Bruce Dickinson discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Video albums | 3 |
Music videos | 14 |
Singles | 10 |
Box sets | 1 |
Other appearances | 15 |
Bruce Dickinson, a British heavy metal singer, has released seven studio albums, two live albums, one compilation, ten singles, three video albums, fourteen music videos, and one box set. In 1979, after playing in local groups, Dickinson joined hard rock band Samson. He departed after two years to become Iron Maiden's lead vocalist. [1] His debut with this band is considered a "masterpiece", [2] which was followed with a series of top-ten releases. [3] In 1989, while Iron Maiden were taking a year off, [4] Dickinson and former Gillan guitarist, Janick Gers, composed a song for a film soundtrack. [5] His solo debut, Tattooed Millionaire (1990), was an effort that favoured a hard rock/pop metal approach, different from what fans assumed would be an aggressive, Iron Maiden-like album. [6] Four songs—the title track, "Dive! Dive! Dive!", "Born in '58", and a cover version of David Bowie's "All the Young Dudes"—were released as singles. Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden, accompanied by Gers as the new guitarist, and the project went on hiatus. Dive! Dive! Live! was a live video recorded from a concert in Los Angeles, California, in August 1990, and released in July 1991. [7]
After a farewell tour in 1993, Dickinson left Iron Maiden and started working on a second album with Tribe of Gypsies guitarist and band leader, Roy Z. In June 1994, he released Balls to Picasso , which reached the top 30 in several countries. Allmusic deemed the album "somewhat of a disappointment" which failed to "come up with anything truly groundbreaking", [8] except for "Tears of the Dragon", which was released as a single, along with "Shoot All the Clowns". [8] Roy Z departed to continue with his work and Dickinson recruited new members, with whom he released the double-disc live performance, Alive in Studio A . The third album, Skunkworks , was released in 1996, marking a "highly approved stylistic shift". [9] The single "Back from the Edge" was released to promote this effort. A live video and an EP were recorded from a concert in Spain, and released in Japan, as Skunkworks Live.
Due to musical differences, the Skunkworks line-up split up, and Dickinson once again was joined by Roy Z, along with then ex-Iron Maiden guitarist, Adrian Smith. [10] The follow-up album, Accident of Birth (1997), marked a return to a heavier sound for Dickinson. [10] The title track and "Man of Sorrows" were released as singles. The next year he released a semi-concept album on alchemy, The Chemical Wedding , which was described as a "modern metal aesthetic". [11] The "muscular anthem", [11] "Killing Floor", was the album's single. The live album, Scream for Me Brazil , documented a 1999 live performance in São Paulo during the supporting tour. That year, Dickinson and Smith rejoined Iron Maiden, and the project once again went on hiatus. He released a "best of…" album in 2001, which included two new songs, "Broken" and "Silver Wings". On 23 May 2005, Dickinson released his first album in seven years, Tyranny of Souls . To commemorate this, all of his past releases were remastered, with his studio efforts containing bonus tracks, and the live recordings merged into a single box set, entitled Alive . [12] The 2006 DVD, Anthology , contained three live performances, all of the promo videos, and over an hour of extras. [13] Since Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in 1981 he's sold well over 100 mln albums as of 2024. [14]
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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UK [15] | AUT [16] | FIN [17] | GER [18] | JPN [19] | NLD [20] | SWE [21] | SWI [22] | US [23] | |||
1990 | Tattooed Millionaire | 14 | — | 7 | 39 | — | — | 33 | 35 | 100 | |
1994 | Balls to Picasso
| 21 | 26 | 6 | 46 | 25 | 82 | 8 | 29 | 185 | |
1996 | Skunkworks
| 41 | — | 14 | — | 69 | — | 40 | — | — | |
1997 | Accident of Birth
| 53 | — | 13 | 52 | 30 | 93 | 46 | — | — | |
1998 | The Chemical Wedding
| 55 | — | 22 | 41 | 64 | — | 31 | — | — | |
2005 | Tyranny of Souls
| 65 | 56 | 10 | 39 | 75 | 96 | 10 | 73 | 180 | |
2024 | The Mandrake Project
| 3 | 1 [24] | 2 [25] | 1 | — | 6 | 1 [26] | 2 [27] | 176 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1995 | Alive in Studio A
| The album was released as a double-disc set. The first CD was recorded live in the studio, and the second one at the Marquee Club. [28] It peaked at number 96 in the UK. [29] |
