Bruce's Solo Discography Ranked - The Complete List

[GhostofCain]

21: The Ghost of Cain
Average Score: 8.33/10
Bonus Tracks 29/31

@GhostofCain this is your jam, no? Sitting directly outside the Top 20 is the third best bonus track in Bruce's discography. I doubt anyone would be surprised. Many would rather it be on the album that, say, "Welcome to the Pit". I disagree, but I do prefer it to some of the songs. It's an awesome song.

Choice comments:





Votes:

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10 - 2
9 - 9
8 - 5
7 - 4
6 - 1
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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21 - The Ghost of Cain
22 - Tattooed Millionaire
23 - Cyclops
24 - Return of the King
25 - Taking the Queen
26 - Gates of Urizen
27 - Inertia
28 - Power of the Sun
29 - River of No Return
30 - Eternal
31 - Back From The Edge
32 - Trumpets of Jericho
33 - Freak
34 - Soul Intruders
35 - Son of a Gun
36 - Change of Heart
37 - The Breeding House
38 - Starchildren
39 - Innerspace
40 - Strange Death In Paradise
41 - Laughing in the Hiding Bush
42 - Wicker Man
43 - Space Race
44 - Solar Confinement
45 - Machine Men
46 - Killing Floor
47 - The Magician
48 - Devil on a Hog
49 - Acoustic Song
50 - Welcome To The Pit
51 - No Way Out... Continued
52 - Gods of War
53 - Faith
54 - No Way Out... To Be Continued
55 - Sacred Cowboys
56 - 1000 Points of Light
57 - Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter
58 - Hell No
59 - All The Young Dudes
60 - Inside The Machine
61 - Real World
62 - Winds of Change
63 - Meltdown
64 - Gypsy Road
65 - Fire Child
66 - Shoot All The Clowns
67 - Octavia
68 - Dreamstate
69 - Hell On Wheels
70 - Fire
71 - Believil
72 - I Will Not Accept The Truth
73 - Mars Within
74 - Armchair Hero
75 - Toltec 7 Arrival
76 - God's Not Coming Back
77 - Darkness Be My Friend
78 - Confeos
79 - Headswitch
80 - Dive! Dive! Dive!
81 - Rescue Day
82 - No Lies
83 - Re-Entry
84 - Midnight Jam
85 - Over And Out
86 - Dracula
87 - Cadillac Gas Mask
88 - Tibet
89 - Elvis Has Left The Building
90 - Americans Are Behind
91 - Lickin' the Gun
92 - R 101
93 - Ballad of Mutt
94 - Zulu Lulu
95 - The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out
96 - I'm In A Band With An Italian Drummer

Albums:

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Tattooed Millionaire 9/10
Balls To Picasso 9/10
Skunkworks 13/13
Accident of Birth 6/12
The Chemical Wedding 4/10
Tyranny of Souls 6/10
Bonus Tracks 29/31

Excellent song that gave me the username I have used in different fora since 1997.

 

[Forostar]

Played it yesterday and I suddenly noticed The Tower took some of this song.

 

[Deleted member 7164]

From the top of my head the Cain chorus does have a similar melody to Tower verses. Did you refer to that or any more similarity?

 

[Forostar]

That (you can sing The Tower chorus over the other and vice versa) but also the bridge or pre-chorus (chord progression).

 

[Diesel 11]

So a while back in this thread we discussed personal song rankings, and I've finally scraped out a complete ranking of all 96 songs.

