan Parsons himself

[@NeuerAlias4711]

I just bought the album again after 40 years 😊

[@kallsop2]

As others have noted you really need to listen to all of side 2 as it ties together a whole story. The concept was based on Eric Wolfsons gambling addiction from when he and Parsons moved to Monaco to avoid the outrageous taxes in England.

[@user-pe9gz8si8k]

Good advice to live by.

[@markdavidson6831]

This Is One Of My Favorite Albums

[@Yufri]

Hi. Thank you for this reaction. This is a concept album, dealing with the danger and habits of gambling. The title track is actually a 5 piece suite starting with part one and finishing with part two, with a running time over 16 minutes. So after listening to the whole suite part two is an even more satisfying closer.

[@jimbobgreasemonkey]

Yufri is correct. This album needs to be played beginning with Part 1, then continuing through All 5 parts. Some of AParson's greatest stuff...!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@Pixelologist]

Agreed - the suite needs to be listened to as a whole. This is like watching the first and last episodes of a show and nothing in between. lol

[@veganm8918]

The album front to back is a masterpiece.

[@judsonkring464]

I agree with your suggestions here, but only to point out that "gambling" is herein a metaphor for taking chances in life....

[@judsonkring464]

​@@veganm8918Totally agree. And after hundreds of listenings, I swear I still hear new parts each and every time!

[@mdemmons1]

I've been listening to this album for 40+ years and part 2 never fails to give me goosebumps.

[@tber66]

Do the whole album. Your reaction was great.

[@montxn]

Oh hell yeah, have to play whole album! Each song is like a chapter in a book.

[@michaelrees1376]

The whole album is a cautionary tale about gambling. "Theres a sign in the desert that lies to the west, where you can't tell the night from the sunlight..." is a reference to Las Vegas. In part one there is "and they hope it will make their lives easier, for God knows up 'til now it's been hard" but it is replaced with "and they hoped it would make their lives easier, but THE DOORWAY BEFORE THEM IS BARRED" in part two.

[@JimiBurleigh]

I really appreciate your reactions to the music 🎶🎵 that has been the soundtrack to my life and times 🤘. You might like the "Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe" album. The 1987 reissue with additional narration by Orson Welles is spectacular.😮

[@Chris-filosifer64]

The original i bought in 1976 has Orson Wells' narration too.

[@JimiBurleigh]

@@Chris-filosifer64 Hello and greetings from the beautiful Pacific NW (North Wet 💯🤣). I came across my own original 1976 vinyl copy of the "Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe" album the other. I got the chance to give it a listen and Orson Welles' narration is not on it. I have the remastered version with Welles' narration, as well. There are some subtle changes to the musical arrangements in the '87 version as well as additional post production enhancements that make the '87 remixed version a lot more interesting to listen to. I don't know if it made a difference, but I bought my copy in Glasgow, Scotland. I was raised in Ayrshire, Glasgow is just under an hour away by train. Perhaps the U.S. pressing was different than the U.K. That is quite often the case. I have literally hundreds of albums where the U.S version and the European version have different songs, have the songs in a different running order, etc. Maybe this is one of those? LL&P 🖖 Peace ✌️ Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@paul6619]

This album is special. I was a big fan of Alan Parsons before this album came out....and this came out and I thought he had taken his production to another level. As you said, Lex, this album sounds and IS "epic".

[@clannad99germany70]

And RIP Ian Bairnson !

[@jeffrichard9338]

Criminally underrated

[@MauricioDelaRosa-wz1sn]

Beautiful songs from Alan Parsons Project more please, speaking of which #nicknlexrequest Alan Parsons Project To One In Paradise.

