nedjelja, 04.01.2009.
Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1984) (Remaster Edit 2008)
In the early 80s, many of the more progressive bands had to wake up to commercial realities, and were denied the creative freedom of the 70s. This is what the Alan Parsons Project came up with, and it's simply brilliant; rather better, in fact, than much of their more experimental early work. The album opens with "May be a price to pay", with its medieval-sounding intro and somewhat creepy lyrics. Then on to the first commercially successful song, the slightly plaintive "Games people play". The next track, "Time", features Eric Woolfson on vocals and was also a commercial success, althoughmore… it's actually the weak point of the album; Woolfson sounds a lot like Roger Waters singing one of the slower Pink Floyd songs, and the Floyd's influence on the Project (for which the latter were over-criticised) isn't an especially healthy one here. "I don't wanna go home" is an immediate improvement, with Lenny Zakatek returning to the microphone to sing the wonderful lyric "they blinded you with diamonds, all the money that money can buy". Then comes the nice instrumental "The gold bug", before the "The turn of a friendly card" suite - a combination of shortish songs on the theme of gambling, which are excellently sung by Chris Rainbow and Eric Woolfson; the medieval theme re-appears, serving to unify the album even further.If you're only ever going to own one Project album, this should be it...Rainer Zuphall
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size ca.: 147 MB
Genre : Progressive Rock
2000mustangs
Tracklist:
01. May Be A Price To Pay - 5.01
02. Games People Play - 4.24
03. Time - 5.15
04. I Don't Wanna Go Home - 4.52
05. The Gold Bug - 4.34
06. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (part one) - 2.45
07. Snake Eyes - 3.16
08. The Ace Of Swords - 2.58
09. Nothing Left To Lose - 4.07
10. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (part two) - 3.33
11. May Be A Price To Pay (Bonus) (intro - demo) - 1.32
12. Nothing Left To Lose (Bonus) (basic backing track) - 4.35
13. Nothing Left To Lose(Bonus) (overdub compilation) - 2.03
14. Nothing Left To Lose (Bonus) (early studio version) - 3.12
15. Time (Bonus) (early studio attempt) - 4.43
16. Games People Play (rough mix) - 4.33
17. The Gold Bug (Bonus) (demo) - 2.50
