MORE BALLS TO PICASSO

bruce Dickson will be releasing a revisited and reinvented rendition of his 1994 solo album 'balls to picasso' on July 25th. "having left Iron Maiden for a time (he rejoined in 1999), Bruce Dickinson released his second solo album, entitled Balls To Picasso. Named in honour of the cubist pioneer whose representations of spherical objects were as

squares, and reflected on the cover in graffiti style on a tiled bathroom wall, the album belied its irreverent title by solidifying Dickinson’s reputation as a serious solo artist."

a reimagined version of "gods of war" from 'more balls to picasso' is available to listen to right now. "Dickinson says of it, “While mixing all my catalogue into Dolby Atmos I had a nagging desire to revisit and reinvent the record. So putting more balls into ‘Balls' was a labour of love. Of course, we beefed up the guitars - courtesy of our ‘Swedish shredder’ Philip Naslund and we added some really beautiful work by Adassi Addasi on ‘Tears’ as well. Fellow Brazilian composer Antonio Teoli added some stunning orchestral arrangements, and in a unique contribution,

added indigenous instruments from the Amazon (recorded by himself when he lived there!) at the beginning of ‘Gods Of War’." 

'more balls to picasso' has two previously unreleased, live in the studio tracks, 'gods of war' and 'shoot all the clowns'. “‘Shoot All The Clowns’ gets the benefit of a horn section fronted by the Berklee College of Music, and all of the record gets the benefit of the mix by Brendan Duffey, (who worked on The Mandrake Project), with notes along the way from Shay Baby, the original father of the album”.

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For fans of: iron maiden, savatage, Helloween and accept

how do you feel about the remastered version of 'balls to picasso'?