Alive in Studio A is a heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 album

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 released in 1995 (see 1995 in music

1995 in music

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) by Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson

Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....

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The album does not include new songs but instead re-recordings of songs from Bruce's first two solo-albums with his new band line-up. This line-up would record the next album, Skunkworks

Skunkworks (album)

Skunkworks is a hard rock album released in 1996 by Bruce Dickinson.Originally, Bruce intended for Skunkworks to be the debut album of a band by the same name. However, the label would not publish the record under any other name than Bruce Dickinson. Consequently the album sounds quite different...

. The first CD was recorded live at Metropolis Studios, London, while the second CD is composed of live-recordings at the Marquee Club

Marquee Club

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 - of songs from the Tattooed Millionaire and Balls to Picasso albums - with his new band.

The idea was for a low key release of these double albums and according to the booklet in the 2005 re-release Bruce Dickinson was less than pleased when the record company tried to pass them off as new material. Alive In Studio A was originally meant as a live session to be played on a US radio station however this never took place.

Disc One : Alive In Studio A

1. "Cyclops"
2. "Shoot All the Clowns"
3. "Son of a Gun"
4. "Tears of the Dragon"
5. "1000 Points of Light"
6. "Sacred Cowboys"
7. "Tattooed Millionaire"
8. "Born in 58"
9. "Fire"
10. "Change of Heart"
11. "Hell No"
12. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush"

Disc Two : Alive at the Marquee

1. "Cyclops"
2. "1000 Points of Light"
3. "Born in 58"
4. "Gods of War"
5. "Change of Heart"
6. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush"
7. "Hell No"
8. "Tears of the Dragon"
9. "Shoot All the Clowns"
10. "Sacred Cowboys"
11. "Son of a Gun"
12. "Tattooed Millionaire"

Personnel

• Bruce Dickinson
  Bruce Dickinson
  Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....
  
   – Vocals
• Alex Dickson – Guitar
• Chris Dale – Bass
• Alessandro Elena – Drums