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Paul Bruce Dickinson (7 August 1958 - present)
Years Active: 1976 - present
Associated Acts: "Iron Maiden" (1981 - 1993, 1999 - present), "Samson" (1979 - 1981), Solo (1990 - present, on hiatus since 2005)
Vocal Range: D2 - C♯6 (3 Octaves + 11 Semitones)
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What voice type is Bruce Dickinson? Is Bruce Dickinson a baritone, tenor or bass? Bruce Dickinson is a classic example of a tenor, and has been throughout his entire singing career.
What voice type is Bruce Dickinson? Is Bruce Dickinson a baritone, tenor or bass? Bruce Dickinson is a classic example of a tenor, and has been throughout his entire singing career.
{Vocal Summary}Bruce Dickinson is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal trailblazers, "Iron Maiden".
First appearing with the band "Samson", Bruce sounded remarkably consistent and professional, amply handling soaring, high melodies from the earliest stages of his career, despite no formal tuition. If rather one dimensional at this point, his signature quasi-operatic belt, and piercing, Gillan-esque wail, transitioning through registers seamlessly, and carrying a tremendously heavy tone up into the fifth octave, caught the attention of Iron Maiden, after parting ways with vocalist, Paul Di'Anno. An altogether different type of singer, favouring more of a theatrical, open-throat sound, laden with wide, fast vibrato, as opposed to the punk-inspired roar of his predecessor, Bruce quickly established himself as one of the most successful and revered singers in heavy metal music. His trademark belts displayed impressive agility given the amount of chestiness he threw into his mix, frequently reaching up to E5 (with even a few belted F5s on Maiden's 1983 cover of "Cross-Eyed Mary", originally by 'Jethro Tull'). This was also the period that showed the most flexibility in his head voice, with harsher shrieks peaking out at the top of the fifth octave, as well as cleaner high notes such as the G5s on "Aces High" and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
In the latter half of the 1980s, Bruce adopted a slightly huskier sound, shedding some of the youthful brightness and clarity that had been present on "The Number of the Beast", "Piece of Mind" and "Powerslave". The fifth octave wailing present in his breakthrough years decreased significantly around this time, with his head register becoming quite raspy (interestingly, Bruce's screams in these years would sometimes produce overtones which made the pitch very ambiguous; "Infinite Dreams" and the 1988 re-record of "Prowler" being good examples of this short-lived oddity). Whilst still generally still delivering high-quality performances in studio, also beginning to diversify his sound with greater use of the mid-range and more dynamic subtleties, heavy touring seemed to get the better of Bruce's voice in the mid-to-late 80s, with live performances suffering (1987 in particular being a spotty year).
On "No Prayer for the Dying", often looked at as a career-low for that line-up of the band, Dickinson sounded quite fatigued even on the album, and was noticeably using false-cord distortion to give his belts a more guttural sound. Although Bruce began to return to form on the final album of his first stint with Iron Maiden, "Fear of the Dark", keeping the distorted sound of the previous record when belting, but sounding in much better condition. In general, FOTD was a vocally experimental record; the title track was Bruce's first foray real into his eerie lower register, and his heady, Gillan-ish screams returned on the thrash-tinged "Be Quick or Be Dead"; a sign of better vocal health (on the subsequent tour, Bruce even took this technique as high as C♯6.)
During his six-year absence from Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson continued his solo recording career, releasing a further four records. The more experimental nature of these albums, not as solely rooted in heavy metal, allowed Bruce more room to explore the lower register he had tapped into towards the end of his time with Iron Maiden, stretching a sung-spoken vocal style down to the lower-second octave on occasions, particularly in the less focused bonus tracks. The less intense touring schedule also furthered the rehabilitation of his voice, and by the time he returned to the band in 1999, he was in fine singing shape, belting out his own era's back-catalogue, and delivering songs of Blaze Bayley's tenure, such as "The Clansman" and "Sign of the Cross" often to better reception than Blaze himself. Indeed, the early-mid 00s could be seen as something of a second peak for Bruce, and the most versatile period of his career, with only his wails having noticeably diminished, typically capping at F♯5 post-Maiden reunion, and with an overall harsher tone. With hindsight, Dickinson's wailing was something he never refined quite as much as he maybe could have. Whilst the banshee-ish cackle for which he is known is impressive in its own right, even in his prime it was only ever really deployed in quite a disembodied way, generally for standalone climactic screams, carrying little real melody in his head register (the iconic A5 from "The Number of the Beast" was also never reproduced particularly well live). His belts however, remained extremely consistent, delivering some of his strongest live performances throughout the 2000s, still retaining the capacity to belt up to E5 and frequently singing melodies reaching up to B4-D5, with the only change being a slightly heavier and darker timbre. Meanwhile, his lower register became a more important fixture in Iron Maiden's music, with maybe its best outing on 2011's The Final Frontier, with numerous displays of strong mid-second octave singing such as on The Talisman and Where the Wild Wind Blows.
In more recent years, Dickinson has continued to uphold the Iron Maiden legacy both on stage and add to it in the studio, performing the classics amply, in the original keys, and showing remarkable displays of agility at the top of his belting range on newer songs like "The Red and the Black" and "When the River Runs Deep". Even his tone, which had sounded notably more aged in the early-mid 2010s, has since been rejuvenated after successful treatment for mouth cancer, delivering some strong performances of some of the most challenging numbers from the Maiden repertoire on the Legacy of the Beast tour.
Overall, Bruce Dickinson is an exceptional vocal talent and performer, recording numerous classic metal albums, replicating even his most challenging material to a high standard on the road for closing in on forty years, diversifying his approach to evolve with his music, and setting a mould for heavy metal frontmen that is emulated by a great many to the present day.
Written by clem .