[@spikeysnack]

Some of their best work is in the rock opera or musical theater style, it has some of the best lyrics and melody. Chris Rainbow (RIP) had this gentleness to his voice that could turn forceful at the right moment, lulling you in with a soft sentiment, then hitting you with a hard truth, very dramatic. I especially like the brass and strings on the title track as well. This album did very well commercially, but it is not a fan favorite. The single "Time" of course is one of their greatest hits, but people buying the album based just on that song were probably disappointed, as Time is the only song that sounds like it does. There is a lot of disco going on, that turned a lot of FM rock radio stations off, but it did get them AM radio airplay. But of course mainstream radio had no idea how to pigeon-hole this band, so some stuff got played way too much, some never. Its always a very mixed experience, as the styles shift so wildly. "Games People Play" is such a pop hit, "Time" is such mellow gold like a mystical mantra, and "Snake Eyes" is a jazz rock tune. "I don't want to go home" has got that 70s funk. "Turn of a Friendly Card" is almost a hymn. A lot of bittersweet in this album, and a slightly sad overall theme, turns some people off, as it is not "good time music" even though it has a lot of uptempo beats mixed in. Sounds all over the place, and it is. Great guitar, both lead and rhythm and excellent piano passages throughout. Some people put forth that "The Gold Bug" is one of their absolute best instrumentals, despite it being mostly unknown. It does have everything the band is known for all in one, that beat, sax, killer bass line, chorus/orchestra, guitar solos. Its just not long enough, I guess.

[@gershman23]

Hmmm, sorry, but it was most definitely a fan favorite, and yet another concept album, this time about gambling, the human nature and the psyche that lead to the need (yes, the pun) to wager a bet, and it's brilliantly masked with a Medieval (as one person here put it) and mystical smoke and mirrors. Brilliants musicianship, excellent vocalists (Rainbow, Zakatek, Woolfson) and all of Alan Parsons musical sheen production, an APP masterpiece.

[@blucomicguy8705]

Yes, do the whole lp. All of the Alan Parsons Project lps are concept and need to be heard beginning to end. You guys are the best!!

[@Musiquesaecouter]

Great! You mention Alan Parsons who definitely produced the Project, but please, please never forget also Eric Woolfson who were always the second mind behind this, he is the master composer on this work and the other projects, as well as the singer on many songs, particularly starting from this album . Remember he was the composer of all the great songs in App. Check this. Thanks

[@florentinosanzpastor9556]

Eric was THE MIND behind the Project.

[@Musiquesaecouter]

@@florentinosanzpastor9556 So true

[@ivarengebretsen1359]

Please reacts on more Alan parsons procect music! my most favorite group.:-)

[@johngardner4096]

It's also worth considering that Alan Parsons wrote the music for the fantasy-adventure movie LADYHAWKE just about this time. The sounds of the two are nearly identical.

[@AK-fz2vo]

That was not.a trombone. Thise were horns (French horns). In 1980, when this came ou,t I learned it.without a score and played it all the time. Alan was a big fan of.tje horn. Thank you for doing this. It was a major album for me when I was 16 in 1980.

[@MonsterSound.Bradley]

Yes part 2 is the reprise to the over 16 minute song in 5 parts (part 2 is part 5 🤣). Listening to whole concept albums was normal back in the day of LP's. Cheers guys 😎👍🍁 P.S. RIP Gordon Lightfoot. 🍁If you could read my mind 😢

[@billhawkins1236]

I think " Medieval" is the term you were looking for.🤠👍👍

[@Josledes]

The orchestral music that appears on many APP tracks is conducted by Andrew Powell. It is a sign of the identity of this music that reaches the highest degree of excellence.

Hola pareja. Seguro que habéis visto este video del concierto de Madrid en 2004? Fantástico. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfYf4h9Z9Vmftksi=fMDg5o0B8w9VS3L-

[@alanparsonsfan]

AT LAST!!! Only Parson's Pyramid album is better! Hadn't realized that you've seen Alan live, so great to know.. Now you know why I'm a 'fan'.....This is probably the most Renaissance of their works. That said, "In the Lap of the Gods", from Pyramid, is going to blow your minds. A good amount of APP is also reminiscent of Broadway. Each album has one love song or lament, and they are heartbreaking and beautiful. What a great way to start the day, opening my laptop and coming upon this--with Lex too! Third for me behind these is Gaudi, their final album, then I. Robiot, one song of which you have already reactied to..

[@Josledes]

This is a fantastic album. One of the best of APP. The truth is that all APP albums have a very high level, it is worth listening to them all. Especially the stage of the late Eric Woolfson who is the creator of this magic. For me the best of all is Freudiana, although this is signed with his own name, it is also fair that it is so.

