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Power of Ten (album)

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Power of Ten
Studio album by
Chris de Burgh
Released27 April 1992[1]
Studio
GenreRock
Length52:01
LabelA&M
ProducerRupert Hine
Chris de Burgh chronology
High on Emotion: Live from Dublin
(1990)		 Power of Ten
(1992)		 This Way Up
(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 in two additional versions, an English duet and an English-German duet, with Greek singer Vicky Leandros and released on her 2000 album Jetzt!.[2]

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


Production

  • Produced by Rupert Hine
  • Engineered and mixed by Stephen W. Tayler
  • Assistant technician – James Cadsky
  • Art direction and design – Norman Service
  • Photography – Richard Haughton

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 23

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "New Releases: Albums". Music Week. 25 April 1992. p. 12.
  2. "The Official Chris de Burgh Website". Cdeb.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Chris De Burgh – Power of Ten" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Chris De Burgh – Power of Ten" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Chris De Burgh – Power of Ten" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. "Norwegiancharts.com – Chris De Burgh – Power of Ten". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. "Swisscharts.com – Chris De Burgh – Power of Ten". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. "Chris De Burgh Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. "British album certifications – Chris De Burgh – Power Of Ten". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 July 2019. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Power Of Ten Chris De Burgh in the "Search:" field.