To the Power of Three

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To the Power of Three
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Studio album by
3
Released25 March 1988 [nb 1]
RecordedE-Zee Studios
(London, England)
West Side Studios
(London, England)
Genre
Length37:57 [nb 2]
Label Geffen
Producer
Singles from To the Power of Three
  1. "Talkin' Bout"
    Released: February 1988 (US) [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

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

Contents

The album contains a version of the Byrds' classic song "Eight Miles High" with altered 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. [4] Jason Ankeny wrote to AllMusic a one-sentence review in which he opined 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. [2]

"Talkin' Bout", the only single released from the album, peaked at number 9 in the Mainstream Rock chart. [4]

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"Berry4:42
7."You Do or You Don't"Berry5:02
8."On My Way Home"Emerson4:46
Total length:37:57
Notes

Personnel

Charts

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References

Notes
    1. Geffen: 32XD-937
    2. Geffen: 9 24181-2
    Citations
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