[@EchoesDaBear]

Great reaction BUT you didn't do the entire Turn Of a Friendly Card Suite!! (on my CD it's one song) This is a multi-part song where every section perfectly segues into the other. You're missing out not hearing the whole thing (especially the instrumental part that leads into Part 2)! My favourite APP album and song! The preceding song 'The Gold Bug' is an amazing instrumental. The whole album is a classic - spun regularly in my house!

[@franckbizouard3357]

One of their best albums.

[@garyarnett1220]

Very much a concept album, as are most of Parsons' work, and the first 7-8 albums for sure. Would love to hear the full thing on Patreon, or any of his others as well. This isn't just about gambling, but in believing in luck (or fate) to get through life.

[@davidgregg9489]

Grew up with this album on perpetual play, and the beauty of the music has drawn tears countless times. I got the chills watching you listen to it. This has got to be one of the most beautiful albums ever made. More please.

[@thomasmurray3920]

Part 2 has darker lyrics as the addiction has set in. You have to do “Time”, which is a touching ballad. That was one of the two singles off this album (the other being “Games People Play”, which has a nice guitar solo). To me, that song was to AP Project what “I Won’t Hold You Back” was to Toto (on the Toto IV album). Both were quintessential ballads done extremely well.

[@davecallanhammers669]

One of my favourite APP albums, damn that orchestration! Also try 'Gaudi'. APP take on the architect Antonio Gaudi and his work in Barcelona, Spain. Another one is 'I Robot'. Which has such a mix of classical, rock, jazz.

[@soundtreks]

All time favourite rock album. It has stayed with me since I heard it as a 13 year old in 1981 and has transcended its time and is as potent and poetic now as it was 43 years ago.

[@tscully1504]

I was fresh stationed in Nevada (USAF) when this came out. This is a great haunting tune.

[@jpirard]

these 2 parts bookend an entire suite pf 4-5 songs

[@RedStrikerBeetleborg]

Alan Parsons can do no wrong

[@gradypatterson1948]

Definitely do either the full album, or at least the full "Turn of a Friendly Card" suite 🙂

[@martykott450]

It's a brilliant song/series of mini songs when played straight through. High level musicianship as well as a multitude of pop hooks. There is another guitars solo inside the suite that is just as wonderful as that finale.

[@MartinRead-v8k]

First APP album I bought (on vinyl) and I bought all the others subsequently as it was the start of a lifetime love affair with their musicianship, quality and ability to pick the right vocalist for the right song.

[@josemiguelfernandezdemarti7799]

Just play the whole suite, not only the beginning and the end!!!

[@johnolwenperkins3579]

Been meaning to ask this for ages, who is the bearded guy left of Crime of the Century, behind you. It looks like movie director Peter Jackson but I can't figure out why he is on an album cover.

[@galandirofrivendell4740]

If you don't listen to the entire album, at least check out the suite that is bracketed by the two-part title track. It puts everything into perspective. I once heard a radio interview with Parsons, who said the concept behind the album isn't just gambling but also taking risks. The gentle and beautiful song Time, he said, could be the thoughts of either a sailor or an astronaut embarking on a journey. "Goodbye, my, love, maybe for forever ..."

[@flash1660]

The Alan Parsons project is my favorite band and the more I listen the better the music is ! I would like to suggest dammed if I do and psychobabble and old and wise and silence and I and SOO many others ! Thank you and keep it up !

[@murdockreviews]

This is an en excellent album. Side 2 is a cohesive suite about gambling, bookended by the two parts of the title track, which works best if listened to as a whole. I would live you to do the whole album. Both sides are an absolute blast! I think it's trombones at the end 😉

[@noheamike5036]

Surprised you didn't do the whole Turn of a Friendly Card suite (or that it wasn't recommended to you that way). It's the tracks you did and everything in between them. The whole album is excellent but the suite guys taught really well

[@dennisstaines8005]

All the APP Albums are concept albums. They are all based on a theme, the first one Tale of Mystery and Imagination is based on Edgar Alan Poe and has wonderful voice overs from Orson Wells. I Robot is taken from Isaac Asimov stories and Pyramid is about the Pyramids of Gisa. One very interesting album is Freudiana which was to be a rock opera and was create by the other half of the APP who was Eric Woolfson who co wrote many songs and music for all the albums but creative differences split them but the Album is still classified at Woolfson/Parsons and was the 11th album. Eric and Alan went different ways after this due to third party trying to get the rights and Eric wanting to do musical theatre. After this Alan Parsons Project was renamed to simply "Alan Parsons", and has released a further six albums the last one in 2022 which have all been good.

