Bat Out Of Hell (Remaster) Meat Loaf

• 1Bat Out of Hell09:50
• 2You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)05:04
• 3Heaven Can Wait04:41
• 4All Revved Up with No Place to Go04:19
• 5Two Out of Three Ain't Bad05:24
• 6Paradise by the Dashboard Light08:26
• 7For Crying Out Loud08:45
• Total Runtime46:29

Info for Bat Out Of Hell (Remaster)

Described as epic, gothic, operatic and silly all in the same breath, Meat Loaf's testosterone-fueled, Springsteen-inspired masterpiece-the third best-selling album worldwide behind Michael Jackson's Thriller and AC/DC's Back in Black -was shopped around for years before Todd Rundgren began production in late 1975. Songwriting credit goes to Jim Steinman on You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night); Heaven Can Wait; All Revved Up with No Place to Go; Two out of Three Ain't Bad; Paradise by the Dashboard Light; For Crying out Loud; Great Boleros of Fire , and the title track.

„There is no other album like Bat Out of Hell, unless you want to count the sequel. This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this. Jim Steinman was a composer without peer, simply because nobody else wanted to make mini-epics like this. And there never could have been a singer more suited for his compositions than Meat Loaf, a singer partial to bombast, albeit shaded bombast. The compositions are staggeringly ridiculous, yet Meat Loaf finds the emotional core in each song, bringing true heartbreak to 'Two out of Three Ain't Bad' and sly humor to 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light.' There's no discounting the production of Todd Rundgren, either, who gives Steinman's self-styled grandiosity a production that's staggeringly big but never overwhelming and always alluring. While the sentiments are deliberately adolescent and filled with jokes and exaggerated clichés, there's real (albeit silly) wit behind these compositions, not just in the lyrics but in the music, which is a savvy blend of oldies pastiche, show tunes, prog rock, Springsteen-esque narratives, and blistering hard rock (thereby sounding a bit like an extension of Rocky Horror Picture Show, which brought Meat Loaf to the national stage). It may be easy to dismiss this as ridiculous, but there's real style and craft here and its kitsch is intentional. It may elevate adolescent passion to operatic dimensions, and that's certainly silly, but it's hard not to marvel at the skill behind this grandly silly, irresistible album.“

Meat Loaf, vocals, backing vocals
Todd Rundgren, guitar (1, 2, 4–6), keyboards (1), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 6)
Kasim Sulton, bass (1, 2, 4–7), backing vocals (1)
Roy Bittan, piano, keyboards (1, 2, 6)
Steve Margoshes, piano (7)
Cheryl Hardwick, piano (7)
Jim Steinman, keyboards (1, 2, 6), dialogue intro (2)
Roger Powell, synthesizer (1, 2, 5, 6)
Edgar Winter, saxophone (2, 4, 6)
Max Weinberg, drums (1, 2, 6)
John 'Willie' Wilcox, drums (4, 5, 7)
Marcia McClain, dialogue intro (2)
Phil 'Scooter' Rizzuto, play-by-play (6)
Ellen Foley, featured vocal (6), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)
Rory Dodd, backing vocals (all except 4)
Gene Orloff, concert master (7)
Members of New York Philharmonic (7)
Members of Philadelphia Orchestra (7)

Recorded at Bearsville Sound, Bearsville; Utopia Sound, Lake Hill; The Hit Factory, New York City, N.Y.; House Of Music, West Orange, N.J.
Engineered and mixed by Todd Rundgren
Produced by Todd Rundgren

Digitally remastered

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