BRUCE DICKINSON – More Balls To Picasso (Reimagined 2025) *HQ*

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Iron Maiden singer BRUCE DICKINSON releases a partially re-recorded version of his classic 1994 solo album Balls To Picasso – revisited and regenerated. Now re-titled ”More Balls To Picasso”, the album includes new orchestral arrangements, horns and “beefed up” guitars.
Balls To Picasso was Dickinson’s second solo album, and his first after leaving Iron Maiden in 1993. It featured Tribe Of Gypsies as Dickinson’s backing band, whose guitarist Roy Z co-wrote seven of its 10 songs. Z continues to work on Dickinson’s solo music, co-writing 2024’s album The Mandrake Project.
The new edition adds previously unreleased versions of ‘Gods Of War’ and ‘Shoot All The Clowns’ recorded live in the studio. The remaining 10 songs replicate the 1994 original’s running order.
Dickinson said of the decision to rework the album: “While mixing all my catalogue into Dolby Atmos, I had a nagging desire to revisit and reinvent the record. Putting more balls into Balls… was a labour of love.”
The 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’.
‘Shoot All The Clowns’ features a horn section fronted by Berkeley College of Music Professors, and all of the record gets the benefit of the mix by Brendan Duffey (The Mandrake Project).

Explaining the changes, Dickinson said: “We beefed up the guitars courtesy of our ‘Swedish shredder’ Philip Naslund, and we added some really beautiful work by Adassi Adassi on ‘Tears Of The Dragon’ as well.
The new mix of the album is by regular Dickinson associate Duffey, under the guidance of original producer Shay Baby.
A welcomed and good new vision on this strong album.
Highly Recommended

01 – Cyclops (2025 Reimagined Version)
02 – Hell No (2025 Reimagined Version)
03 – Gods of War (2025 Reimagined Version)
04 – 1000 Points of Light (2025 Reimagined Version)
05 – Laughing in the Hiding Bush (2025 Reimagined Version)
06 – Change of Heart (2025 Reimagined Version)
07 – Shoot All the Clowns (2025 Reimagined Version)
08 – Fire (2025 Reimagined Version)
09 – Sacred Cowboys (2025 Reimagined Version)
10 – Tears of the Dragon (2025 Reimagined Version)
Bonus Tracks:
11 – Gods of War (Live in the Studio; 2025 Reimagined Version)
12 – Shoot All the Clowns (Live in the Studio; 2025 Reimagined Version)

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