Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks

Why the hate? This is my favourite Bruce solo album.

Certainly the best out of his first three solo albums.

Written by Aristarchos on 02.03.2013 at 13:21

Why the hate? This is my favourite Bruce solo album.

werry week nowdays I will change my midn this is secend weekest and balls to picaso moves to 3th place.... most weekestw aht eh like song writer has written is last IM album
Here are no somgs what can catch you up, all album is week, seems he experment and good is this is short album 40 min hehe

Can't understand why this has a lower rating than the previous solo Dickinson album, since both are just as good as each other in my opinion. That said, I personally think both albums are the weakest in the Dickinson solo career. They're pretty good albums on their own mind you, and "Skunkworks" is essentially an upbeat, if not entirely consistent work in its own right. There are plenty of upbeat, explosive songs here, but not quite enough to make this album match up to the likes of "Accident of Birth" or "Tyranny of souls". Qualitative comparisons aside, I really liked how the average song length on "Skunkworks" is shorter than on "Balls to Picasso" and makes for less of a filler-based structure. My personal highlights are 'Back from the edge' and 'Inside the machine'.

Written by musicalkaratekid on 17.11.2013 at 22:44

Can't understand why this has a lower rating than the previous solo Dickinson album, since both are just as good as each other in my opinion. That said, I personally think both albums are the weakest in the Dickinson solo career. They're pretty good albums on their own mind you, and "Skunkworks" is essentially an upbeat, if not entirely consistent work in its own right. There are plenty of upbeat, explosive songs here, but not quite enough to make this album match up to the likes of "Accident of Birth" or "Tyranny of souls". Qualitative comparisons aside, I really liked how the average song length on "Skunkworks" is shorter than on "Balls to Picasso" and makes for less of a filler-based structure. My personal highlights are 'Back from the edge' and 'Inside the machine'.

Those are not so good as rest and votes can be subjective ...

My personal Top 3 songs from the album:

Innerspace
Inside The Machine
Back From The Edge

Honestly this album goes through one ear and out the other for me, none of the songs are super memorable and the production sounds tinny as hell. It's not the worst album ever but it's not one I'm going to remember too much of after listening to it and I'm just itching to get to Accident of Birth after this.