| Tattooed Millionaire | ||||
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| Released | 8 May 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Battery (London) | |||
| Genre | Pop metal[1] | |||
| Length | 43:15 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Chris Tsangarides | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10[3] |
Tattooed Millionaire is the debut solo studio album by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, released in 1990.
The album project began when Dickinson was asked to record a song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, and so wrote "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter". Collaborating with future Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, Dickinson began creating a solo album which was fundamentally different from his works with Iron Maiden, with a hard rock sound that is less progressive. "Bring your Daughter..." wasn't included on the original release, as Iron Maiden planned to record an alternate version for their 1990 album No Prayer for the Dying, which went on to become the band's only number one single on the UK Singles Chart to date.
The album did however yield four Top 40 singles in the UK, with the lead and title single "Tattooed Millionaire", reaching No. 18. A cover of the David Bowie penned, Mott the Hoople hit "All the Young Dudes", was also a relative success, reaching No. 23.[4]
- ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Tattooed Millionaire - Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
This album is full of glossy and lighthearted pop-metal that wouldn't be out of place on an album by Winger, Bon Jovi, or Def Leppard.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Kühnemund, Götz (1990). "Review Album : Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire". Rock Hard (in German). No. 40. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Bruce Dickinson Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.