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] Suzie O'List, backing vocalist on the album, is the sister of David O'list, The Nice's guitarist. She has had a career of her own, as a solo singer and backing vocalist with other artists.

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

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

Citations

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