Significant High Notes:First appearing with the band "Samson", Bruce sounded remarkably consistent and professional, amply handling soaring, high melodies from the earliest stages of his career, despite no formal tuition. If rather one dimensional at this point, his signature quasi-operatic belt, and piercing, Gillan-esque wail, transitioning through registers seamlessly, and carrying a tremendously heavy tone up into the fifth octave, caught the attention of Iron Maiden, after parting ways with vocalist, Paul Di'Anno. An altogether different type of singer, favouring more of a theatrical, open-throat sound, laden with wide, fast vibrato, as opposed to the punk-inspired roar of his predecessor, Bruce quickly established himself as one of the most successful and revered singers in heavy metal music. His trademark belts displayed impressive agility given the amount of chestiness he threw into his mix, frequently reaching up to E5 (with even a few belted F5s on Maiden's 1983 cover of "Cross-Eyed Mary", originally by 'Jethro Tull'). This was also the period that showed the most flexibility in his head voice, with harsher shrieks peaking out at the top of the fifth octave, as well as cleaner high notes such as the G5s on "Aces High" and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
In the latter half of the 1980s, Bruce adopted a slightly huskier sound, shedding some of the youthful brightness and clarity that had been present on "The Number of the Beast", "Piece of Mind" and "Powerslave". The fifth octave wailing present in his breakthrough years decreased significantly around this time, with his head register becoming quite raspy (interestingly, Bruce's screams in these years would sometimes produce overtones which made the pitch very ambiguous; "Infinite Dreams" and the 1988 re-record of "Prowler" being good examples of this short-lived oddity). Whilst still generally still delivering high-quality performances in studio, also beginning to diversify his sound with greater use of the mid-range and more dynamic subtleties, heavy touring seemed to get the better of Bruce's voice in the mid-to-late 80s, with live performances suffering (1987 in particular being a spotty year).
On "No Prayer for the Dying", often looked at as a career-low for that line-up of the band, Dickinson sounded quite fatigued even on the album, and was noticeably using false-cord distortion to give his belts a more guttural sound. Although Bruce began to return to form on the final album of his first stint with Iron Maiden, "Fear of the Dark", keeping the distorted sound of the previous record when belting, but sounding in much better condition. In general, FOTD was a vocally experimental record; the title track was Bruce's first foray real into his eerie lower register, and his heady, Gillan-ish screams returned on the thrash-tinged "Be Quick or Be Dead"; a sign of better vocal health (on the subsequent tour, Bruce even took this technique as high as C♯6.)
During his six-year absence from Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson continued his solo recording career, releasing a further four records. The more experimental nature of these albums, not as solely rooted in heavy metal, allowed Bruce more room to explore the lower register he had tapped into towards the end of his time with Iron Maiden, stretching a sung-spoken vocal style down to the lower-second octave on occasions, particularly in the less focused bonus tracks. The less intense touring schedule also furthered the rehabilitation of his voice, and by the time he returned to the band in 1999, he was in fine singing shape, belting out his own era's back-catalogue, and delivering songs of Blaze Bayley's tenure, such as "The Clansman" and "Sign of the Cross" often to better reception than Blaze himself. Indeed, the early-mid 00s could be seen as something of a second peak for Bruce, and the most versatile period of his career, with only his wails having noticeably diminished, typically capping at F♯5 post-Maiden reunion, and with an overall harsher tone. With hindsight, Dickinson's wailing was something he never refined quite as much as he maybe could have. Whilst the banshee-ish cackle for which he is known is impressive in its own right, even in his prime it was only ever really deployed in quite a disembodied way, generally for standalone climactic screams, carrying little real melody in his head register (the iconic A5 from "The Number of the Beast" was also never reproduced particularly well live). His belts however, remained extremely consistent, delivering some of his strongest live performances throughout the 2000s, still retaining the capacity to belt up to E5 and frequently singing melodies reaching up to B4-D5, with the only change being a slightly heavier and darker timbre. Meanwhile, his lower register became a more important fixture in Iron Maiden's music, with maybe its best outing on 2011's The Final Frontier, with numerous displays of strong mid-second octave singing such as on The Talisman and Where the Wild Wind Blows.
In more recent years, Dickinson has continued to uphold the Iron Maiden legacy both on stage and add to it in the studio, performing the classics amply, in the original keys, and showing remarkable displays of agility at the top of his belting range on newer songs like "The Red and the Black" and "When the River Runs Deep". Even his tone, which had sounded notably more aged in the early-mid 2010s, has since been rejuvenated after successful treatment for mouth cancer, delivering some strong performances of some of the most challenging numbers from the Maiden repertoire on the Legacy of the Beast tour.
Overall, Bruce Dickinson is an exceptional vocal talent and performer, recording numerous classic metal albums, replicating even his most challenging material to a high standard on the road for closing in on forty years, diversifying his approach to evolve with his music, and setting a mould for heavy metal frontmen that is emulated by a great many to the present day.
Written by clem .
C♯6 ("Wrathchild" Live Indianapolis 1983)
C6 ("Wrathchild" Live Wembley 1990/several other performances)
B5 ("Black Night" From 'Dive! Dive! Live! 1990', "Gangland", "Where Eagles Dare" Live Chicago 1983, "Wrathchild" Live Brussels 1990/Caracas 1992)
B♭5 ("Back in the Village", "Flight of Icarus", "Where Eagles Dare" Live Phoenix 1983)
