Bruce Dickinson Tyranny Of Souls CD

Tyranny Of Souls Music

List Price	$10.99 (You save $1.00)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Enhanced CD
Label	Sanctuary
Orig Year	2005
All Time Sales Rank	2879
CD Universe Part number	6855091
Catalog number	84753
Discs	1
Release Date	May 24, 2005
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Roy Z
Engineer	Roy Z; Jeff Wakolbinger; Hatsukazu Inagaki; Stan Katayama
Personnel	Bruce Dickinson - vocals Juan Perez Roy Z - guitar, bass instrument David Moreno - drums Mistheria - keyboards Ray Burke - bass guitar

Bruce Dickinson Tyranny Of Souls Songs

1.	Mars Within (Intro)	$0.99
2.	Abduction	$0.99
3.	Soul Intruders	$0.99
4.	Kill Devil Hills
5.	Navigate the Seas of the Sun	$0.99
6.	River of No Return	$0.99
7.	Power of the Sun	$0.99
8.	Devil on a Hog	$0.99
9.	Believil	$0.99
10.	Tyranny of Souls, A	$0.99

Tyranny Of Souls Music Review

Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

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2 stars LOUSY sound quality
I am afraid that I just do not understand all of the great reviews for this. It's almost as if Bruce merely needs to lend his name to an album and people BLINDLY give it the thumbs up. The songs on this are actually good to great BUT like other recent production jobs by Roy Z (Priest, Halford, and now Dickinson), the sound quality is thin, mid-rangy and POWERLESS. In fact, the sound quality becomes annoying after awhile. It's a shame to because it contains many strong songs that would have really rocked had it not been for such a sub-standard production job. Shame on Bruce whom I like & respect as an artist for allowing such a weak sound quality to infect his good work. For the money, I feel ripped off & expected more. Roy can write the riffs, he just can't properly record them...and back to the mixing board we go!
Submitted by The Trooper (Marysville, WA)
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The New Math (what he said)

When You're Ready

Horseshoes And B-52's

Hello, Helicopter!

ShutDOWN

Dirt From A Holy Place

Memory Daydreams Lapses

Standby (Looks Like Rain)
Recorded at the Carriage House Studio, Connecticut. O.S.I.: Kevin Moore (vocals, keyboards); Jim Matheos (guitar); Mike Portnoy (drums). Additional personnel: Steven Wilson (vocals); Sean Malone (bass).