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« Reply #140 on: June 30, 2011, 09:20:16 AM »
Wow, someone sure likes Chemical Wedding.  :biggrin:

Surprised to see Trumpets of Jericho at number one, it's not one of my favorites... The other three deserve to be ranked high, though.  :tup

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« Reply #141 on: December 12, 2012, 08:04:39 AM »
......bump!

I like these albums in diffrent ways but here's my album ranking:

The Chemical Wedding
Accident of birth
Balls to Picasso
Skunkworks
Tyranny of Souls
Tattooed Millionaire (It's a fun album)

I just wanna give a little personal love to Skunkworks which always gets in the shadow behind his other albums. Yea it's diffrent but there's something about that album that hooks me...can't really put my mind on what it is. Love Innerspace and Back from the Edge!  :metal
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« Reply #142 on: December 12, 2012, 08:44:35 AM »
Yeah, Skunkworks is really great.
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« Reply #143 on: December 12, 2012, 12:33:32 PM »
I liked Skunkworks from the start, but now I'd say I'd rank it right behind the big two. The mixture of different styles and influences as well as a completely free spirit in terms of making a new band with a fresh sound is probably what makes it so original. I've never heard an album like it.  :smiley:

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« Reply #144 on: December 12, 2012, 02:14:23 PM »
Skunkworks is my favorite, followed by Tyranny of Souls and then Chemical Wedding probably.

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« Reply #145 on: December 13, 2012, 04:04:18 AM »
I liked Skunkworks from the start, but now I'd say I'd rank it right behind the big two. The mixture of different styles and influences as well as a completely free spirit in terms of making a new band with a fresh sound is probably what makes it so original. I've never heard an album like it.  :smiley:

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« Reply #146 on: December 13, 2012, 05:24:06 AM »
Skunkworks
Accident of Birth
The Chemical Wedding
Balls to Picasso

Tyranny of Souls







Tattooed Millionaire

I love every single song on Skunkworks. That album is so full of energy, and the songs are pretty catchy.

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« Reply #147 on: December 14, 2012, 04:31:31 AM »
The timing for Skunworks was perfrect.  It's a shame it wasn't a hit, perfect 90's record.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson Top 30 (Now Sharing: Wolfking)
« Reply #148 on: December 14, 2012, 05:31:14 AM »
I'm sure y'all seen it already but Tribuzy & Bruce on the Live Reunion DVD just kills Tears of the Dragon, even better than the original! You can find it on YT.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson Top 30 (Now Sharing: Wolfking)
« Reply #149 on: December 14, 2012, 05:41:43 AM »
That's simply one of Bruce's best live performances ever recorded.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson Top 30 (Now Sharing: Wolfking)
« Reply #150 on: December 27, 2012, 09:39:31 PM »
I'm sure y'all seen it already but Tribuzy & Bruce on the Live Reunion DVD just kills Tears of the Dragon, even better than the original! You can find it on YT.

Never saw this before, wow its really awesome.

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« Reply #151 on: December 28, 2012, 02:18:52 AM »
That's simply one of Bruce's best live performances ever recorded.
Yea i have to agree and to add his best song performance in studio i think Into The Black Hole from Ayreon's Flight Of The Migrator is simply astounding.
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« Reply #152 on: December 28, 2012, 03:05:42 AM »
That's simply one of Bruce's best live performances ever recorded.
Yea i have to agree and to add his best song performance in studio i think Into The Black Hole from Ayreon's Flight Of The Migrator is simply astounding.

Agree. That is definitely one of his best studio performances.
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« Reply #153 on: March 26, 2013, 03:51:51 AM »
Holy bumping Batman!

I've started to check out Bruce's other solo albums, aside from Tattooed Millionaire, Chemical Wedding and Accident Of Birth that I already know (plus his compilation album). There write-ups are a great way to get to know the songs and albums that I haven't heard yet. So far I dig Tyranny Of Souls the most, but Skunkworks sounds great too. I haven't gotten to Picasso yet.

Anybody know if he's got any plans for a new solo album? I am going to order his Anthology DVD too.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson Top 30 (Now Sharing: Wolfking)
« Reply #154 on: March 26, 2013, 03:55:14 AM »
Skunkworks is amazing, very underrated for the time.  TOS was good but I think expectations from it were too high.  I listen back to it though often and it's really a pretty good album.  Picasso is a bit plain, but it's interesting and has a few classic songs.

