Games People Play
The Alan Parsons Project
1981
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1980
Release: 1980Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.7 reviewed original release year: Reviewed original album/single year. Later chart placement and reissues do not reset the first release; exact mix and worldwide day remain unspecified.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1981.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card archive
Original 1980 program contains Games People Play and Time. The tracklist does not establish any recording titled Whose Side Are You On.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A progressive rock track featuring vocals by Lenny Zakatek.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1981.html, song-list position 53
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification; Style term found in imported, unverified source annotation
Billboard year-end 1981 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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