To the Power of Three

To the Power of Three
Studio album by 3
Released 25 March 1988[nb 1]
Recorded E-Zee Studios
(London, England)
West Side Studios
(London, England)
Genre
Length 37:57[nb 2]
Label Geffen
Producer
Singles from To the Power of Three
  1. "Talkin' Bout"
    Released: 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

To the Power of Three (stylised as ...To the Power of Three) is the only album by the British-American progressive rock band 3, a spin-off from Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Produced by Carl Palmer and Robert Berry, it was released in early 1988 by Geffen Records.

The album contains the Byrds classic song "Eight Miles High", with revamped lyrics. The closing track, "On My Way Home", was dedicated to Tony Stratton-Smith.

To the Power of Three was met with negative reviews and was a commercial failure, having reached just number 97 in the U.S. Billboard 200.[2] Jason Ankeny wrote to AllMusic a one-sentence review in which he admitted that "...To the Power of Three fails to recapture the magic of Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer's past collaborations" and gave the album a 2-out-of-5 star rating.[1]

"Talkin' Bout", being the only single released from the album, peaked at number 9 in the Mainstream Rock chart.[2]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Talkin' Bout"  Robert Berry 4:00
2. "Lover to Lover"  Keith Emerson, Berry, Carl Palmer 4:12
3. "Chains"  Sue Shifrin, Bob Marlette 3:42
4. "Desde la Vida"
  • (I) "La Vista"
  • (II) "Frontera"
  • (III) "Sangre de Toro"  

  • Emerson, Berry, Palmer
  • Emerson
  • Emerson, Palmer
 7:06
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "Eight Miles High"  Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby[a] 4:08
6. "Runaway"  Berry 4:42
7. "You Do or You Don't"  Berry 5:02
8. "On My Way Home"  Emerson 4:46
Total length:
 37:57
Notes

Personnel

3
Additional musicians
  • Suzie O'List – backing vocals
  • Kim Liatt J. Edwards – backing vocals
  • Lana Williams – backing vocals
Technical personnel

Charts

Album
Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 97
"Talkin' Bout"
Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[2] 9

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Geffen: 32XD-937
  2. ↑ Geffen: 9 24181-2
Citations
  1. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. 3: "To the Power of Three" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "3: "To the Power of Three" > Awards". AllMusic.
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