A5 ("Earth Mother" Live Reading 1981, "Flight of Icarus", "Gangland", "I've Got the Fire", "I Wish I Was the Saddle of a Schoolgirl's Bike", "The Number of the Beast", "Remember Tomorrow" Live Italy 1981, "Take It Like A Man" Studio/live Reading 1981, "Too Close to Rock", "Twilight Zone" Iron Maiden Audition 1981, "Walking Out On You" Live Reading 1981)
G♯5 ("Grime Crime", "Two Minutes To Midnight" Live London Marquee Club 1985, "Wrathchild" Iron Maiden Audition 1981)
G5 ("22 Acacia Avenue" Studio/several live performances, "Aces High", "Back in the Village", "Bright Lights", "Burn" Live Jon Lord Tribute 2014, "Go To Hell", "Gravy Train" Live Reading 1981, "Hammerhead" Live Reading 1981, "Hooks in You", "I've Got the Fire", "Killers" Iron Maiden Audition 1981, "Man In the Streets", "Moonchild", "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Run to the Hills", "Six Foot Under", "Too Close to Rock", "Where Eagles Dare" Live Hammersmith 1983/various other performances, "Zulu Lulu")
F♯5 ("Big Brother", "Blood Lust", "Confeos", "Gangland", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" Live Denver 2000, "Innocent Exile" Live Italy 1981, "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version), "Purgatory" Live Italy 1981, "Pyramid To the Stars", "Rainbow In the Dark" Live with Ronnie James Dio 2000, "Six Foot Under", "Take Me To Your Leader", "Vice Versa" Live Reading 1981)
F5 ("Be Quick or Be Dead", "Book of Thel" Live Belgium 1998, "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Go To Hell", "It's Not As Easy As It Seems", "Little Big Man", "Losing My Grip", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Smoke On the Water" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012)
E5 ("Americans Are Behind", "Black Night" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Bright Lights", "Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter" Live Rock Am Ring 2003, "Children of the Damned", "Communication Breakdown", "Confeos", "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Dance of Death", "The Duellists", "Fear Is the Key", "Flash of the Blade", "Gangland", "God's Not Coming Back", "Grime Crime", "Hallowed Be Thy Name" Live Hammersmith 1983/Argentina 2016, "(I Want To Be) Elected", "The Legacy", "Lickin' the Gun", "Nodding Donkey Blues", "No Way Out...Continued", "Perfect Strangers", "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out", "Once Bitten", "Quest for Fire", "Rain on the Graves", "Remember Tomorrow" Live Various Performances, "Riding With the Angels", "Roll Over Vic Vella", "Run to the Hills", "Sacred Cowboys", "Second Movement (Andante)" Abbey Road Studios 2012, Shoot All the Clowns", "Space Truckin'", "Speed of Light", "Take Me To Your Leader", "Tibet", "The Trooper", "Wannabe Gangsta", "When the River Runs Deep", "Where Eagles Dare", "Zulu Lulu")
E♭5 ("Beast In the Light", "Communication Breakdown", "God's Not Coming Back", "Innocent Exile" Live Italy 1981, "Invaders", "Tibet")
D5 ("Accident of Birth", "Aces High", "All In Your Mind", "Be Quick or Be Dead", "Black Night" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Black Widow", "Blood Lust", "The Book of Souls", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Book of Thel", "Born in '58", "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns", "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", "Cadillac Gas Mask", "Children of the Damned", "Dance of Death", "Darkside of Aquarius", "Days of Future Past", "Die With Your Boots On", "Dive! Dive! Dive!" From 'Dive! Dive! Live! 1990, "Drifter" Live Hammersmith 1982, "Earth Mother", "El Dorado", "Empire of the Clouds", "Face in the Sand", "The Fallen Angel", "Fear Is the Key", "From Here to Eternity", "Gates of Tomorrow", "The Great Unknown", "Gypsy Road", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Hell on Earth", "Hell No", "Holy Smoke", "Hooks in You", "Into the Black Hole", "I've Got the Fire", "I Will Not Accept the Truth", "Killing Floor", "Kill Me Ce Soir", "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version), "The Legacy", "Lickin' the Gun", "Little Big Man", "Lord of Light", "Losing My Grip", "Lost in a Lost World", "Many Doors to Hell", "Montségur", "More Tea Vicar", "Nice Girl", "No Prayer for the Dying", "No Way Out...To Be Continued", "The Number of the Beast", "Once Bitten", "Over and Out", "Perfect Strangers", "The Pilgrim", "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out", "Power of the Sun", "Real World", "The Red and the Black", "Road to Hell", "Public Enema Number One", "Revelations", "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Run Silent Run Deep", "Senjutsu"", "Sin City", "Smoke On the Water" 'Rock Aid Armenia' version, "Space Station No. 5", "Still Life", "Stratego", "Tailgunner", "The Talisman", "The Time Machine", "To Tame A Land", "Tattooed Millionaire", "Total Eclipse", "The Trooper", "Tush" Live Reading 1982, "Twilight Zone" Iron Maiden Audition 1981, "Vice Versa", "Walking Out On You", "Weekend Warrior", "Where Eagles Dare", "The Writing on the Wall")
C♯5 ("Americans Are Behind", "Believil", "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" Original Soundtrack Version, "Childhood's End", "Communion", "Deja Vu", "Devil on a Hog", "Earth Mother", "Flight of Icarus", "The Ghost of Cain", "Hell on Wheels", "Holy Smoke", "Invaders", "Johnny B Goode" From 'Paradise Club', "The Magician", "Meltdown", "Montségur", "No Lies", "No Prayer for the Dying", "The Prisoner", "R 101", "Rainbow In the Dark" Live with Ronnie James Dio 2000, "Rainbow's Gold", "Real World", "Reach Out", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Sea of Madness", "Shoot All the Clowns", "Spirit of Joy", "Sun and Steel", "Tailgunner", "Tattooed Millionaire", "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate", "Walking Out On You", "Weekend Warrior", "Wildest Dreams")
