Corridors of Power (album)

Corridors of Power is the third solo album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1982. It contains a cover of Free's "Wishing Well".

The first 25,000 vinyl copies of Corridors of Power came with a bonus EP, with three live tracks recorded at the Marquee, London on 25 August 1982.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Take Me for a Loser"	Moore	4:17
2.	"Always Gonna Love You"	Moore	3:56
3.	"Wishing Well"	Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Paul Kossoff	4:06
4.	"Gonna Break My Heart Again"	Moore	3:19
5.	"Falling in Love with You"	Moore	4:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"End of the World"	Moore	6:53
2.	"Rockin' Every Night"	Moore, Ian Paice	2:48
3.	"Cold Hearted"	Moore	5:12
4.	"I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow"	Moore	7:47

CD release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Take Me for a Loser"	Moore	4:17
2.	"Always Gonna Love You"	Moore	3:56
3.	"Wishing Well"	Rodgers, Kirke, Yamauchi, Bundrick, Kossoff	4:06
4.	"Gonna Break My Heart Again"	Moore	3:19
5.	"Falling in Love with You"	Moore	4:52
6.	"End of the World"	Moore	6:53
7.	"Rockin' Every Night"	Moore, Paice	2:48
8.	"Cold Hearted"	Moore	5:12
9.	"I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow"	Moore	7:47

2002 remastered CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Falling in Love with You" (Remix)	Moore	4:10
11.	"Falling in Love with You" (Remix instrumental)	Moore	4:24
12.	"Love Can Make a Fool of You"	Moore	4:06

Personnel

Gary Moore - lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals
Ian Paice - drums, percussion (all but 6)
Neil Murray - bass guitar (all but 5)
Tommy Eyre - keyboards (all but 5)

Additional personnel

John Sloman - backing vocals
Jack Bruce - co-lead vocals (6)
Bobby Chouinard - drums (6)
Mo Foster - bass guitar (5)
Don Airey - keyboards (5)

Trivia

Mari Hamada covered "Love Can Make a Fool of You" (Retitled as "Love, Love, Love") on her 1985 album Rainbow Dream.
As a nod to Corridors of Power, American guitarist Jeff Kollman named his 2012 solo album Silence in the Corridor, the title track of which is a tribute to Moore.

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Corridors of Power (album) at AllMusic

Gary Moore

Gary Moore Neil Carter Jonathan Noyce Darrin Mooney

Studio albums	Grinding Stone Back on the Streets G-Force (w/ G-Force) Corridors of Power Dirty Fingers Victims of the Future Run for Cover Wild Frontier After the War Still Got the Blues After Hours Blues for Greeny Dark Days in Paradise A Different Beat Back to the Blues Scars (w/ Scars) Power of the Blues Old New Ballads Blues Close as You Get Bad for You Baby

Live albums	Rockin' Every Night: Live in Japan Live at the Marquee / Live We Want Moore! Blues Alive Live at Monsters of Rock Essential Montreux Live at Montreux 2010 Blues for Jimi

Compilation albums	Gary Moore Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 Out in the Fields Blood of Emeralds Best of the Blues Have Some Moore Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection Back on the Streets: The Rock Collection The Essential Gary Moore The Platinum Collection

Videography	Emerald Isles: Live in Ireland Live in Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour Blues for Greeny Live Live at Montreux 1990 One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott Live at Monsters of Rock The Definitive Montreux Collection Live at Montreux

Notable songs	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Out in the Fields" (w/ Phil Lynott) "Parisienne Walkways" "Still Got the Blues"

Related articles	Discography Skid Row (Irish band) Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott Colosseum II Greg Lake BBM

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