Balls to Picasso

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Balls to Picasso
Studio album by Bruce Dickinson
Released	1994
Genre	Heavy Metal
Label	Mercury Records (US original) Sanctuary Records (US re-release)
Producer	Shay Baby
Professional reviews
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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 effort in Bruce Dickinson's solo career (see 1994 in music). The metal ballad "Tears of the Dragon" stayed for many months on top the of charts in countries like Brazil where Dickinson has a large fanbase.

This record 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. Stylistically it departs from Tattooed Millionaire but is still more traditional-sounding than the follow-up album Skunkworks released in 1996. Later, Dickinson said that he and Roy Z were talked into making the album less heavy than it should have been [1].

Balls to Picasso was also released in DVD-Audio 5.1 mix and DualDisc (CD/DVD-Audio 5.1 mix) versions.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Track listing for the 2005 Extended Edition (Bonus CD) 3 Info 4 Credits 4.1 Tribe of Gypsies 4.2 Additional musicians 4.3 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] Info

• "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" is dedicated to Bruce Dickinson's son. According to Bruce, when his son was a child he said he was "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" instead of "Hiding in the Laughing Bush". The "Laughing Bush" was a nickname for a bush in their home.

[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

v • d • e Bruce Dickinson Bruce Dickinson · Roy Z See: List of Bruce Dickinson band members 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)