To the Power of Three

To the Power of Three
Studio album by 3
Released	14 March 1988[1]
Recorded	E-Zee Studios (London, England) West Side Studios (London, England)
Genre	Progressive rock pop rock new wave
Length	37:57[nb 1]
Label	Geffen
Producer	Carl Palmer Robert Berry
Singles from To the Power of Three
"Talkin' Bout" Released: February 1988 (US)[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[4]

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.

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.^[5] 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.^[3]

"Talkin' Bout", the only single released from the album, peaked at number 9 in the Mainstream Rock chart.^[5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(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

• ^a Lyrics were revised by Emerson, Berry, and Palmer.

Personnel

3 Keith Emerson – keyboards Robert Berry – vocals, guitars, bass; production Carl Palmer – drums; production Additional musicians Suzie O'List – backing vocals Kim Liatt J. Edwards – backing vocals Lana Williams – backing vocals

Technical personnel David Thoener – mixing (The Record Plant, New York City) (on "Talkin' Bout", "Lover to Lover", and "You Do or You Don't") Steve McNeill – engineering (E-Zee Studios, London) Ian Remmer – engineering (E-Zee Studios, London) Peter Jones – engineering (West Side Studios, London) Nick Davis – engineering (West Side Studios, London) Greg Fulginiti – mastering (Artisan Sound Recorders) John Kalodner – John Kalodner The Cream Group, London – art direction Mike Smallcombe – photography

Charts

Album Chart (1988) Peak position US Billboard 200[6] 97

References

Notes

1. Geffen: 9 24181-2

Citations

1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 38.
2. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 267. ISBN 9780862415419.
3. Ankeny, Jason. 3: "To the Power of Three" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
4. Tucker, Ken (10 March 1988). "Releases from Plant, Shorter". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "3: "To the Power of Three" > Awards". AllMusic.
6. "3 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.