- progressive rock, rock, symphonic prog
- 41 min
- 6 tracks
- BTM Records
Turn of the Cards is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Renaissance, released in July 1974. It was the last Renaissance studio album to include excerpts from existing classical pieces. It was also the first album recorded by the group after Michael Dunford, who had written songs for their previous three albums, joined the group as an acoustic guitarist.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Running Hard9:37
- A2I Think of You3:09
- A3Things I Don’t Understand9:32
- B1Black Flame6:29
- B2Cold Is Being3:05
- B3Mother Russia9:20
6 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Renaissance
- Label
- BTM Records
- Released
- 1974
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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