Best of Bruce Dickinson (Bonus CD)

Bruce Dickinson1990年——2000年十年个人专辑精选。其中包括多首从未发行过的作品。 1990年Bruce Dickinson离开Iron Maiden乐队单飞，当年发行了“tattooed millionaire",获得了成功，也为他的个人发展事业打下了坚实的基础。此后又与1994年发行“balls to picasso"，Bruce Dickinson在这张专辑中尝试了以前在Iron Maiden中未曾有过的风格，专辑中的大多数作品不是metal,而是hard rock,专辑中风格的改变让一些歌迷感到失望，但可以感觉到Bruce Dickinson想摆脱Iron Maiden的影子做具有自己风格的作品。之后的1995年发行了”alive in studio a"双张现场专辑，1996年又发行“skunkworks",专辑中的风格再此改变……，此时的歌迷们似乎已经理解Bruce Dickinson的想法并努力接受他这种风格上的改变。1997年的“accident of birth"的发行，让Bruce Dickinson大获成功，这张专辑是一张非常严谨的metal专辑，作品无论出词曲创作、到编曲、演奏以及后期制作都堪称完美，更令人兴奋的是Bruce Dickinson邀请前Iron Maiden的吉他手，吉他神童Adrian Smith担任主音吉他手，这样使得Bruce Dickinson的录音BAND终于有了2个吉他手，另一个吉他是，也是专辑的制作人之一的Roy Z。此后，Bruce Dickinson又与Adrian Smith合作相继发行了”the chemical wedding"(1998),"scream for me brazil"(1999)。“accident of birth"的成功使得1998年“the chemical wedding"未发先热，最终专辑成为了Bruce Dickinson单飞后销量最好的一张。Bruce Dickinson与Adrian Smith的这几次成功的合作，也为后来的Iron Maiden乐队重组打下了伏笔，Bruce Dickinson与Adrian Smith的一起回归，使得Iron Maiden在2000年以后重获新生！三个超级吉他手的配置也成为世界重金属乐队中的传奇！ Most of you probably know that Bruce Dickinson was and is the lead singer of the legendary metal band Iron Maiden. For 2 albums he was replaced by Blaze Bayley who never managed to step out of Bruce's mighty shadow. Blaze issued an excellent solo album called Silicon Messiah in 2000, a must for any metalhead. But I digress. On to the matter at hand. The two CD version of The Best of Bruce Dickinson is suppose to a limited edition so hurry up and grab your copy. The first disc is a retrospective of Bruce's solo career. All but 2 of the tracks are taken from the following studio albums Tattooed Millionaire , Balls to Picasso, Skunkworks , Accident of Birth and Chemical Wedding and the 2 live albums Alive in Studio A and Scream For Me Brazil. The other 2 tracks are new and are exclusive to this CD. The two new songs are called Silver Wings and Broke. Silver Wings returns us to one of Bruce's favourite subject that is air combat in WW2. Silver Wings would fit right in the era that produced Aces High and Tailgunner. Its fast and melodic with great guitar work. Broken, could of come of the Chemical Wedding album an it is a slower crunchier song that will get your head banging in a second. The Tattooed Millionaire album is represented by its title song and by Born in 58 both are solid hard rock numbers. Including Son of Gun would have been nice since it's a very good track but no matter the selections included are top notch. Alive in Studio spawned the live version of Laughing in the Hiding Bush, originally on the Balls to Picasso studio album, not my first choice but a solid song none the less. I would of preferred the inclusion of Cyclops, Shoot All The Clowns or Sacred Cowboys or the already mentioned Son of a Gun but that's a minor quibble. Tears of the Dragon is from Bruce's most underrated album Balls to Picasso and is a masterpiece. Bruce's vocals are in top shape and the instrumentals are first rate. A very powerful song. I wish more songs from this album were included in this greatest hits. Skunkworks is which seems to be destined to be Bruce's most disliked solo album is only represented by the very good Back From The Edge. Personally I find Skunkworks to be a very enjoyable and would liked to have seen included its best track which is Solar Confinment. The album itself is a slight departure from Bruce's and usual style but the album itself is an unqualified succes. The excellent Accident of Birth is represented by four tracks including its title track. The other 3 being Darkside of Aquarius and Road to Hell and Man of Sorrows. All excellent choices. Darkside of Aquarius being the best among the bunch. I think its one of the best songs Bruce has done. Excellent guitars and Bruce's vocals are powerful and smooth. Bruce's best album, Chemical Wedding is only represented by 2 tracks including its title track. One of the 2 tracks , Book of Thel, is taken from the Live Scream For Me Brazil Album. In all fairness the whole Chemica Wedding album could have been included in the greatest hits CD.Easily one of the best heavy matal records of the 90's. Despite my slight quibble with the track selections this is one tremendous CD with nary a dud among the tracks. With only 5 solo studio albums it gives you an idea of Bruce's songwriting talent that he could of easily of had a second CD dedicated to his greatest hits. The second CD is more for completist and huge Dickinson fans. Highlights include a the live Jerusalem, the pre Maiden Bring Your Daughter to The Slaughter, the no relation to the maiden song of the same name The Wicker Man from the Chemical Wedding session and Bruces first ever recording called Dracula. Even back then he had the powerful vocals. If you are an Iron Maiden or heavy metal fan and are on a limited budget and want to give Bruce's solo material a try. I suggest you buy this album and the Chemical Wedding. By Alain Fournier "wubby"