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1. Chemical Wedding
2. Trumpets of Jericho
3. Tattooed Millionaire
4. Kill Devil Hill
5. Book of Thel
6. Darkside of Aquarius
7. Jerusalem
8. King in Crimson
9. The Alchemist
10. Back From The Edge
11. Man of Sorrows
12. Arc of Space
13. Gates of Urizen
14. Sacred Cowboys
15. The Breeding House
16. The Ghost of Cain
17. A Tyranny of Souls
18. The Tower
19. Machine Men
20. Killing Floor
21. Tears of the Dragon
22. Wicker Man
23. The Magician
24. Space Race
25. Born In '58
26. Starchildren
27. Freak
28. Believil
29. Innerspace
30. Power of the Sun
31. Silver Wings
32. Accident of Birth
33. Inertia
34. Return of the King
35. Omega
36. Road To Hell
37. Son of a Gun
38. Hell No
39. Inside the Machine
40. Faith
41. Strange Death In Paradise
42. Solar Confinement
43. Armchair Hero
44. Change of Heart
45. Dive! Dive! Dive!
46. No Lies
47. Welcome to the Pit
48. Devil on a Hog
49. Meltdown
50. Shoot All The Clowns
51. Fire Child
52. Eternal
53. Navigate the Seas of the Sun
54. Taking the Queen
55. No Way Out... To Be Continued
56. Re-Entry
57. Dracula
58. Hell On Wheels
59. Cyclops
60. Dreamstate
61. Soul Intruders
62. Headswitch
63. I Will Not Accept The Truth
64. Abduction
65. Broken
66. Gypsy Road
67. Winds of Change
68. Real World
69. God's Not Coming Back
70. Octavia
71. Darkness Be My Friend
72. 1000 Points of Light
73. River of No Return
74. Laughing in the Hiding Bush
75. Confeos
76. Acoustic Song
77. Gods of War
78. No Way Out... Continued
79. Cadillac Gas Mask
80. Americans Are Behind
81. Over and Out
82. Tibet
83. Rescue Day
84. Mars Within
85. Toltec 7 Arrival
86. Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter
87. The Post Alternative Seattle Fall Out
88. All The Young Dudes
89. Midnight Jam
90. R101
91. Zulu Lulu
92. Lickin' The Gun
93. Fire
94. Elvis Has Left The Building
95. I'm In A Band With An Italian Drummer
96. Ballad of Mutt

This is probably very far from accurate, so take it with a pinch of salt. The only thing I no for a fact is correct is the top 2 and The Chemical Wedding's tracks all being in the Top 20. Other than that... I really don't know. Even in the Top 10 - there's a part of me that thinks "Darkside of Aquarius" should actually be bumped up to #3, but I really haven't made up my mind yet if that's the case or not. We'll see what I think as time goes on.

 

[karljant]

CHEMICAL WEDDING

Bruce has some very strong albums, but this is his strongest. Don't believe me? Watch this:

1. King in Crimson - 10/10
2. Chemical Wedding - 10/10
3. The Tower - 10/10
4. Killing Floor - 10/10
5. Book of Thel - 10/10
6. Gates of Urizen - 10/10
7. Jerusalem - 10/10
8. Trumpets of Jericho - 10/10
9. Machine Men - 10/10
10. The Alchemist - 10/10

This is not hyperbole.

Totally accurate... to make a slight gap between better and worst tracks I would have to use a 0 to 20 scale (instead of 0 to 10). And this alone speaks tons of this monument's value.

 

[karljant]

1. The Chemical Wedding - 20/20 (... enough said)
2. Accident of Birth - 16.5/20 (great tracks - some perfect - mixed with weaker ones)
3. Tyranny of Souls - 16/20 (as an album works even better than AOB but the standout tracks aren't on the same level)
4. Balls To Picasso - 15/20 (Bruce experimenting... some turned out really good some didn't. Great songs here and there and a couple of amazing ones.
   
5. Skunkworks - 12/10 (quite flat but corageous effort... enjoyable but that's it)
6. Tattooed Millionaire - 8/20 (Skipable appart from Son Of A Gun and Born In 58)

 

[Diesel 11]

Can’t wait till we do this again after the new album is released....

 

[karljant]

Can’t wait till we do this again after the new album is released....

Wait... are there any plans for a new Bruce solo album?

 

[Diesel 11]

Wait... are there any plans for a new Bruce solo album?

Oh yes.

 

[karljant]

Oh yes.

WHEN? WHERE? HOW?...

 

[Diesel 11]

WHEN? WHERE? HOW?...

He's been talking about it for at least five years, lol.

 

[karljant]

He's been talking about it for at least five years, lol.

Ah I see... Heard it back then. Thought there were new developments :/

 

[Diesel 11]

Ah I see... Heard it back then. Thought there were new developments :/

There are. This year they laid down the drum stuff.

 

[Spambot]

1. Skunkworks - 12/10

I would also give Skunkworks 12/10, but 10 was the highest grade in Diesel's questionnaire. That being said, @Diesel 11, I'm the guy who gave every single track from Skunkworks and album itself 10/10, I sensed it would need help from finishing poorly.