Turn Of The Cards
by Renaissance

Turn Of The Cards by Renaissance
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 3,355th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 86 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (53rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (586th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,355th)

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Renaissance bestography

Turn Of The Cards is ranked 3rd best out of 30 albums by Renaissance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Renaissance is Scheherazade And Other Stories which is ranked number 2725 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 571.

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Turn Of The Cards rankings

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Overall rank: 3,355th | 1970s rank: 586th | 1974 rank: 53rd

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 86 votes)
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12/29/2025 11:53 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69370/100
 
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09/22/2025 21:34 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,03573/100
 
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05/18/2025 03:28 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,07333/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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95/100
From 05/18/2025 08:03 | #309046
WHOA This is so beautiful. Glad I found it. The beauty of Annie Haslam’s voice is exquisite. The melodies, arrangements, the playing… and most of all her beautiful voice.
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From 01/01/2024 01:09 | #300812
If Ashes Are Burning is a big warm blanket, Turn of the Cards is an icicle through the heart. Much colder and more darker in tone than its predecessor, but still delivers all the Renaissance classics through Annie Haslam's beautiful voice, John Tout's atmosphere-setting keyboards, and the string arrangements to tie it all together. I don't think it's quite as satisfying a listen as the album before in totality, but it's still great and still has its top-tier moments, like on Things I Don't Understand and the epic closer Mother Russia. Another strong album from this band.
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From 06/07/2023 14:20 | #297433
Mother Russia, they cry for you.,
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