The best of Bruce Dickinson (2001)

Lineup
(On *)
Bruce Dickinson - Vocals
Roy Z - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Dickie Fliszar - Drums

Produced & Mixed by Roy Z
Recorded at Silver Cloud Studios, LA
Compiled by Bruce Dickinson

Singles
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Tracks CD1 Broken * Tattoed Millionaire Laughing In The Hiding Bush (Live) Tears Of The Dragon The Tower Born In '58 Accident Of Birth Silver Wings * Darkside Of Aquarius Chemical Wedding Back From The Edge Road To Hell Book Of Thel (Live) * exclusive to the album

Tracks CD2 Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter Darkness Be My Friend Wicker Man Real World Acoustic Song No Way Out...Continued Midnight Jam Man Of Sorrows Ballad Of Mutt Re-entry I'm In A Band With An Italian Drummer Jerusalem (Live) The Voice Of Crube Dracula

Promo videos:
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This, the first Bruce compilation, leans towards the heavier side of his solo-career. Style wise the "Tattooed millionaire"-material stands out from the rest of the compilation. The underrepresentation of Skunkworks material is also notable. The cd also featured two new tracks; the heavy song "Broken" and the Maidenesque "Silver Wings".

But the real reason for any fan of Bruce music to buy this record is the "Strictly limited bonus CD" that came with the first edition of the record. It features a mix between unreleased tracks and various B-sides from diffrent times and eras of Bruce solo career. Previously unreleased tracks are "Wicker Man" (no connection to the Maiden track at all, except for the title), "Acoustic Song", "Midnight Jam", the demo version of "Man of Sorrows", the live version of "Jerusalem" that never got onto "Scream for me Brazil" and, last but not least, "Dracula", Bruce's first ever studio recording from 1977. Towards the end of the cd "The voice of Crube" features Bruce talking about the various bonus tracks.

The booklet features a Bruce solo biography, lyrics and lots of photos. Unfortunately there are no lyrics or recording data for the material on the bonus disc. The first edition also came with a printed short tale about "Crube, Sreg, King Dor and Prince Harry" written by Bruce, sorry, Crube!

The album was released in Europe on September 24 2001.

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