[@claudiotapiagonzalez5741]

una belleza¡¡¡¡

[@brucer2152]

the guitar solo in part two reminds me of the great guitar solo's in 'Jeff Wayne's war of the worlds">

[@notanotherenigma7759]

Great arrangement by Andrew Powell (who produced Kate Bush's first album which included Wuthering Heights). After the first track, I was waiting for Snake Eyes, another great track. But all Alan Parsons songs are great. And yes, this is a concept album.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Turn of a Friendly Card and the Pyramid album both are worth a total listen .

[@cristiancaceres1926]

Tremenda cancion escogieron....de las muchas que posee este genio...felicitaciones 👏👏👏

[@nickelndime5]

Amazing how much he sounds like Dan Fogelberg

[@rob.w.t.3356]

I like you guys but going to patreon and pay extra just for that site, no way, I am out. Have fun and great success!!

[@keithdubois8579]

Here a recording by Jazz pianist Connie Han you may want to listen to titled (Secrets in Anna.) Recomended tracks. Desert Air, Gilgamash and the Celestrial Bull, and Eeshkigal of the Underworld.

[@vincentcarrot]

Albums tell a story, I think, intentionally or not. Card is a theme album as is On Air. Definitely do the whole album, but should you decide otherwise, I suggest Games People Play, the official video from the recording studio. Thanks!

[@BigBadWolf67]

How can you expect anything less from the sound engineer on Abbey Road?

[@kevinmarsh8922]

Guy's so, Bonamassa 'Live At Rockpallast', the song "Takin' The Hit". I want you to Take That Hit, and go with Joe. I want you to know, it won't blow. Time to go.

[@richardanderson3322]

Ok Nick and Lex, you are now cooking with gas by reacting to APP. In my humble opinion just the best! Do the full album

[@erickvermeulen9734]

Talking about Renaissance, there are a lot of reactions on KZbin on the song Adagio by Laura Fabian, and covers of it, but in early seventies the band Renaissance also recorded a song, Cold is Being, on the album Turn of the Cards, based upon the Adagio in G Minor by Tomas Albinoni (1671-1751). You could make a magic cards marathon with songs from Alan Parsons of the Turn of a Friendly Card album, the Renaissance song mentioned above, the Steve Hackett album Voyage of the Acolyte (great album, based on Tarot cards, I would suggest Shadow of the Hierophant or Star of Sirius) and Mike Batt's album Tarot Suite (I recommend Imbecile, Lady of the Dawn or Losing Your Way in the Rain).

[@ndav5677]

May I suggest you listen to some tracks from the Try Anything Once album from 1993? The opening 3 tracks 'The Three Of Me, Turn It Up and Wine From The Water' (also Mr Time) are all belters with the usual Parsons production excellence! Great line-up of musicians too....am surprised this album slips by the radar.

[@rubbersole79]

The term "masterpiece" is thrown around frivolously a lot in music. Not in this case.

[@ahunter3]

Get yourself in front of the best speakers you can get access to, crank the volume, and cue up "In the Lap of the Gods" from *Pyramid*. You'll thank me later, when your heart stops pounding.

[@kgeames5706]

Please do whole album. Love “ Old and wise”.

[@tomwhortan6148]

APP was my go to music to just check out and get lost in the music as a teenager. APP got me through some really tough times, so glad you guys are enjoying them.

[@Lizard-of-Oz]

Nick, Lex. There is another video with the whole two parts that actually covers the whole flow of the two parts. This one it's about sixteen minutes.

[@stixstudios3380]

I love Alan Parsons music. However, his music always makes me feel sad. Maybe sad is not the correct word - it's almost like a deep sense of wistfulness combined with a majestic finale. Weird but satisfying nonetheless.

[@robertheckman8013]

Speaking of gambling, I sat at a blackjack table with Alan Parsons for about an hour on Cruise to the Edge last year.