C5 ("1000 Points of Light", "22 Acacia Avenue", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Abduction", "Accident of Birth", "Aces High", "Afterglow of Ragnarok", "The Alchemist" Bruce Dickinson Song, "The Alchemist" Iron Maiden Song, "Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)", "Another Life" Live Ullevi 2005, "Arc of Space", "The Assassin", "Back in the Village", "Blood Brothers", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Book of Thel", "Brave New World", "The Breeding House", "Bright Lights", "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns", "Burn" Live Jon Lord Tribute 2014, "Caught Somewhere in Time", "Change of Heart", "Chemical Wedding", "Children of the Damned", "Communion", "Coming Home", "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Darkest Hour", "Darkside of Aquarius", "Death or Glory", "Deja Vu", "Die With Your Boots On", "Different World", "Dracula", "Dream of Mirrors", "Emerald" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012 "Empire of the Clouds", "Eternity Has Failed", "Face in the Mirror", "Face in the Sand", "The Fallen Angel", "Fates Warning", "Finger in the Wounds", "Fire", "Flash of the Blade", "For the Greater Good of God", "Freak", "Gates of Tomorrow", "Ghost of the Navigator", "God's Not Coming Back", "Go To Hell", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Hammerhead", "Hard Times", "Heaven Can Wait", "Hell No", "Hell on Wheels", "Hunted", "I Can't See My Feelings", "If Eternity Should Fail", "Inertia", "Innerspace", "Inside Out", "Inside the Machine", "Into the Black Hole", "Isle of Avalon", "(I Want To Be) Elected", "Jerusalem", "Journeyman", "Kill Devil Hill", "King of Twilight", "Laughing in the Hiding Bush", "The Legacy", "The Longest Day", "Losing My Grip", "Machine Men", "Many Doors to Hell", "Mistress of Mercy", "Moonchild", "Mother of Mercy", "New Frontier", "Nice Girl", "No More Lies", "No Way Out...Continued", "The Number of the Beast", "Omega", "Once Bitten", "The One You Love To Hate", "Only the Good Die Young", "Paschendale", "Perfect Strangers", "The Prophecy", "Prowler '88", "Public Enema Number One", "Pyramid To the Stars", "Rainmaker", "Rain on the Graves", "The Red and the Black", "Return of the King", "Revelations", "Riding With the Angels", "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "River of No Return", "Roll Over Vic Vella", "Rosalie" Live London Marquee Club 1985, "Run Silent Run Deep", "Run to the Hills", "Satellite 15... The Final Frontier", "Sea of Madness", "Senjutsu", "Shadow of the Gods", "Sin City", "Smoke On the Water" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Sonata (Immortal Beloved)", "Soul Intruders", "Space Truckin'", "Speed of Light", "Starblind", "Still Life", "Strange Death in Paradise", "Stratego", "Tailgunner", "Take It Like A Man", "Too Close to Rock", "Total Eclipse", "Trumpets of Jericho", "Twilight Zone" Iron Maiden Audition 1981, "Weekend Warrior", "Welcome to the Pit", "The Wicker Man", "Winds of Change" "Balls to Picasso" Version, "The Writing on the Wall", "Zulu Lulu")
B4 ("22 Acacia Avenue", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Aces High", "Afraid to Shoot Strangers", "Afterglow of Ragnarok", "Age of Innocence", "Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)", "The Alchemist" Bruce Dickinson Song, "The Alchemist" Iron Maiden Song, "All the Young Dudes", "Armchair Hero", "The Assassin", "Back from the Edge", "Back in the Village", "Beast In the Light", "Big Brother", "Black Bart Blues", "Black Night" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Black Widow", "The Book of Souls", "Blood Brothers", "Blood Lust", "Born in '58", "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns", "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", "Caught Somewhere in Time", "Chains of Misery", "Charlotte the Harlot 88", "Chemical Wedding", "Children of the Damned", "The Clairvoyant", "Coming Home", "Communication Breakdown", "Cyclops", "Darkest Hour", "Days of Future Past", "Death or Glory", "Devil on a Hog", "Different World", "Dive! Dive! Dive!", "Dreamstate", "The Duellists", "Empire of the Clouds", "Eternal", "The Evil That Men Do", "Face in the Mirror", "Face in the Sand", "The Fallen Angel", "Fates Warning", "Fear Is the Key", "Fire Child", "From Here to Eternity", "The Fugitive", "Gangland", "Gates of Urizen", "The Ghost of Cain", "Gods of War", "Grime Crime", "Gypsy Road", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Happy Birthday" Live on 'Friday Rock Show', "Heaven Can Wait", "Hell on Earth", "Hell on Wheels", "Holy Smoke", "Hooks in You", "Infinite Dreams", "Inside the Machine", "Invaders", "Isle of Avalon", "I Will Not Accept the Truth", "I Wish I Was the Saddle of a Schoolgirl's Bike", "Juanita", "Killers" Iron Maiden Audition 1981, "Kill Me Ce Soir", "King in Crimson", "King of Twilight", "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version), "Laughing in the Hiding Bush", "Lickin' the Gun", "Little Big Man", "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", "The Longest Day", "Lord of Light", "Lost in a Lost World" , "The Magician", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Many Doors to Hell" "The Mercenary" live at Rock in Rio 2001, "Mistress of Mercy", "Montségur", "Moonchild", "More Tea Vicar", "Murders In the Rue Morgue" Various live performances, "Navigate the Seas of the Sun", "New Frontier", "Nodding Donkey Blues", "No Lies", "The Nomad", "No Prayer for the Dying", "No Way Out...To Be Continued", "The Number of the Beast", "Octavia", "Omega", "Out of the Shadows", "Out of the Silent Planet", "Over and Out", "Paschendale", "The Pilgrim", "Power of the Sun", "Powerslave", "The Prisoner", "The Prophecy", "Prowler '88", "Public Enema Number One", "Quest for Fire", "Rainbow In the Dark" Live with Ronnie James Dio 2000, "Rainbow's Gold", "Rainmaker", "Rain on the Graves", "Reach Out", "The Red and the Black", "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg", "Remember Tomorrow" Live Various Performances, "Resurrection Men", "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Road to Hell", "Running Free" Various live performances, "Run Silent Run Deep", "Run to the Hills", "Sacred Cowboys", "Sanctuary" Live Rock in Rio 2001, "Satellite 15... The Final Frontier", "Sea of Madness", "Senjutsu", "Shadow of the Gods", "Shadows of the Valley", "Shoot All the Clowns", "Sign of the Cross" Various live performances, "Sin City", "Six Foot Under", "Solar Confinement", "Sonata (Immortal Beloved)", "Son of a Gun", "Soul Intruders", "Space Race", "Space Station No. 5", "Speed of Light", "Starblind", "Starchildren", "Strange Death in Paradise", "Stranger in A Strange Land", "Stratego", "Sun and Steel", "Taking the Queen", "Tattooed Millionaire", "Tears of the Dragon", "That Girl", "These Colours Don't Run", "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate", "Tibet", "The Time Machine", "Tomorrow Or Yesterday", "Too Close to Rock", "Total Eclipse", "To Tame A Land", "The Tower", "The Trooper", "Vice Versa", "Wannabe Gangsta", "Wasted Years", "Wasting Love", "When a Blind Man Cries" live Zagreb 2023, "When the River Runs Deep", "When the Wild Wind Blows", "Winds of Change" "Balls to Picasso" Version, "Where Eagles Dare", "The Wicker Man", "Wildest Dreams", "Wrathchild" Iron Maiden Audition 1981, "The Zoo")
