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Skunkworks
Rock · 1996 · 15 tracks

Skunkworks

Bruce Dickinson

Jagged alternative rock and grunge-inflected metal exploring scientific isolation. A dry, mechanical departure from operatic fantasy toward grounded realism.

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It's the one where the Iron Maiden guy went grunge and started singing about jet engines.

A cold, intellectual curiosity mixed with the lonely hum of a high-altitude flight.

Skunkworks · vs · Bruce Dickinson
Restless+4.0σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
Back From the Edge
4:18
02
Inertia
3:03
03
Solar Confinement
3:20
04
I Will Not Accept the Truth
3:46
05
R 101
2:06
06
Faith
3:36
07
Dreamstate
3:50
08
Inside the Machine
3:28
09
Space Race
3:47
10
Headswitch
2:15
11
Meltdown
4:34
12
Octavia
3:16
13
Innerspace
3:33
14
Strange Death in Paradise
4:52
15
Re-Entry
4:06
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition from the mechanical chug of 'Inertia' into the spacey drift of 'Solar Confinement'.
The way the vocals drop into a vulnerable, uncharacteristic whisper during the bridge of 'Strange Death in Paradise'.
The dry, clanking bass line that opens 'Inside the Machine', sounding more like a factory floor than a studio.
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