Skunkworks is the third solo studio album by English heavy metal vocalist Bruce Dickinson, released in 1996.

The album moved from Iron Maiden's traditional heavy metal style to a sound similar to that of bands such as Rush and Soundgarden.

[6] Despite his musical evolution, the tour for the album was the first on which Dickinson included a song from his former band: a slightly reworked version of "The Prisoner".

Hipgnosis designer Storm Thorgerson produced the cover art, starting with a hired tree with foliage shaped somewhat like a brain – a play on the town of Braintree, Essex.

Hipgnosis freelance artist Richard Manning digitally shaped the foliage in Photoshop, and a mirror image was applied.