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Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth



8.6 | 429 votes |
Release date: May 1997
Style: Heavy metal

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01. Freak
02. Toltec 7 Arrival
03. Starchildren
04. Taking The Queen
05. Darkside Of Aquarius
06. Road To Hell
07. Man Of Sorrows
08. Accident Of Birth
09. The Magician
10. Welcome To The Pit
11. Omega
12. Arc Of Space

Top 20 albums of 1997: 11

Staff review by
Pierre Tombale
Rating:
10
This is it, the album that Iron Maiden never made. Accident Of Birth is the great (quasi) solo work by Bruce Dickinson with assistance from his friend and former band member of Iron Maiden Adrian Smith. Together with Roy Z (guitarist & producer) & further notable musicians these two legends of metal recorded their by far best album of the 1990ies.

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published 14.12.2003 | Comments (6)

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06.10.2012 - 18:18
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid

The first album I listened to by bruce Dickinson solo, and it sounds fucking great too. Diversity, with acoustic songs like the excellett Omega, and then some superb guitar work on songs like the title track and freak.
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14.03.2013 - 01:39
Rating: 7
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Tage Westerlund
Underated albumn, good sound, good lyrics, interesting interpratation ... all is perrect here.... more powerfull balad style of metal, seems he made it emeotinal
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14.03.2013 - 17:44
Rating: 9
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Bad English on 14.03.2013 at 01:39

Underated albumn, good sound, good lyrics, interesting interpratation ... all is perrect here.... more powerfull balad style of metal, seems he made it emeotinal

States all is perfect (purrect).......rates a 7
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14.03.2013 - 21:41
Rating: 9
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
Dickinson's best solo album. It's superior to every Maiden album of the 90's, and it might be better than anything Maiden has done since Seventh Son. Except for Brave New World.
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26.07.2015 - 22:27
Rating: 7
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Azarath on 14.03.2013 at 21:41

Dickinson's best solo album. It's superior to every Maiden album of the 90's, and it might be better than anything Maiden has done since Seventh Son. Except for Brave New World.


in maiden Bruce don't compose music its Steve's band, here he can ask musician compose as he wants
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23.10.2016 - 18:20
Rating: 7
Joppe
Steelemeister
Seems decently good album with some filler material. The songs in the middle ( Darkside Of Aquarius, Road To Hell and Man Of Sorrows ) are great songs that shall be heard again
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23.10.2016 - 19:33
Rating: 9
tominator
At best deranged
Excellent album imo. Only Welcome To The Pit and Omega are a bit disappointing imo. I really like all the other songs on this record.

His second best solo album imo. The Chemical Wedding is even better than this one (in fact that's one of my favourite heavy metal albums).
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24.10.2016 - 21:19
Rating: 9
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
"The Magician" is the weakest song here.

"Omega" is fantastic.
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12.01.2019 - 19:29
Rating: 6
Mountain King
K i K o
Pretty average. Outside of Iron Maiden, Bruce isn't able to write any outstanding tracks. There are a few good songs but the vocals are just weak not interesting. At least in the 80's, Bruce had a strong voice even though he screams more than he sings, but the Maiden chemistry created several legendary tracks and Bruce's voice fit there perfectly.
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28.04.2022 - 14:59
Rating: 7
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
It's a good album, but it's certainly not Bruce at his best, and it isn't quite Iron Maiden standard imo. I personally don't see anything wrong in the songwriting department, but I think his lacking the energy from his past performances, and there's a few too many ballady songs for my liking.

There are a few really good tracks, but nothing that really gives it that wow factor for me, "Freak", "The Magician", and "Road To Hell" are decent enough, but the only real stand outs for me are "Accident Of Birth", and "Darkside Of Aquarius".
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17.01.2024 - 12:23
Rating: 8
miekka18

I really liked the guitars and especially the solos and Bruce's vocals where top notch. Very good album
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17.01.2024 - 12:41
JoHn Doe

Written by Azarath on 14.03.2013 at 21:41

Dickinson's best solo album. It's superior to every Maiden album of the 90's, and it might be better than anything Maiden has done since Seventh Son. Except for Brave New World.


I totally agree here.
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19.01.2024 - 05:43
Rating: 9
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
Written by JoHn Doe on 17.01.2024 at 12:41

I totally agree here.

Wow, that's an old comment. Thanks for reminding me about this album - I just took this opportunity to listen to "Omega".

The way the slow, beautiful guitar solo kicks into higher gear and then finishes with that harmonized lead is just fantastic stuff.
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