Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks (Dlx)
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Artist: Bruce DickinsonEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Space Race
- Back from the Edge
- Inertia
- Faith
- Solar Confinement
- Dreamstate
- I Will Not Accept the Truth
- Inside the Machine
- Headswitch
- Meltdown
- Octavia
- Innerspace
- Strange Death in Paradise
- I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer [*]
- Rescue Day [*]
- God's Not Coming Back [*]
- Armchair Hero [*]
- R 101 [*]
- Re-Entry [*]
- Americans Are Behind [*]
- Inertia [Live][*]
- Faith [Live][*]
- Innerspace [Live][*]
- The Prisoner [Live][*]
Free Music Notes for Skunkworks (Dlx)
Free Music Review: Falling from grace leaves a cold empty space in the sky
Hit: 5 Stars
1996 marked quite an interesting year in music. Korn had released their abysmal follow-up "Life is Peachy", Sepultura released the Slightly-nu-metal-with-tribal-elements "Roots" (sometimes known as "The Roots of Sepultura"), and Metallica had released their disaster of an album named "Load". And here, Bruce Dickinson released the alternative/grunge-ish "Skunkworks".
Lots of people have panned this album for being not as hardcore as his other ones, though generally I think it's a fantastic album, and a heavily underrated masterpiece. In fact, it's an album I have an addiction to right now! There's lots of great stuff to be heard here, and lots of great lyrics.
"Space Race" starts off the album on an alternative note, and is a great start to what is a fantastic album. "Back From the Edge" is a slightly more upbeat song, and is very typical Bruce. The first single comes next, entitled "Inertia". It's a slightly slower song, but in a good sense. It has a slow start, then gets into a more alternative type song. I must say, the video is quite odd, and I am not fond of the whole "Bruce decapitating himself" bit! "Meltdown" is a great, sort of Soundgarden-ish tune that reminds me a bit of "Spoonman" by Soundgarden.
"Solar Confinement" is a catchy number, and despite the chorus being repetitive is quite singalong-able. "Dreamstate" is a slow-in-the-verses and heavy-chorus song, and one of the best songs on the album.
The best two songs though are "Inside The Machine", a fast paced and catchy tune with a singalong-able chorus, "Headswitch", a song that is very grunge-ish. I like how Bruce sings in the lower octave, it sounds very sinister. "Meltdown" follows, and is a very cool song, despite the chorus being a tad repetitive. The last song, "Strange Death in Paradise" sort of ends the album on a weak note, though the lyrics are pretty cool. Maybe I need to let this one sink it's teeth into me a bit more, I'm not sure.
In short, you either love it or you hate it. I am on the love side, and if you really let it grow on you, you will be listening to this for days!
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