No plans as far as I know regarding new material from Bruce.  I doubt we'll see anything while Maiden is still around and touring.  The Anthology DVD is pretty good.
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« Reply #155 on: March 26, 2013, 04:34:15 AM »
Holy bumping Batman!

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I've started to check out Bruce's other solo albums, aside from Tattooed Millionaire, Chemical Wedding and Accident Of Birth that I already know (plus his compilation album). There write-ups are a great way to get to know the songs and albums that I haven't heard yet. So far I dig Tyranny Of Souls the most, but Skunkworks sounds great too. I haven't gotten to Picasso yet.

Anybody know if he's got any plans for a new solo album? I am going to order his Anthology DVD too.

Great, I love Bruce's solo work aside from TM. Bruce Dickinson Skunkworks is my favourite.

Balls to Picasso is good, maybe a couple of weaker songs, but there are songs like Cyclops, Hell No, 1000 Points of Light and Tears of the Dragon which are great.

There is rumours about a new solo album, but nothing's confirmed yet. But I'll wait for it.

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« Reply #156 on: March 26, 2013, 04:41:34 AM »
Where do these rumors spur from?   it's news to me.
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« Reply #157 on: March 26, 2013, 04:56:20 AM »
Where do these rumors spur from?   it's news to me.

Steve said something about it at the time British Lion was released. Like when he did solo album, Bruce might do one aswell.

OK, it's pretty obscure, but even the slightest hint is okay for me :caffeine:.

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« Reply #158 on: March 26, 2013, 04:59:04 AM »
Hmm...I think that's pretty far fetched but I hope I'm proved wrong.
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« Reply #159 on: March 26, 2013, 05:47:10 AM »
I'll be happy to announce this then - from an interview with Henning Basse:

https://www.metalmeltdown.com/1/post/2013/03/interviews-henningbasse2013.html

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Meeting Bruce Dickinson in LA: Uli told me of course before, 'There might be a chance that Bruce Dickinson is coming up, and we have to jam with him, and you will be on stage with him singing his background vocals.' We wanted to do 'Mistreated' and 'Black Night,' and even maybe if he's in the mood for 'Run to the Hills'. So we were jamming that Run to the Hills song the night before. It didn't work out, because he was working with Roy Z the whole day doing this solo record*, and there wasn't any chance for him to sing live. I woke up, and I heard this really strong British accent in the back of the bus, so I came in and he was sitting there. He was really a gentleman, really down to earth, and we were chatting a bit and having a couple pictures.

So yeah, there you go. Just found about this today, what a coincidence.

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« Reply #160 on: March 26, 2013, 05:58:26 AM »
YYEAAHH! :metal
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« Reply #161 on: March 26, 2013, 10:24:24 AM »
Damn he's a busy man but i don't mind. Bring it on Bruce!  :metal
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« Reply #162 on: March 26, 2013, 11:38:22 AM »
Thank Christ for that! Took him long enough. :lol

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« Reply #163 on: July 01, 2017, 04:01:21 PM »
Major bumpage.

I had never heard Bruce's solo albums. I've listening to all of them all this past week. Some amazing pieces. I'm surprised on the heavyness on some of them which I absolutely love.

Question: Are the B-sides worth getting?

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« Reply #164 on: July 01, 2017, 04:04:55 PM »
Some are quite obscene and very forgettable, some others are absolute gems.

My suggestions:

No Way Out (...to be continued)
The Breeding House
Firechild
Darkness Be My Friend
Acoustic Song
Return of the King
Real World
Re-Entry
Armchair Hero
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« Reply #165 on: July 01, 2017, 04:39:08 PM »
Major bumpage.

I had never heard Bruce's solo albums. I've listening to all of them all this past week. Some amazing pieces. I'm surprised on the heavyness on some of them which I absolutely love.

Question: Are the B-sides worth getting?
There are some gems in there, especially from the later albums. Get the 2CD version of Best Of Bruce Dickinson because the 2nd disc contains most of the essentials.
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Re: Bruce Dickinson Top 30 (Now Sharing: Wolfking)
« Reply #166 on: July 01, 2017, 10:27:37 PM »
Major bumpage.

I had never heard Bruce's solo albums. I've listening to all of them all this past week. Some amazing pieces. I'm surprised on the heavyness on some of them which I absolutely love.

