It has been known for a while that Bruce Dickinson is working on a new version of Balls to Picasso. In a recent interview with Classic Rock, he revealed that the new version will be titled More Balls to Picasso and will be released in August as the first of the upcoming remixes of his solo albums.
“We’re remixing my whole solo catalogue. I’ve done seven solo albums, half as many as I’ve done with Maiden, which seems kind of bonkers, really. With all the new technology, you can beef things up, and Balls to Picasso is the one we’ve done the most with. We’ve added more guitars, more keyboards, orchestration,” Bruce told Classic Rock.
He continued: “And the horn section on Shoot All the Clowns – wow! We found these guys; they’re Berklee music professors who happen to be trumpet and trombone maestros and also happen to be fans. With Shoot All the Clowns they said: ‘Can we just go to town and do the full Aerosmith on this horn section?’ I went: ‘Good idea, boys!’”
He then announced the title and release month: “And oh my god, it rocks! All of this stuff brings out the colours of the songs so much more. So we’re going to retitle it More Balls to Picasso, just to differentiate it. That’ll be the first one to come out, next August. After that, it will be Skunkworks, Tattooed Millionaire, Accident of Birth, and also Chemical Wedding, which will have a few tracks that didn’t end up on the original record.”
The interview can be read at Louder Sound.
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