The Turn Of A Friendly Card
by The Alan Parsons Project
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The Alan Parsons Project bestography
The Turn Of A Friendly Card is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by The Alan Parsons Project on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Alan Parsons Project is I Robot which is ranked number 1634 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,052.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Turn Of A Friendly Card track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Turn Of A Friendly Card rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | TitoVampir | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 21/40 | 49 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 65 Music Albums of 1980 | 31/65 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 801-900 | 73/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1980 | 35/88 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 27/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 47/85 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 143 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 714 | |||
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The Turn Of A Friendly Card ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 17:45 | Johnnyo | 9,846 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2026 08:00 | TitoVampir | 197 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 18:25 | matterhornrider | 5,196 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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I used to somewhat derisively call APP “Pop Floyd.” Then, as time went on and I couldn’t stop listening to them, I came to realize that it wasn’t a derogatory nickname at all; what it it meant to me was that they were thoughtful and accessible at the same time. And at their peak they put out very good records. Friendly Card is their best, highlighted by the first three songs and the title track(s). (Edited)
The strings are wonderful. The whole idea falls flat.
Totally addicted to this album. Best they've ever created
AndrewJFisher 04/22/2019 23:09 | #235406 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good album, maybe just a little below I Robot. "Nothing Left to Lose" is a particular favourite, I like the change to a brief reggae beat section, then the return to the "Snake Eyes" theme, which the song ends on. I like the instrumental "The Gold Bug" for it's resemblance to Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene Pt. IV". "The Turn of a Friendly Card(Parts 1 and 2)" is very nice too, I like the lyric "And they think it will make their lives easier....for God knows up till now it's been hard".
IlMala 01/23/2022 21:16 | #279926 | TOP COMMENT
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Really excellent job and not sufficiently valued. The suite of the album is the peak of APP discography; suggested because is a band definitely to re-value (in my humble opinion)
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