''Corridors of Power'' is the second solo

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, released in October 1982.

Background

The album contains a cover of the

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song "Wishing Well". The track "End of the World" features

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sharing lead vocals with Moore. Moore would later join with Bruce again on the

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project in 1993. The album also features then former

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drummer

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on most tracks and former Uriah Heep singer

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on backing vocals. The first 25,000 vinyl copies of ''Corridors of Power'' came with a bonus EP featuring three live tracks recorded at the Marquee,

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on 25 August 1982. Japanese rock singer

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covered "Love Can Make a Fool of You" (Retitled as "Love, Love, Love") on her 1985 album ''Rainbow Dream''. A far bluesier version of the song also showed up on the posthumous Gary Moore album

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. As a nod to ''Corridors of Power'', American guitarist Jeff Kollman named his 2012 solo album ''Silence in the Corridor'', the title track of which is a tribute to Moore.

Track listing

Personnel

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and

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and

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, cover concept * Neil Murray – bass (all except track 5) *

Tommy Eyre Tommy Eyre (5 June 1949 – 23 May 2001) was an English session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Greg Lake, B.B. King, John ...

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(all except track 5) *

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(all except track 6) ;Additional personnel *

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– bass on track 5 *

Don Airey Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore ...

– keyboards on track 5 *

– co-lead vocals on track 6 *Bobby Chouinard – drums on track 6 ;Technical personnel *

Jeff Glixman Jeff Glixman is an American record producer. He has produced, mixed or remastered artists such as Kansas, Magnum, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Georgia Satellites and Black Sabbath. Combined sales of his projects exceed 30 million units. Car ...

– production *Steve Prestage – engineering, mixing *Nigel Walker – engineering *Ian Cooper – mastering *Steve Barnett, Part Rock – management *Graphyk – artwork

Charts

Album

Singles

References

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