To the Power of Three

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.

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

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 Berry4:00
2."Lover to Lover"Keith Emerson, Berry, Carl Palmer4:12
3."Chains"Sue Shifrin, Bob Marlette3:42
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
  • ^a Lyrics were revised by Emerson, Berry, and Palmer.

Personnel

Charts

References
Notes
    1. Geffen: 32XD-937
    2. Geffen: 9 24181-2
    Citations
    1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 267. ISBN 9780862415419.
    2. Ankeny, Jason. 3: "To the Power of Three" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
    3. Tucker, Ken (10 March 1988). "Releases from Plant, Shorter". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com open access.
    4. "3: "To the Power of Three" > Awards". AllMusic.
    5. "3 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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