Bruce Dickinson: Accident Of Birth (2LP, remixed, yellow & red splatter vinyl) [BMG]

Why you'll love it

A newly remixed and remastered 2LP edition on yellow and red splatter vinyl. The Iron Maiden singer made it with producer Roy Z and fellow Maiden alumnus Adrian Smith, and it's often called the best solo record he ever made.

This edition

• Newly remixed and remastered
• Limited yellow and red splatter vinyl
• 2LP set, twelve tracks across four sides

About the album

By 1997 Bruce Dickinson had been out of Iron Maiden for a few years, and after the grungier Skunkworks he went back to what he did best. He reunited with guitarist and producer Roy Z, brought in fellow ex-Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith, and made Accident Of Birth: big, heavy and full of the operatic drama that made his voice famous.

"Freak" and the title track charge out of the gate, "Taking The Queen" and "Man Of Sorrows" show his theatrical side, and "Darkside Of Aquarius" and "Arc Of Space" stretch out into epic territory. Two years later both Dickinson and Smith were back in Maiden, and you can hear why here. Some solo albums are a holiday; this one was a homecoming in disguise.

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Out October 23, 2026 on BMG (cat# 964254300), a reissue of the 1997 album.