B♭4 ("Angel With A Machine Gun", "Be Quick or Be Dead", "Blues Jam" Unknown studio session, "The Clairvoyant", "Darkside of Aquarius", "Deja Vu", "Fear of the Dark", "Freak", "The Fugitive", "Infinite Dreams", "Innocent Exile" Live Italy 1981, "I've Got the Fire", "Jerusalem", "Johnny B Goode" From 'Paradise Club', "Judas Be My Guide", "Kill Devil Hill", "Killing Floor", "Man In the Streets", "Man of Sorrows" Bruce Dickinson Song, "The Man of Sorrows" Iron Maiden Song, "Manwatcher", "Massacre", "Mother of Mercy", "Mother Russia", "Nice Girl", "The Prophecy", "Real World", "Re-Entry", "Return of the King", "River of No Return", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Second Movement (Andante)" Abbey Road Studios 2012, "Spirit of Joy", "Starchildren", "Smoke On the Water" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Strange Death in Paradise", "Tailgunner", "Take Me To Your Leader", "Tears of the Dragon", "A Tyranny of Souls")
A4 ("1000 Points of Light", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Abduction", "Accident of Birth", "Aces High", "Afraid to Shoot Strangers", "Afterglow of Ragnarok", "Age of Innocence", "The Alchemist" Iron Maiden Song, "All In Your Mind", "Angel With A Machine Gun", "Another Life" Various live performances, "The Apparition", "Arc of Space", "Armchair Hero", "Back in the Village", "Behind Blue Eyes" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Black Bart Blues", "Book of Thel", "Born in '58", "Brave New World", "The Breeding House", "Can I Play with Madness", "Caught Somewhere in Time", "Chains of Misery", "Change of Heart", "Charlotte the Harlot 88", "Childhood's End", "Confeos", "Darkest Hour", "Darkside of Aquarius", "Death or Glory", "Delilah" Live on 'Last Chance Lottery' 1997, "Devil on a Hog", "Dive! Dive! Dive!", "Dracula", "Dreamstate", "Dream of Mirrors", "Drifter" Live Hammersmith 1982, "Emerald" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Empire of the Clouds", "Eternity Has Failed", "Face in the Sand", "Faith", "Fates Warning", "Fear Is the Key", "Fear of the Dark", "Flight of Icarus", "From Here to Eternity", "Ghost of the Navigator", "Gods of War", "Hammerhead", "Hard Times", "Heaven Can Wait", "Hell on Earth", "Hell No", "Hell on Wheels", "Hunted", "If Eternity Should Fail", "I'm A Mover", "Inertia", "Innerspace", "Inside the Machine", "Into the Black Hole", "Iron Maiden" Various live performances, "Isle of Avalon", "(I Want To Be) Elected", "Jerusalem", "Juanita", "Judas Be My Guide", "Killing Floor", "King of Twilight", "Laughing in the Hiding Bush", "Lickin' the Gun", "Little Big Man", "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", "The Longest Day", "Lord of Light", "Machine Men", "The Magician", "Man of Sorrows" Bruce Dickinson Song, "The Man of Sorrows" Iron Maiden Song, "Manwatcher", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Massacre", "Meltdown", "Moonchild", "Mother of Mercy", "New Frontier", "Nodding Donkey Blues", "The Nomad", "No Way Out...To Be Continued", "Octavia", "The One You Love To Hate", "Only the Good Die Young", "Out of the Silent Planet", "Over and Out", "The Parchment", "Paschendale", "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out", "Power of the Sun", "Powerslave", "The Prisoner", "Prowler '88", "Public Enema Number One", "Pyramid To the Stars", "Rainmaker", "Rescue Day", "Resurrection Man", "Return of the King", "Revelations", "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "River of No Return", "Rosalie" Live London Marquee Club 1985, "Run to the Hills", "Sacred Cowboys", "Sea of Madness", "Senjutsu", "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", "Shadow of the Gods", "Shadows of the Valley", "Shoot All the Clowns", "Sign of the Cross" Various live performances, "Smoke On the Water" 'Rock Aid Armenia' version, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Unknown performance, "Space Race", "Space Truckin'", "Starchildren", "Stranger in A Strange Land", "Stratego", "Sun and Steel", "Still Life", "Take It Like A Man", "Tailgunner", "The Talisman", "Taking the Queen", "Tears of a Clown", "Tears of the Dragon", "That Girl", "The Time Machine", "Total Eclipse", "The Tower", "A Tyranny of Souls", "Wasting Love", "Welcome to the Pit", "When a Blind Man Cries" live Zagreb 2023, "When the River Runs Deep", "The Wicker Man", "Wildest Dreams", "The Writing on the Wall", "Zulu Lulu")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("22 Acacia Avenue", "Afraid to Shoot Strangers", "Age of Innocence", "All the Young Dudes", "Ballad of Mutt", "Behind Blue Eyes" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Black Bart Blues", "Born in '58", "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns", "Chains of Misery", "Childhood's End", "Confeos", "Cyclops", "Dance of Death", "Darkest Hour", "Darkness Be My Friend", "Darkside of Aquarius", "Delilah" Live on 'Last Chance Lottery' 1997, "Different World", "Dreamstate", "El Dorado", "Empire of the Clouds", "The Evil That Men Do", "Face in the Mirror", "Fire Child", "Flash of the Blade", "For the Greater Good of God", "From Here to Eternity", "Gates of Urizen", "The Great Unknown", "Hard Times", "Hooks in You", "I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer", "Isle of Avalon", "It's Not As Easy As It Seems", "(I Want To Be) Elected", "I Will Not Accept the Truth", "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version), "The Legacy", "Lost in a Lost World", "Manwatcher", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Many Doors to Hell", "Moonchild", "More Tea Vicar", "Mother of Mercy", "Navigate the Seas of the Sun", "No Lies", "No Way Out...To Be Continued", "No Way Out...Continued", "Omega", "Only the Good Die Young", "Out of the Shadows", "Out of the Silent Planet", "Over and Out", "The Parchment", "Paschendale", "Public Enema Number One", "Pyramid To the Stars", "Rain on the Graves", "Remember Tomorrow" Live Various Performances, "Road to Hell", "Senjutsu", "Shadow of the Gods", "Shadows of the Valley", "Shoot All the Clowns", "Sonata (Immortal Beloved)", "Starblind", "Taking the Queen", "Tattooed Millionaire", "Tears of the Dragon", "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate", "Vice Versa", "Wasting Love", "When the River Runs Deep", "When the Wild Wind Blows", "Wrong Side of Time", "The Zoo", "Zulu Lulu")
