Renaissance: Turn Of The Cards
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Topic: Renaissance: Turn Of The Cards
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Renaissance: Turn Of The Cards
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 04:07
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Regarded as Renaissance's first true "classic" album, Turn Of The Cards boasts three epic songs including "Mother Russia" and perhaps the group's best ballad "I Think of You" along with the dark foreboding "Black Flame", which seems to be favorite among PA members. What say you about Turn Of The Cards?
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 08:48
| Probably my second favorite Renaissance album behind Scheherazade. Black Flame & Mother Russia are amazing. Also love Running Hard with John Tout's piano intro. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 10:30
| Early in my Renaissance exploration days, was my favourite album of theirs. But that was when I only loved Ashes, Cards and Scheherazade. It's gone down quite a bit in my favourites but I probably still like it more than Ashes. Things I don't understand was, I guess, the last songwriting contribution of McCarty to the mkii band and one of my favourites of theirs, certainly my favourite from the album. Yeah, Black Flame too. Running Hard, again prefer the live versions. Not a bad track again on this album, solid all the way through with plenty of high points as well. My one complaint would be that it's their most 'serious' and kinda dark and melancholic all the way through. Even Novella had Midas Man. Things I don't understand is the sunniest track on here and it's still not playful in the way Midas Man is. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 10:41
| A bit of a digression. I always liked the way that Ashes could flow effortlessly into Turn Of The Cards and how Scheherazade can easily follow Turn Of The Cards. All are a bit on the serious side to me, so perhaps that helps. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 13:10
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Turn of the Cards...always been my favorite from them and Black Flame probably my favorite track. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 14:34
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Great album, no weak tracks. Running Hard is my favourite. ------------- 
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 16:17
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Wonderful album - Not a weak track on it! ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Walkscore
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 20:51
| Yes - excellent album. Mother Russia and Running Hard are up there among their very best tunes. The only track I don't think quite works is the cover tune "Cold is Being" - I find it interrupts the otherwise excellent flow - but that's probably just me. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 29 2018 at 21:27
| So far my favourite from them, though I still have to know more of them besides the big 3 albums (and Carnegie Hall), yet, somehow I don't think the albums I still have to get will be able to top these 3 albums. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 30 2018 at 08:52
| Beyond the big three albums (Scheherazade, Turn of the Cards & Ashes are Burning), A Song for all Seasons is also very good. Prologue & Novella have good moments , but aren't as strong as these four IMO. |