Balls to Picasso

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Balls to Picasso
Studio album by Bruce Dickinson
Released	1994
Genre	Heavy Metal
Producer(s)	Shay Baby
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Bruce Dickinson chronology
Tattooed Millionaire 1990	Balls to Picasso (1994)	Skunkworks (1996)

Balls to Picasso is a heavy metal album released in 1994 and is the second solo effort in Bruce Dickinson's career (see 1994 in music).

This marked the beginning of Bruce's collaborations with Roy Z, who would work on many of Bruce's later albums including The Chemical Wedding, Accident of Birth and Tyranny of Souls. Style-wise it is substantially different from Tattooed Millionaire but is still more traditional than the follow up album Skunkworks released in 1996.

The metal ballad Tears of the Dragon stayed for many months on the top of charts in countries like Brazil where Dickinson has a large fan base. Balls To Picasso was a Rock album rather than Dickinson's other solo works and albums with Iron Maiden, which were Heavy Metal and Hard Rock albums.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Track listing for the 2005 Extended Edition (Bonus CD) 3 Credits 3.1 Tribe of Gypsies 3.2 Additional musicians 3.3 Credits

[edit] Track listing

1. "Cyclops" – 7:58
2. "Hell No" – 5:11
3. "Gods of War" – 5:02
4. "1000 Points of Light" – 4:25
5. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" – 4:20
6. "Change of Heart" – 4:58
7. "Shoot All the Clowns" – 4:24
8. "Fire" – 4:30
9. "Sacred Cowboys" – 3:53
10. "Tears of the Dragon" – 6:24

All songs by Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z, except "Laughing In The Hiding Bush, by Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z/Austin Dickinson, "Fire", by Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z/Eddie Casillas and "Tears Of The Dragon", by Bruce Dickinson.

[edit] Track listing for the 2005 Extended Edition (Bonus CD)

1. "Fire Child"
2. "Elvis has left the Building"
3. "The Breeding House"
4. "No Way Out...To Be Continued"
5. "Tears of the Dragon (Acoustic Chillout)"
6. "Winds of Change" (a different version to the track recorded during the Tattooed Millionaire sessions)
7. "Spirit of Joy"
8. "Over and Out"
9. "Shoot All the Clowns (12" Extended Remix)"
10. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush (live)"
11. "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out (live)"
12. "Shoot All the Clowns (7" Remix)
13. "Tibet"
14. "Tears of the Dragon (First Bit, Long Bit, Last Bit)"
15. "Cadillac Gas Mask"
16. "No Way Out...Continued"

[edit] Credits

• Bruce Dickinson – Vocals

[edit] Tribe of Gypsies

• Roy Z – Guitar
• Eddie Cassillas – Bass guitar
• David Ingraham – Drums
• Doug Van Booven – Percussion

[edit] Additional musicians

• Mario Aguilar ("Shoot all the Clowns")
• Dean Ortega ("Shoot all the Clowns")
• Dickie Fliszar – Drums ("Tears of the Dragon")

[edit] Credits

• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti & Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk

Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson | Roy Z | Adrian Smith | Eddie Cassillas | David Ingraham
Alex Dickson | Janick Gers | Chris Dale | Alessandro Elena | Andy Carr | Fabio Del Rio | Doug Van Booven
Discography
Studio Albums: Tattooed Millionaire | Balls to Picasso | Skunkworks | Accident of Birth | The Chemical Wedding | Tyranny of Souls
Live Albums: Alive in Studio A | Scream for Me Brazil
Compilations: The Best of Bruce Dickinson | Anthology (DVD)