E♭3 ("Afraid to Shoot Strangers", "Chains of Misery", "Gates of Tomorrow", "Octavia", "Starblind")
D3 ("22 Acacia Avenue", "The Alchemist" Bruce Dickinson Song, "Americans Are Behind", "Ballad of Mutt", "Behind Blue Eyes" Live Sunflower Superjam 2012, "Black Widow", "Brave New World", "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", "The Clansman" Various live performances, "Dance of Death", "Die With Your Boots On", "Dracula", "Empire of the Clouds", "Eternity Has Failed", "Face in the Mirror", "Fear Is the Key", "Fire Child", "The Great Unknown", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Headswitch", "Hell on Earth", "Infinite Dreams", "Jerusalem", "Killing Floor", "Kill Me Ce Soir", "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version), "Laughing in the Hiding Bush", "The Legacy", "Lost in a Lost World", "Man of Sorrows" Bruce Dickinson Song, "Moonchild", "Mother of Mercy", "No Way Out...Continued", "Only the Good Die Young", "Over and Out", "The Prophecy", "Rainmaker", "Shadows of the Valley", "Sin City", "Sonata (Immortal Beloved)", "Son of a Gun", "Still Life", "Strange Death in Paradise", "The Time Machine", "Tomorrow Or Yesterday", "The Tower", "A Tyranny of Souls", "Vice Versa", "Welcome to the Pit", "Winds of Change", "The Zoo")
C♯3 ("Afraid to Shoot Strangers", "All In Your Mind", "Back from the Edge", "Believil", "Dreamstate", "Gods of War", "Happy Birthday" Live on 'Friday Rock Show', "Octavia", "Spirit of Joy", "Stranger in a Strange Land" live at Wacken Open Air 2023, "Tibet")
C3 ("Dance of Death", "Dream of Mirrors" live at Rock in Rio 2001, "Headswitch", "Jerusalem", "Journeyman", "Navigate the Seas of the Sun", "The Number of the Beast", "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out", "River of No Return", "Taking the Queen")
B2 ("Believil", "Blood Brothers", "Cadillac Gas Mask", "Can I Play with Madness", "Cyclops", "Empire of the Clouds", "Gates of Urizen")
B♭2 ("Fear of the Dark", "Into the Black Hole")
A2 ("All the Young Dudes", "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", "Change of Heart", "The Clansman" Various live performances, "Darkside of Aquarius", "Dracula", "Fear of the Dark", "Fire Child", "Into the Black Hole", "Sonata (Immortal Beloved)", "The Legacy", "The Longest Day", "Over and Out", "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg", "Run to the Hills" Live in Saarbrücken 1990, "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", "Sign of the Cross" Various live performances, "The Talisman", "When the Wild Wind Blows")
G♯2 ("Americans Are Behind", "Book of Thel" Live Belgium 1998, "Shout It Out Loud", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Unknown performance)
G2 ("Afraid To Shoot Strangers" Live Milan 1993, "Fear of the Dark", "Freak", "I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer", "Lickin' the Gun", "No Way Out...Continued", "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg", "The Talisman", "Taking the Queen", "When the Wild Wind Blows")
F♯2 ("All the Young Dudes", "Fire", "I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Unknown performance, "Sonata (Immortal Beloved)", "Tibet", "When the Wild Wind Blows" Live 'En Vivo!')
F2 ("Freak", "Mars Within (Intro)", "The Talisman")
E2 ("Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (Original Soundtrack Version), "Dance of Death", "Dive! Dive! Dive!", "Sign of the Cross" Live Dynamo Open Air 2000/various other performances)
D2 ("Book of Thel" Live Belgium 1998, "Lickin' the Gun", "The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out")
{Questionable Notes}D6 ("Black Bart Blues"[4a], "Prowler '88"[4a], "Wrathchild" Live Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1992 [5c], Live After Death Version[4a])
B5 ("Infinite Dreams"[4a][5a])
B♭5 ("Too Close to Rock"[1b])
A5 ("Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version) [1a])
G5 ("Be Quick or Be Dead"[1b], "From Here to Eternity"[1][3], "It's Not As Easy As It Seems"[1b])
F♯5 ("Children of the Damned"[1b], "Dive! Dive! Dive!" From 'Dive! Dive! Live! 1990[1a], "Perfect Strangers"[2a], "Shoot All the Clowns"[4c], "Sin City"[1a])
E5 ("Nice Girl"[4], "Over and Out"[1b])
E♭5 ("Killing Floor"[4c])
D5 ("Black Bart Blues"[5a], "Dive! Dive! Dive!"[4c], "Judas Be My Guide"[1a][4c], "King of Twilight"[2b], "Man of Sorrows" Bruce Dickinson Song[1a][3a], "Trumpets of Jericho"[1a][4c], "Zulu Lulu"[4c])
C♯5 ("Prowler '88"[5a], "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Unknown performance[5])
E3 ("Satellite 15... The Final Frontier"[1a], "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"[1a])
D3 ("Isle of Avalon"[1a], "I Will Not Accept the Truth"[1b])
C♯3 ("Hooks in You"[1a], "Tailgunner"[1a])
C3 ("Arc of Space"[1a], "Machine Men"[1a][3a], "Tears of the Dragon"[1a])
B2 ("Ballad of Mutt"[1a][3a], "Black Bart Blues"[1a][3a], "Charlotte the Harlot 88"[1a], "Coming Home"[1a], "For the Greater Good of God"[1a], "Hooks in You"[1a][3a], "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version)[1b], "No Lies"[1a], "No Way Out...To Be Continued"[1a], "Remember Tomorrow"Live Italy 1981[1a], "Road to Hell"[4d])
A2 ("Afraid to Shoot Strangers"[1a][3a], "Arc of Space"[1a], "Black Widow"[5], "Fear Is the Key"[1a], "The Ghost of Cain"[1a])
G2 ("The Alchemist" Bruce Dickinson Song[4d], "Americans Are Behind"[1a][3a], "God's Not Coming Back"[1a][3a], "The Legacy"[1a], "More Tea Vicar"[1a][3a])
F♯2 ("Ballad of Mutt"[1a][3a], "Believil"[1a][3a])
E2 ("Ballad of Mutt"[1a][3a], "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"[1a][3b], "El Dorado"[1a][3a], "Elvis Has Left the Building"[1a][3a], "From Here to Eternity]"[1a][3a], "Over and Out"[2a])
E♭2 ("Black Bart Blues"[1a][3a])
D2 ("Fear of the Dark"[1a], "If Eternity Should Fail"[4b], "I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer"[1a][3b], "Mars Within (Intro)"[1a][3a])
C♯2 ("Believil"[1a], "Black Bart Blues"[1a][3a], "Meltdown"[1a][3b])
C2 ("Freak"[1a][3a])
A1 ("Laughing in the Hiding Bush"[3b])
G1 ("The Post-Alternative Seattle Fall Out"[1a][3a])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
a. This note does land on the pitch all right, but it's too brief and of fairly dubious intent to be 'significant'.
