(31st August 2024, 17:54)Dragontear Wrote: (31st August 2024, 09:31)Janhunen Wrote: Bruce's solo stuff is so great. I was on the gig this year. And I love to make top-lists, so here we go.
Albums listed:
1. Tyranny of Souls
2. The Chemical Wedding
3. Accident of Birth
4. The Mandrake Project
5. Balls to Picasso
6. Tattooed Millionaire
7. Skunkworks
I'd say that top4 could change depending when you ask and that's also thing with albums 5-7. I love all the albums, but Picasso, Tattooed or Skunkworks won't never reach top4.
I'll have to think about top songs for a while. Maybe I post them tomorrow.
you underrated Skunkworks a lot.. i think it is an amazing album!
Well, actually I don't underrate it.
Let me explain myself. Bruce has seven solo albums and I think all of them are at least 4/5 albums. Then, if we compare each of those albums to Skunkworks, we realize that it's not that easy to drop any other album behind it.
First of all, I am a heavy metal guy. I got to know Bruce's solo stuff through Maiden. So it's no-brainer for me that all of his heavy metal stuff are ranked higher than Skunkworks. To be clear, those albums are Accident of Birth, The Chemical Wedding, Tyranny of Souls and The Mandrake Project.
Then we have 3 albums left. Balls to Picasso, Skunkworks and Tattooed Millionaire.
Balls to Picasso vs. Skunkworks - I think Balls to Picasso is more solid album, it really doesn't have many weak moments. Skunkworks biggest problem IMO is that it has couple of very, well, strange songs. Not bad, but strange. For example I Will Not Accept the Truth. So that's why Balls to Picasso is above Skunkworks.
Skunkworks vs. Tattooed Millionaire - I can't really explain this, but I really love TM. There is something very unique for me in this album. I really like every song of it. But I can understand that not everyone likes TM that much. Very solid album for me though.
Here is the list with points of each album. As I said, all of the albums gets at least 4/5. There is obviously some ties too.
1. Tyranny of Souls - 5/5
2. The Chemical Wedding - 5/5
3. Accident of Birth - 5/5
4. The Mandrake Project - 4,75/5
5. Balls to Picasso - 4,5/5
6. Tattooed Millionaire - 4,25/5
7. Skunkworks - 4/5
So I wouldn't really say I've underrated Skunkworks. Bruce's solo albums are just so great.
Btw. Dragontear, this is not the first time I hear that I underrate Skunkworks. How would you rank that album?