Turn Of The Cards
by Renaissance
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Turn Of The Cards is ranked 2nd best out of 30 albums by Renaissance on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Renaissance is Scheherazade And Other Stories which is ranked number 2613 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 608.
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Turn Of The Cards track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/29/2026 15:00 |  Ilolahti | 120 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 11:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,714 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2025 21:34 | cicadelic | 13,304 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 11:38 |  MetalMan67 | 6,151 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 08:02 | goodhumourman | 43 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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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.
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.
Jboy56 06/07/2023 14:20 | #297433 | TOP COMMENT
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Mother Russia, they cry for you.,
Parktribur 06/03/2017 02:24 | #191889 | TOP COMMENT
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Mother Russia is one of my favs ever.
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