b. Very brief trails at the end of a much more significant note.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
a. Notes that may be another instrument, mixed quietly or processed, creating the illusion of another vocal.
b. Notes that may be an uncredited or otherwise unknown vocalist.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
a. Negligible spoken notes and exclamations.
b. Laughter with little real intonation that bottoms at this pitch.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
a. It's been largely agreed that these notes are lower fifth octave, but produce pretty heavy overtones.
b. Unsure if these notes have been pitch-shifted. There is some audible processing, but can't tell if the pitch is affected.
c. Raspy notes with unclear intonation that may touch on this pitch.
d. Implied harmony that may or may not reach this pitch.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
a. Wild screams only really done by Bruce around the late 1980s; how in control of them he is and to what extent he intended to land on a specific pitch is dubious.
b. Bruce was ill, and his voice noticeably different when hitting these notes. On balance, they are not reflective of a healthy Bruce.
c. These notes plainly do not exist or were conclusively mis-pitched, but speculation continues to perpetuate myths of their existence and/or legitimacy.
B5 ("Infinite Dreams"[4a][5a])
B♭5 ("Too Close to Rock"[1b])
A5 ("Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version) [1a])
G5 ("Be Quick or Be Dead"[1b], "From Here to Eternity"[1][3], "It's Not As Easy As It Seems"[1b])
F♯5 ("Children of the Damned"[1b], "Dive! Dive! Dive!" From 'Dive! Dive! Live! 1990[1a], "Perfect Strangers"[2a], "Shoot All the Clowns"[4c], "Sin City"[1a])
E5 ("Nice Girl"[4], "Over and Out"[1b])
E♭5 ("Killing Floor"[4c])
D5 ("Black Bart Blues"[5a], "Dive! Dive! Dive!"[4c], "Judas Be My Guide"[1a][4c], "King of Twilight"[2b], "Man of Sorrows" Bruce Dickinson Song[1a][3a], "Trumpets of Jericho"[1a][4c], "Zulu Lulu"[4c])
C♯5 ("Prowler '88"[5a], "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Unknown performance[5])
E3 ("Satellite 15... The Final Frontier"[1a], "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"[1a])
D3 ("Isle of Avalon"[1a], "I Will Not Accept the Truth"[1b])
C♯3 ("Hooks in You"[1a], "Tailgunner"[1a])
C3 ("Arc of Space"[1a], "Machine Men"[1a][3a], "Tears of the Dragon"[1a])
B2 ("Ballad of Mutt"[1a][3a], "Black Bart Blues"[1a][3a], "Charlotte the Harlot 88"[1a], "Coming Home"[1a], "For the Greater Good of God"[1a], "Hooks in You"[1a][3a], "Kingsway Jam" (Longer Version)[1b], "No Lies"[1a], "No Way Out...To Be Continued"[1a], "Remember Tomorrow"Live Italy 1981[1a], "Road to Hell"[4d])
A2 ("Afraid to Shoot Strangers"[1a][3a], "Arc of Space"[1a], "Black Widow"[5], "Fear Is the Key"[1a], "The Ghost of Cain"[1a])
G2 ("The Alchemist" Bruce Dickinson Song[4d], "Americans Are Behind"[1a][3a], "God's Not Coming Back"[1a][3a], "The Legacy"[1a], "More Tea Vicar"[1a][3a])
F♯2 ("Ballad of Mutt"[1a][3a], "Believil"[1a][3a])
E2 ("Ballad of Mutt"[1a][3a], "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"[1a][3b], "El Dorado"[1a][3a], "Elvis Has Left the Building"[1a][3a], "From Here to Eternity]"[1a][3a], "Over and Out"[2a])
E♭2 ("Black Bart Blues"[1a][3a])
D2 ("Fear of the Dark"[1a], "If Eternity Should Fail"[4b], "I'm in a Band With an Italian Drummer"[1a][3b], "Mars Within (Intro)"[1a][3a])
C♯2 ("Believil"[1a], "Black Bart Blues"[1a][3a], "Meltdown"[1a][3b])
C2 ("Freak"[1a][3a])
A1 ("Laughing in the Hiding Bush"[3b])
G1 ("The Post-Alternative Seattle Fall Out"[1a][3a])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
a. This note does land on the pitch all right, but it's too brief and of fairly dubious intent to be 'significant'.
b. Very brief trails at the end of a much more significant note.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
a. Notes that may be another instrument, mixed quietly or processed, creating the illusion of another vocal.
b. Notes that may be an uncredited or otherwise unknown vocalist.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
a. Negligible spoken notes and exclamations.
b. Laughter with little real intonation that bottoms at this pitch.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
a. It's been largely agreed that these notes are lower fifth octave, but produce pretty heavy overtones.
b. Unsure if these notes have been pitch-shifted. There is some audible processing, but can't tell if the pitch is affected.
c. Raspy notes with unclear intonation that may touch on this pitch.
d. Implied harmony that may or may not reach this pitch.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
a. Wild screams only really done by Bruce around the late 1980s; how in control of them he is and to what extent he intended to land on a specific pitch is dubious.
b. Bruce was ill, and his voice noticeably different when hitting these notes. On balance, they are not reflective of a healthy Bruce.
c. These notes plainly do not exist or were conclusively mis-pitched, but speculation continues to perpetuate myths of their existence and/or legitimacy.
{Album Ranges}*Album ranges mapped from main track listing only. Bonus tracks or tracks from re-releases, whilst acknowledged in the thread, do not count towards the album ranges themselves.
