3 – “…To The Power of Three” is the first album by the British-American melodic rock/ 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.When this album was produced, Cozy Powell had left Emerson, Lake & Powell, and Carl Palmer had returned. However, Greg Lake did not join for this album; this is the only album created with Robert Berry performing in his place.
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.
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.
I can se the reason why this album did not fall well among the ELP fans due to the fact that this album has mor simulareties to Asia, GTR or even the Emelen Lake Powel album then original ELP.
However this is still one of the finest albums of it’s era and the remaster giver a whole new dimention to the sound.
“Talkin’ Bout”, the only single released from the album, peaked at number 9 in the Mainstream Rock chart.
Track Listing:
1. Talkin’ Bout
2. Lover to Lover
3. Chains
4. Desde la Vida | La Vista (II) “Frontera”, (III) “Sangre de Toro”
5. Eight Miles High
6. Runaway
7. You Do or You Don’t
8. On My Way Home
bonus
9. Talkin’ Bout (7″ Vinyl Version)
10. La Vista (7″ Vinyl Version)
This remaster was Released 30th July 2021
Arranged By – Keith Emerson
Backing Vocals – Kim Liatt J. Edwards, Lana Williams, Suzie O’List
Drums – Carl Palmer
Keyboards – Keith Emerson
Producer – Carl Palmer, Robert Berry
Remastered By – John Hughes
Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Bass – Robert Berry
Engineer – Ian Remmer, Nick Davis, Peter Jonas, Steve McNeill
Mastered By – Greg Fulginiti
Mixed By – David Thoener (tracks: 1, 2, 7)
Photography By – Mike Smallcombe
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