I know what you are thinking. You are wondering why The Alan Parsons Project is filed in my collection under the letter A? (By the way, I don't believe that I will be able to write these posts in perfect alphabetical order, but that is another story). The Alan Parson Project belongs under A because it is a band name. If the album were simply by Alan Parsons, I would put it under P. (I have noticed that record stores variously file TAPP under both A and P, sometimes in the same store). This problem, of course, leads me to iTunes. Why is Bruce Cockburn filed under B? Why is Leonard Cohen under L. Why is John Cale under J. When I first got iTunes, and I started ripping my CDs, I retagged all of my items to fix this. But, then it became too difficult to keep up. Is it too much to as that artists are added lastname, firstname? Please!
The Turn of a Friendly Card is the fifth release from The Alan Parsons Project. Anyone familiar with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon will recognize the name Alan Parsons. With Eric Woolfson, and a number of session musicians, he created TAPP and a series of records. Wikipedia has lots of details about his work as producer and engineer, and lots of information about the band.
The Turn of a Friendly Card seems to be about a man who loses his shirt in a casino. The most well-known song from this album is probably Games People Play. It's a catchy tune. I think that this band got less interesting along the way and I find the final three albums to be rather boring.
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