Question: Are the B-sides worth getting?

GHOST. OF. CAIN.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfxxZkG49hM

It's included on the 2-CD version of Accident of Birth.

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« Reply #167 on: July 02, 2017, 04:01:57 AM »
Question: Are the B-sides worth getting?

YES!
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Re: Bruce Dickinson Top 30 (Now Sharing: Wolfking)
« Reply #168 on: July 02, 2017, 09:30:19 AM »
Major bumpage.

I had never heard Bruce's solo albums. I've listening to all of them all this past week. Some amazing pieces. I'm surprised on the heavyness on some of them which I absolutely love.

Question: Are the B-sides worth getting?

There are a handful of amazing ones...

Broken
Silver Wings
Return of the King
Wicker Man

but most of them are not that interesting to me.  If you enjoy all his solo stuff then it's worth checking out.

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« Reply #169 on: July 02, 2017, 06:19:45 PM »
Ghost of Cain
Return of the King
Wicker Man
The Breeding House
No Way Out...To Be Continued
No Way Out...Continued
Real World
Armchair Hero
Darkness Be My Friend

All amazing.
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« Reply #170 on: July 02, 2017, 06:39:01 PM »
Bruce did a cover of Alice Cooper's Black Widow on the tribute album, Humanary Stew.
It's an awesome cover.

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The same album has Dio doing an fantastic version of Welcome To My Nightmare.
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« Reply #171 on: July 05, 2017, 09:28:44 AM »
Would you guys recommend getting the remasters/expanded issues? How's the sound quality on the remasters? Or just get the original releases and buy the B-sides release.

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« Reply #172 on: July 05, 2017, 09:44:16 AM »
Would you guys recommend getting the remasters/expanded issues? How's the sound quality on the remasters? Or just get the original releases and buy the B-sides release.

I have the expanded version of Accident of Birth.  I never had the original, so I can't compare the sound quality, but I've always been happy with it.   The second disc has some of the B-sides to that record.  I only listen to Ghost of Cain and couldn't care for the demo tracks, though they can be fun when I feel like hearing something a little different.

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An extended edition of the album was released with the following tracks on CD 2. Tracks 1–4 appear on the CD single of "Man of Sorrows". Tracks 5–9 also feature on the Japanese CD release of "Man of Sorrows".
1."The Ghost of Cain" (Dickinson, Smith)  – 4:12
2."Accident of Birth (Demo)"  – 4:15
3."Starchildren (Demo)"  – 5:01
4."Taking the Queen (Demo)"  – 4:30
5."Man of Sorrows (Radio Edit)"  – 3:55
6."Man of Sorrows (Orchestral Version) – 5:17
7."Hombre Triste" (Spanish version of "Man of Sorrows")  – 3:53
8."Darkside of Aquarius (Demo)"  – 6:20
9."Arc of Space (Demo)"  – 4:02


Not sure if anyone linked to this, but Bruce was also featured on the Nativity in Black/Sabbath tribute album, singing Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (with Godspeed):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnfQdMVJDns

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« Reply #173 on: July 05, 2017, 05:33:38 PM »
Would you guys recommend getting the remasters/expanded issues? How's the sound quality on the remasters? Or just get the original releases and buy the B-sides release.

I had all the albums and got the remasters also just for the extra content.  I didn't notice any sound improvement to be honest, but it's worth it for the extra content.  Get the remasters IMO.  I got the 2CD best of but if you have all you are missing is Silver Wings and Broken and a couple more rarities on the second cd.

Also get the 3 CD Alive set which has the double live Skunkworks era album and Scream for Me Brazil.  Scream For Me Brazil is the essential one though.
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« Reply #174 on: July 06, 2017, 08:17:40 AM »
Would you guys recommend getting the remasters/expanded issues? How's the sound quality on the remasters? Or just get the original releases and buy the B-sides release.

I had all the albums and got the remasters also just for the extra content.  I didn't notice any sound improvement to be honest, but it's worth it for the extra content.  Get the remasters IMO.  I got the 2CD best of but if you have all you are missing is Silver Wings and Broken and a couple more rarities on the second cd.

Also get the 3 CD Alive set which has the double live Skunkworks era album and Scream for Me Brazil.  Scream For Me Brazil is the essential one though.

Pretty much this.   I upgraded my originals to the remasters and didn't notice a ton of difference, but now I have the b-sides (which I like).