With Iron Maiden:
"The Number of the Beast" (1982): C3-B5 clem
"Piece of Mind" (1983): D3-B♭5 falsetokaiba
"Powerslave" (1984): E3-G5-B♭5 clem
"Somewhere In Time" (1986): A3-C♯5 falsetokaiba
"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" (1988): A2-B2-C5-G5 clem
"No Prayer For the Dying" (1990): A2-D3-D5-G5 clem
"Fear of the Dark" (1992): G2-F5 clem
"Brave New World" (2000): B2-C5-D5 falsetokaiba
"Dance of Death" (2003): E2-E5 clem
"A Matter of Life and Death" (2006): G2-E5 clem
"The Final Frontier" (2010): F2-D5 clem *There is a song titled "The Alchemist" on this Iron Maiden album. This song is unrelated to the Bruce Dickinson song of the same name.
"The Book of Souls" (2015): B2-E5 clem *There is a song titled "The Man of Sorrows" on this Iron Maiden album. This song is unrelated to the similarly-titled Bruce Dickinson song, "Man of Sorrows"
"Senjutsu" (2021): D3-D5 Hennessy Macklemore III
With Samson:
"Survivors" (Re-Issue Version) (1979): D3-A5 falsetokaiba
"Head On" (1980): D3-A5 falsetokaiba
"Shock Tactics" (1981): E3-F♯5-G♯5 (including 2001 bonus tracks) falsetokaiba
Solo:
"Tattooed Millionaire" (1990): D2-E2-A2-D5-G5 clem
"Balls To Picasso" (1994): D2-F♯2-A2-E5 clem
"Skunkworks" (1996): C3-D5 clem
"Accident of Birth" (1997): F2-G2-D5 clem *There is a song titled "Man of Sorrows" on this Bruce Dickinson album. This song is unrelated to the similarly-titled Iron Maiden song, "The Man of Sorrows"
"The Chemical Wedding" (1998): B2-D5 clem *There is a song titled "The Alchemist" on this Bruce Dickinson album. This song is unrelated to the Iron Maiden song of the same name.
"Tyranny of Souls" (2005): F2-B2-C5-D5 clem
"The Mandrake Project" (2024) - F♯2-D3-D5-E5 Hennessy Macklemore III
.......................................................With Iron Maiden:
"The Number of the Beast" (1982): C3-B5 clem
"Piece of Mind" (1983): D3-B♭5 falsetokaiba
"Powerslave" (1984): E3-G5-B♭5 clem
"Somewhere In Time" (1986): A3-C♯5 falsetokaiba
"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" (1988): A2-B2-C5-G5 clem
"No Prayer For the Dying" (1990): A2-D3-D5-G5 clem
"Fear of the Dark" (1992): G2-F5 clem
"Brave New World" (2000): B2-C5-D5 falsetokaiba
"Dance of Death" (2003): E2-E5 clem
"A Matter of Life and Death" (2006): G2-E5 clem
"The Final Frontier" (2010): F2-D5 clem *There is a song titled "The Alchemist" on this Iron Maiden album. This song is unrelated to the Bruce Dickinson song of the same name.
"The Book of Souls" (2015): B2-E5 clem *There is a song titled "The Man of Sorrows" on this Iron Maiden album. This song is unrelated to the similarly-titled Bruce Dickinson song, "Man of Sorrows"
"Senjutsu" (2021): D3-D5 Hennessy Macklemore III
With Samson:
"Survivors" (Re-Issue Version) (1979): D3-A5 falsetokaiba
"Head On" (1980): D3-A5 falsetokaiba
"Shock Tactics" (1981): E3-F♯5-G♯5 (including 2001 bonus tracks) falsetokaiba
Solo:
"Tattooed Millionaire" (1990): D2-E2-A2-D5-G5 clem
"Balls To Picasso" (1994): D2-F♯2-A2-E5 clem
"Skunkworks" (1996): C3-D5 clem
"Accident of Birth" (1997): F2-G2-D5 clem *There is a song titled "Man of Sorrows" on this Bruce Dickinson album. This song is unrelated to the similarly-titled Iron Maiden song, "The Man of Sorrows"
"The Chemical Wedding" (1998): B2-D5 clem *There is a song titled "The Alchemist" on this Bruce Dickinson album. This song is unrelated to the Iron Maiden song of the same name.
"Tyranny of Souls" (2005): F2-B2-C5-D5 clem
"The Mandrake Project" (2024) - F♯2-D3-D5-E5 Hennessy Macklemore III
Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
Green marks extremely harsh/distorted notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Huge thanks go to Platypus for putting together the compilation of Bruce's additional live high notes, and also to Sandblasted for doing the Bruce solo albums in the first incarnation of this thread. A lot of other users have also chipped in with additional live notes, clips and general analysis on this one, including, off the top of my head, Siren , Bruce58 , Zedd Squared , Rodney Blazershorts , Dark Star , IhateMana , Baronessa and onemorelight17 , and probably others I can't remember, so thanks to everyone for pitching in (no pun intended
){Culled/Omitted Notes}After the updates with the second incarnation of this thread, some of the less significant live high notes have been culled- e.g., post-Maiden reunion Bruce has hit plenty of screams around E5-F♯5 in place of the original notes from songs like 'The Number of the Beast' and 'Aces High', but considering these are lower than the notes from the studio version these have been omitted from the OP. Likewise, the number of 'Wrathchild' live high notes counted from Bruce has been greatly reduced, given previously this song was listed for just about every note value from F5 upwards.
Additionally, Bruce also pretty commonly ad-libs and 'sing-speaks' to the crowd during live performances in a pretty comparable manner to his regular belting and often gets up into the fifth octave, but this is so frequent and the intonation is typically so random that these notes by and large have not been included in either the main thread or the Questionable Notes section. The sole exception so far is the non-melodic F♯5 from 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' Live Denver 2000 for being more stable- incidentally it's also the highest I've ever heard Bruce carry this technique.
Additionally, Bruce also pretty commonly ad-libs and 'sing-speaks' to the crowd during live performances in a pretty comparable manner to his regular belting and often gets up into the fifth octave, but this is so frequent and the intonation is typically so random that these notes by and large have not been included in either the main thread or the Questionable Notes section. The sole exception so far is the non-melodic F♯5 from 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' Live Denver 2000 for being more stable- incidentally it's also the highest I've ever heard Bruce carry this technique.
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