1999 | Scream for Me Brazil
| This was a 70-minute-long disc recorded in São Paulo, 1999, during the "Chemical Wedding world tour". [13] It is the second Bruce Dickinson tour to include Adrian Smith on guitar. [30] The album peaked at number 177 in the UK. [29] |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||
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UK [29] | FIN [17] | GER [18] | SWE [21] | |||
2001 | The Best of Bruce Dickinson
| 141 | 6 | 72 | 42 | It includes two new songs, "Broken" and "Silver Wings". The UK release added a fourteen-track bonus CD, containing rare songs that had only appeared as B-sides on singles. [31] |
2018 | Scream for Me Sarajevo: A Story of Hope in a Time of War
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Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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UK [15] | FIN [17] | IRL [32] | US Main.. [33] | |||||||||
1990 | "Tattooed Millionaire" | 18 | 14 | — | — | Tattooed Millionaire | ||||||
"All the Young Dudes" | 23 | 10 | 25 | — | ||||||||
"Dive! Dive! Dive!" | 45 | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Born in '58" | 81 | — | — | — | ||||||||
1994 | "Tears of the Dragon" | 28 | 6 | — | 36 | Balls to Picasso | ||||||
"Shoot All the Clowns" | 37 | 20 | — | — | ||||||||
1995 | "Sacred Cowboys" # | — | — | — | — | |||||||
1996 | "Back from the Edge" | 68 | — | — | — | Skunkworks | ||||||
"Solar Confinement" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1997 | "Accident of Birth" | 54 | — | — | — | Accident of Birth | ||||||
"Man of Sorrows" §# | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1998 | "Killing Floor" § | — | — | — | — | The Chemical Wedding | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. "§" denotes Japanese release only. # denotes UK promotional single release only. |
Year | Video details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||||||
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UK | DEN | FIN | FRA | ITA | SWE | US | |||
1991 | Dive! Dive! Live!
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The show was filmed in Los Angeles, California, on 14 August 1990, during the Tattooed Millionaire U.S. tour leg. It was directed by James Yukich, known for his work with Iron Maiden's Live After Death . [7] |
1997 | Skunkworks Live Video
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A live performance filmed on 31 May and 1 June 1996, in Pamplona and Gerona, Spain, during the Skunkwoks world tour. [13] It was directed by Julian Doyle and released only in Japan. [34] |
2006 | Anthology
| 3 [35] | 3 [35] | 2 [35] | 20 [35] | 9 [35] | 10 [35] | 36 [36] | A three-DVD package that contained the live performances, Dive! Dive! Live! (1991), Skunkworks Live Video (1997), and Scream for Me Brazil (1999), plus all the promo videos and over one hour of extras and unreleased footage. [13] |
Year | Title | Director [34] |
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1990 | "Tattooed Millionaire" | Storm Thorgerson |
"All the Young Dudes" | ||
"Dive! Dive! Dive!" | Jim Yukich | |
"Born in '58" | ||
1994 | "Tears of the Dragon" | Howard Greenhalgh |
"Shoot All the Clowns" | ||
1996 | "Back From the Edge" | Bruce Dickinson |
"Inertia" | ||
1997 | "Accident of Birth" | |
"Man of Sorrows" | ||
"Road to Hell" | ||
1998 | "Killing Floor" | Julian Doyle |
"The Tower" | ||
2005 | "Abduction" |
Year | Box set details | Notes |
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2005 | Alive
| A three-disc box set, which compiled the live performances, Alive in Studio A/Alive at the Marquee (1995) and Scream for Me Brazil (1999). It was released on 23 May 2005 worldwide,—and on 21 June 2005 in the US—to celebrate the release of Tyranny of Souls. [12] |
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most of the band's history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers. As pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden released a series of UK and US Platinum and Gold albums, including 1980's debut album, 1981's Killers, and 1982's The Number of the Beast – its first album with Bruce Dickinson, who in 1981 replaced Paul Di'Anno as lead singer. The addition of Dickinson was a turning point in their career, establishing them as one of heavy metal's most important bands. The Number of the Beast is among the most popular heavy metal albums of all time, having sold almost 20 million copies worldwide.
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