Skunkworks (album)

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Skunkworks
Studio album by Bruce Dickinson
Released	1996
Genre	Heavy Metal
Label	Castle Records
Producer	Jack Endino
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Bruce Dickinson chronology
Balls to Picasso (1994) Skunkworks (1996) Accident of Birth (1997)

Skunkworks is a Heavy Metal album released in 1996 (see 1996 in music) by Bruce Dickinson.

Originally, Bruce intended for Skunkworks to be the debut album of a band by the same name. Thus, the album sounds quite different from Bruce's other solo works. Furthermore, the songs are relatively short, with most running around 3 minutes. The band didn't last and for his next solo project, Accident of Birth, he teamed up with guitarist Roy Z again to produce a much more successful album.

Prior to the album's release, Bruce cut his hair in order to distance himself from his image in his days with Iron Maiden. Ironically, he has kept the short hair since then despite rejoining Iron Maiden in 1999 and returning to a more traditional style of Metal.

In 2005, Skunkworks was re-released and the 2005 extended version included songs performed live, such as "Inertia", "Faith", "Innerspace", "The Prisoner" and other previously unreleased songs.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Track listing for the 2005 expanded edition (2nd CD) 3 Info 4 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

1. "Space Race"
2. "Back From The Edge"
3. "Inertia"
4. "Faith"
5. "Solar Confinement"
6. "Dreamstate"
7. "I Will Not Accept The Truth"
8. "Inside The Machine"
9. "Headswitch"
10. "Meltdown"
11. "Octavia"
12. "Innerspace"
13. "Strange Death In Paradise"

All Songs by Dickinson and Alex Dickson, except "Innerspace" by Dickinson, Dickson, Chris Dale.

[edit] Track listing for the 2005 expanded edition (2nd CD)

1. "I'm in a band with an Italian Drummer"
2. "Rescue day"
3. "God's Not Coming Back"
4. "Armchair Hero"
5. "R 101"
6. "Re-entry"
7. "Americans Are Behind"
8. "Inertia" (live)
9. "Faith" (live)
10. "Innerspace" (live)
11. "The Prisoner" (Iron Maiden cover) (live)

[edit] Info

• "Space Race" is a sort of criticism to the space race between U.S.A and U.S.S.R in the Cold War and also deals with the human will to escape from our world and explore the unknown.

[edit] Personnel

• Bruce Dickinson - Vocals
• Alex Dickson - Guitar
• Chris Dale - Bass guitar
• Alessandro Elena - Drums

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)