Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (35th anniversary)

This month marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of The Turn of a Friendly Card, the fifth studio album from the Alan Parsons Project. This 1980 progressive rock album, which told the story of a middle-aged man who gambles it all and loses, spent fifty-eight weeks total on the US Billboard Album charts and peaked at number 13. It also generated two Top-20 hit singles.

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Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Eye in the Sky, the sixth studio album by the British progressive rock group known as the Alan Parsons Project. This June of 1982 LP followed the successful The Turn of a Friendly Card from late 1980 (click here for that review). It went to number 27 in the group’s native UK, number 8 in Sweden, number 3 in Norway, and number 1 in both Austria and Germany; over in North America, it reached number 3 in Canada and number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 200.

Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card

Happy sixty-third birthday today (December 20th) to British musician and producer Alan Parsons.

In November of 1980, the Alan Parsons Project released its fifth studio album The Turn of a Friendly Card. The progressive rock album, which told the story of a middle-aged man who gambles it all and loses, reached number 38 in the UK, number 22 in Sweden, number 16 in Canada, number 13 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 11 in Norway, and number 2 in Austria and Germany. It also generated two Top-20 hit singles.