Tattooed Millionaire by Bruce Dickinson

Tattooed Millionaire, released in 1990, was Bruce Dickinson's first solo album, made while he was still the voice of Iron Maiden. It started almost by accident: a request for a song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child gave him "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", and the urge to keep writing did the rest. His partner in it was guitarist Janick Gers, soon to join Maiden himself, and Chris Tsangarides produced it for EMI and Columbia.

Don't expect galloping epics. This is hard rock with the prog stripped out, looser and more street-level than the day job, and Dickinson sounds like he's enjoying the holiday. The Elm Street song stayed off the original release, since Maiden claimed it for No Prayer for the Dying. In the UK the album threw off four Top 40 singles, among them the title track and a run at Bowie's "All the Young Dudes", the song Mott the Hoople made famous.

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