Alive in Studio A

Alive in Studio A is a heavy metal album released in 1995 (see 1995 in music) by Bruce Dickinson.

Alive in Studio A
Live album by
Bruce Dickinson
Released1995
Recorded18 October 1994 (disc 2)
VenueMarquee Club, London (disc 2)
StudioMetropolis, London (disc 1)
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length58:44 (disc 1)
62:23 (disc 2)
LabelRaw Power/Castle (Europe)
CMC International (US)
Victor (Japan)
Bruce Dickinson chronology
Balls to Picasso
(1994)		 Alive in Studio A
(1995)		 Skunkworks
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]
Rock Hard8.0/10[3]

The album does not include new songs but instead re-recordings of songs from Bruce's first two solo-albums Tattooed Millionaire and Balls to Picasso with his new band line-up. This line-up would record the next album, Skunkworks. The first CD was recorded live at Metropolis Studios, London, while the second CD is composed of live-recordings at the Marquee Club 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.

Track listings
Disc One - Alive in Studio A
  1. "Cyclops" - 7:15
  2. "Shoot All the Clowns" - 4:55
  3. "Son of a Gun" - 5:44
  4. "Tears of the Dragon" - 6:27
  5. "1000 Points of Light" - 3:53
  6. "Sacred Cowboys" - 3:56
  7. "Tattooed Millionaire" - 3:55
  8. "Born in '58" - 3:23
  9. "Fire" - 4:57
  10. "Change of Heart" - 4:39
  11. "Hell No" - 5:11
  12. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" - 4:08
Disc Two - Alive at the Marquee
  1. "Cyclops" - 7:54
  2. "1000 Points of Light" - 4:02
  3. "Born in '58" - 3:15
  4. "Gods of War" - 5:10
  5. "Change of Heart" - 4:29
  6. "Laughing in the Hiding Bush" - 3:51
  7. "Hell No" - 6:02
  8. "Tears of the Dragon" - 6:19
  9. "Shoot All the Clowns" - 5:06
  10. "Sacred Cowboys" - 4:17
  11. "Son of a Gun" - 5:41
  12. "Tattooed Millionaire" - 6:17

Personnel
Musicians
  • Bruce Dickinson – vocals
  • Alex Dickson – guitar
  • Chris Dale – bass
  • Alessandro Elena – drums
Production
  • Spencer May - engineer, mixing
  • Tim Summerhayes - Fleetwood Mobile engineer

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Bruce Dickinson - Alive in Studio A review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. Kupfer, Thomas (29 March 1995). "Review Album : Bruce Dickinson - Alive in Studio A". Rock Hard (in German). No. 95. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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