Alive in Studio A

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Alive in Studio A
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Live album by
Releasedfebuary 28 1995
Recorded18 October 1994 (disc 2)
Venue Marquee Club, London (disc 2)
Studio Metropolis, London (disc 1)
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length58:44 (disc 1)
62:23 (disc 2)
Label Raw Power/Castle (Europe)
CMC International (US)
Victor (Japan)
Bruce Dickinson chronology
Balls to Picasso
(1994)
Alive in Studio A
(1995)
Skunkworks
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [3]

Alive in Studio A is a heavy metal album released by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson in 1995.

Contents

The album does not include new songs but instead re-recordings of songs from Bruce's first two solo-albums Tattooed Millionaire and Balls to Picasso with his new band line-up. This line-up would record the next album, Skunkworks . The first CD was recorded live at Metropolis Studios, London, while the second CD is composed of live-recordings at the Marquee Club with his new band.

The idea was for a low-key release of these double albums, and, according to the booklet in the 2005 re-release, Bruce Dickinson was less than pleased when the record company tried to pass them off as new material. Alive In Studio A was originally meant as a live session to be played on a US radio station, however, this never took place.

Track listings

Disc one – Alive in Studio A
  1. "Cyclops" – 7:15
  2. "Shoot All the Clowns" – 4:55
  3. "Son of a Gun" – 5:44
  4. "Tears of the Dragon" – 6:27
  5. "1000 Points of Light" – 3:53
  6. "Sacred Cowboys" – 3:56
  7. "Tattooed Millionaire" – 3:55
  8. "Born in '58" – 3:23
  9. "Fire" – 4:57
  10. "Change of Heart" – 4:39
  11. "Hell No" – 5:11
  12. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" – 4:08
Disc two – Alive at the Marquee
  1. "Cyclops" – 7:54
  2. "1000 Points of Light" – 4:02
  3. "Born in '58" – 3:15
  4. "Gods of War" – 5:10
  5. "Change of Heart" – 4:29
  6. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" – 3:51
  7. "Hell No" – 6:02
  8. "Tears of the Dragon" – 6:19
  9. "Shoot All the Clowns" – 5:06
  10. "Sacred Cowboys" – 4:17
  11. "Son of a Gun" – 5:41
  12. "Tattooed Millionaire" – 6:17

Personnel

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Bruce Dickinson - Alive in Studio A review". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 116–117. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. Kupfer, Thomas (29 March 1995). "Review Album : Bruce Dickinson - Alive in Studio A". Rock Hard (in German). No. 95. Retrieved 5 November 2020.