Power of Ten (album) explained

Power of Ten
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chris de Burgh
Cover:	Chris_de_Burgh_Power_of_Ten_album_cover.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	April 1992
Genre:	Rock
Length:	52:01
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Rupert Hine
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	This Way Up
Next Year:	1994

Power of Ten is the tenth studio album by British-Irish singer Chris de Burgh, released in 1992 on A&M Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris de Burgh.

1. "Where We Will Be Going" – 4:30
2. "By My Side" – 4:24
3. "Heart of Darkness" – 4:45
4. "In Your Eyes" – 4:49
5. "Separate Tables" – 3:38
6. "Talk to Me" – 3:51
7. "The Connemara Coast" (with The Chieftains) – 3:47
8. "Brother John" – 4:55
9. "Shine On" – 4:59
10. "A Celebration" – 3:49
11. "She Means Everything to Me" – 3:19
12. "Making the Perfect Man" – 5:16

• "Separate Tables" was also recorded as an English duet as well as an English/German duet with Greek singer Vicky Leandros and released on her 2000 album Jetzt!.^[1]
• Lyrics and music of the track "Heart of Darkness" appear again as a recurrent motif in the later Chris de Burgh album Moonfleet & Other Stories, released in 2010, particularly in the track "The Light on the Bay".

Personnel

• Chris de Burgh – lead vocals, backing vocals, additional acoustic guitar (2, 8, 9)
• Rupert Hine – keyboards
• Danny McBride – electric guitars, guitar solos
• Geoffrey Richardson – acoustic guitars, viola (1)
• Jamie West-Oram – electric guitar (6)
• John Giblin – bass
• Michael Witzel – drums, percussion
• Tim Sanders – saxophone
• The Chieftains – various instruments (7)
• Paddy Moloney – arrangements (7)
• Miriam Stockley – additional backing vocals (4, 6, 9)
• Linda Taylor – additional backing vocals (4, 6, 9)

Production

• Produced by Rupert Hine
• Engineered and mixed by Stephen W. Tayler at Metropolis Studios (London, England).
• Assistant technician – James Cadsky
• Art direction and design – Norman Service
• Photography – Richard Haughton
• Management – Dave Margereson and Kenny Thomson for Mismanagement, Inc.

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[2]	23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[3]	23

Certifications

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Chris de Burgh Website . Cdeb.com . 5 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306023201/http://www.cdeb.com/cdebnew/jetzt.html . 6 March 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. 14 June 2021.
3. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992. hitparade.ch. 14 June 2021.