Power of a Woman

This article is about the Eternal album. For the Tairrie B album, see Power of a Woman (Tairrie B album). For the 1952 American TV program, see The Power of Women.

Power of a Woman is the second studio album by the British R&B vocal group Eternal, released in October 1995. It was the band's first album without former member Louise who left the group to pursue a solo career. According to Billboard, as of February 1997, Power of a Woman has sold two million copies worldwide.^[9] In June 2019, Power of a Woman was ranked at number 25 on the Official Charts Company's list of the "top 40 biggest girl band studio albums of the last 25 years".^[10]

Power of a Woman
Studio album by Eternal
Released	30 October 1995 (1995-10-30)[1]
Recorded	April–August 1995
Studio	The Master Room, London Sarm West Studios, London
Genre	R&B soul
Length	53:16
Label	EMI 1st Avenue
Producer	Dennis Charles Ronnie Wilson Rhett Lawrence BeBe Winans Debra Killings Arnold Hennings Dallas Austin
Eternal chronology
Always & Forever (1993) Power of a Woman (1995) Before the Rain (1997)
Singles from Power of a Woman
"Power of a Woman" Released: 9 October 1995[2] "I Am Blessed" Released: 27 November 1995 "Good Thing" Released: 26 February 1996[3] "Who Are You?" Released: 13 March 1996 (Japan only)[4] "Secrets" Released: 25 November 1996[5]
Alternative cover
Re-release cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
NME	8/10[7]
Smash Hits	[8]

Overview

The album was a success and charted at number 6 in the UK Albums Chart in 1995. Eternal worked with new producers, giving them a slightly more R&B feel than their previous album Always & Forever. Power of a Woman received a positive reaction from critics, and the album was later re-released with a bonus disc featuring dance remixes.^[11]

Power of a Woman gave Eternal another 4 top 10 singles, "Power of a Woman", "I Am Blessed", and remixed versions of "Good Thing" and "Secrets". "It Will Never End" was planned to be the fifth release, but this was later cancelled due to Eternal releasing "Someday", which was the theme tune to Disney's 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. "Who Are You?" was released as a single in Japan only.

In 1996 the album was re-released as a two CD set. Disc one contains the original album and disc two is titled The Number One Dance Mixes and contains six remixes of previous Eternal singles.

The Australian version of Power of a Woman includes their debut single "Stay" as a bonus track at the end of the album.

Track listing

Original album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Power of a Woman"	Carl Sturken Evan Rogers	4:24
2.	"I Am Blessed"	Marsha Malamet Mark Mueller	4:24
3.	"Good Thing"	David Frank Jeff Pescetto	3:51
4.	"Telling You Now"	Eternal Dennis Charles Ronnie Wilson D.A. Phillips	4:49
5.	"Hurry Up"	Eternal Charles Wilson	3:34
6.	"Redemption Song"	Bob Marley	4:12
7.	"It Will Never End"	BeBe Winans Billy Steele	4:43
8.	"Who Are You"	Wilson	3:17
9.	"Secrets"	Debra Killings	3:42
10.	"Your Smile"	Eternal D. Killings James Killings	3:39
11.	"Don't Make Me Wait"	Eternal Arnold Hennings	4:31
12.	"Up to You"	Eternal Charles Wilson	3:58
13.	"Faith in Love"	Eternal Charles Wilson	4:12

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Oh Happy Day"	Edwin Hawkins	3:41

Bonus disc: Number One Dance Mixes

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay" (West End D'Rhythm Mix)	Mark Stevens Bobby Khozouri	7:26
2.	"Just a Step from Heaven" (Frankie Foncett Main Mix)	Wayne Cohen Sheppard Solomon	7:27
3.	"So Good" (Tree Men Full On Mix)	Eternal	6:49
4.	"Sweet Funky Thing" (Uno Clio Remix)	Tommy Faragher Lotti Golden Evelyn "Champagne" King	7:35
5.	"Crazy" (West End Remix)	Winans	6:11
6.	"Power of a Woman" (Father of Sound Vocal Mix)	Sturken Rogers	8:19

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Power of a Woman Chart (1995) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 14 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 48 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14] 35 Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 30 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 6 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[17] 1

Year-end charts 1995 year-end chart performance for Power of a Woman Chart (1995) Position UK Albums (OCC)[18] 32 1996 year-end chart performance for Power of a Woman Chart (1996) Position UK Albums (OCC)[19] 67

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Power of a Woman

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[20]	2× Platinum	600,000^
Summaries
Worldwide	—	2,000,000[9]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.