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	Progressive rock pop rock
Length	37:57^{[nb 2]}
Label	Geffen
Producer	Carl Palmer Robert Berry

Singles from To the Power of Three
"Talkin' Bout" Released: 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	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^[2]	97

"Talkin' Bout"

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[2]	9

References

Notes

↑ Geffen: 32XD-937
↑ Geffen: 9 24181-2

Citations

1 2 Ankeny, Jason. 3: "To the Power of Three" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 "3: "To the Power of Three" > Awards". AllMusic.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Keith Emerson Greg Lake Carl Palmer

Studio albums	Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus Trilogy Brain Salad Surgery Works Volume 1 Works Volume 2 Love Beach Black Moon In the Hot Seat

Live albums	Pictures at an Exhibition Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen In Concert / Works Live Live at the Royal Albert Hall King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live Live in Poland Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Then and Now The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults A Time and a Place High Voltage Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival '72

Compilation albums	The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Ultimate Collection The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Box sets	The Return of the Manticore From the Beginning A Time and a Place

Songs	"Take a Pebble" "Lucky Man" "Fanfare for the Common Man" "From the Beginning" "I Believe in Father Christmas" "Karn Evil 9" "Tarkus" "The Barbarian" "Knife-Edge"

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