[@doplinger1]

Wonderful - great album. He had a string of album releases that are some of my favorites; Yales of Mystery & Imagination, I Robot, Pyramid, Eve and then this. Great listening.

[@joykeebler1916]

The mired stain glass and within that of the jack of juxtapose -

[@Chris-filosifer64]

There's another album dedicated to the architect Gaudi, it has a Spanish influence

[@gregsteele806]

There's a better blending of these two song floating around KZbin. It includes some of the instrumentals from the other tracks on side 2. Makes for a smoother transition between the two parts.

[@johnfoster5295]

Yeah the end of part 1 was going into Snake Eyes, which is actually the second part of the suite. Too bad you didn't do the whole thing, but you didn't know.

[@visarr]

This song is on Side B of the album. It is a 5 part song. You just listened to parts 1 and 5.

[@pauljenkin8447]

Part 2 was epic French Horn sound. Awesome!!

[@rob.w.t.3356]

I have that original album, and from time to time I am listening it on my phono

[@edljnehan2811]

Check out what goes up must come down. I think it's their best😊

[@jeffdietz630]

It feels like background music to a DnD session.

[@clannad99germany70]

The late Chris Rainbow !

[@thomaswalkowiak815]

The electric guitar solo sounded like Gary Moore

[@hector121]

la musica hece cosas increibles , no sé ingles , mas alla de 10 palabras , pero escucho este disco completo y sin saber lo que dice , me relaja completamente

[@mwmann]

One of the great bands. Right up there with Yes, the Moody Blues and Emerson Lake and Palmer.

[@edljnehan2811]

Alan Parsons was also a friend of the late great Keith Emerson😮

[@llothar68]

Do a reaction to some of the heavy songs of Marillion

[@davidhubbert9445]

Im in tears here this is musical perfection

[@waynedavenport6053]

Thanks NicknLex for the reaction, as much as ai like many artists and groups I can get nearly everything I want out of music by listening to the 'Master's' albums. The APP have done a number of concept albums, starting with the first album based on Edgar Allan Poe as you know, and you should definitely play or listen to the whole album of 'The Turn of a Freindly Card' (perhaps his best album although I love all of his albums). Another concept album is 'On Air' about flight. Again thank you for listening to the best Engineer/producer there is! One last sad note is the sad fact that Ian Bairnson the guitarist on most of his great albums passed away recently, and we can only be thankful that we can still listen to him playing onthese wonderful APP albums.

[@scottanderson8420]

Allan Parsons and NicknLex together ♥️ Perfection

[@lifetrack6019]

Sorry girl, no rhythm in you, good music choice do

[@narvik9035]

I can hear Barclay James Harvest vibes here.

[@jbach4311]

Really Enjoyed this one, #Memory's.

[@JKonstage]

Was unfamiliar with this one - thanks!

[@rigelmoon9030]

Very well done, you's guys. APP is loved by everyone that knows them. Thank you.

[@MrBoombast64]

This is soo beautiful and well done music, like most of AP music.

[@arnoldescueta3035]

Great review! try the full album!

[@marcbenjamin9436]

Do the whole Parsons catalogue.

[@robertcass7723]

Great music. Please do the whole album.

[@ericmeredith8754]

Beautiful set! And both guitar solos were fantastic. Great choices! Thanks for sharing!

[@nedeast6845]

NickNLex, when you discover what the song is about, the lyrics may make more sense to you, and you will appreciate it more

[@NicknLex]

Thank you 🙏

[@richarddobson815]

Alexia, there's a saying here in Yorkshire - 'Where there's muck, there's brass'. You reminded me of that! It translates as 'Where there's dirt, there's money!' This was a first time listen for me, and I thought it was beautiful. Thankyou for that. Andrew Powell and Ian Bairnson are legends within the Kate Bush cognoscenti xx

[@DFitz-bk7dj]

Such a Great album.

[@billcooper3639]

This is a great album. You two will totally be impressed!!!

[@davidalbertiiplanas3932]

Hello friends, maravilla de rock simfònic. Que gran canal, os recomíendo la reaction of Lucifer, from album Eve of The Alan Parsons Project. Greetings, un abrazo cracks!

[@davidalbertiiplanas3932]

Thank you! 👍🎶🎶🤗