Alan Parsons Project Time ( 1981 ) From the album ” The Turn of a Friendly Card ” ( 1980 ) The album was released in November of 1980 and was produced by Alan Parsons. ” Time ” was released : April 1981 ( USA ) August 1981 ( UK ) And was produced by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson Time is a 1981 song by the Alan Parsons Project. The song charted at number 15 on the US Billboard pop chart, thus making it one of the group’s more successful singles. The song was the first Alan Parsons Project single featuring the late Eric Woolfson as lead vocalist, and one of the group’s few songs in which Alan Parsons’ own voice can be heard singing (background/counterpoint vocals). The Turn of a Friendly Card is a progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980. The album focuses on gambling, and loosely tells the tale of a middle-aged man who grows restless and takes a chance by going to a casino and betting all he has, only to lose it all. The original LP had a side-long title piece, which was broken up into five tracks (as were the CD versions except the West German pressing), with the five sub-tracks having their names listed with sub-numberings – a la an outline numbering system.. The Turn of a Friendly Card is also notable for spawning the moderate hits “Games People Play” and “Time,” the latter of which was Eric Woolfson’s first lead vocal appearance. ” Time ” ( 1981 ) Time, flowing like a river Time, beckoning me Who knows when we shall meet again, if ever But …