Bat Out Of Hell (Rmst) CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Bat Out Of Hell ~ Meat Loaf

2. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) ~ Meat Loaf

3. Heaven Can Wait ~ Meat Loaf

4. All Revved Up With No Place To Go ~ Meat Loaf

5. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad ~ Meat Loaf

6. Paradise By The Dashboard Light ~ Meat Loaf

7. For Crying Out Loud ~ Meat Loaf

8. Great Boleros of Fire - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Meat Loaf

9. Bat Out Of Hell - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Meat Loaf

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Meat Loaf, Ellen Foley (vocals); Todd Rundgren (guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Edgar Winter (saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards); Steve Margoshes, Cheryl Hardwick (piano); Jim Steinman (keyboards, percussion); Roger Powell (keyboards); Kasim Sultan (bass, background vocals); Max Weinberg, John Wilcox (drums); Marvin Lee (percussion); Rory Dodd, Phil Rizzuto (background vocals).
	Recorded at Bearsville Sound, Bearsville, New York; Utopia Sound, Lake Hill, New York; The Hit Factory, New York, New York; House Of Music, West Orange, New Jersey; and Nassau Colliseum, Hempstead, New York.
	Personnel: Meat Loaf (vocals); Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Marvin Lee Aday (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Ellen Foley, Kasim Sulton, Rory Dodd (vocals, background vocals); Ed Sprague, Jimmy Iovine, John Jansen, Mark Thomas (recorder); Edgar Winter (saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano, keyboards); Cheryl Hardwick, Steve Margoshes (piano); Jim Steinman (keyboards, percussion); Roger Powell (synthesizer); John Wilcox, Jon Wilcox, Max Weinberg (drums).
	Audio Mixer: Todd Rundgren.
	Audio Remixers: Jimmy Iovine; John Jansen.
	Liner Note Author: Arthur Levy .
	Recording information: Bearsville Sound Studios, Bearsville, NY (09/01/1978); Hit Factory, New York, NY (09/01/1978); House Of Music, West Orange, NJ (09/01/1978); Nassau Coliseum, Hempstead, Long Island, NY (09/01/1978); Utopia Sound, Lake Hill, NY (09/01/1978).
	Illustrator: Ed Lee .
	Photographer: Frank Laffitte.
	Arrangers: Steve Margoshes; Jim Steinman; Todd Rundgren.
	Pomp and circumstance of the grandest order for the multi-platinum Meat Loaf and his songwriting mentor, Jim Steinman. The grandiose intro to the title track was indication enough of the tone of the album, with songs stretching out over what at times seemed like musical infinity. Steinman set his songs in evocative wastelands populated by full orchestras and small-town weirdos, 'Paradise By The Dashboard Light' an entire two-handed play in itself, and 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad', an overblown symphony of regret and unrequited love. Between them, they pretty much provided the balance of the album. A huge success, only to be repeated by its follow-up in 1993.
Producer: Todd Rundgren; Amy Herot (Reissue)
Engineer: Ed Sprague; Stephen Saper; Jimmy Iovine; John Jansen; Mark Thomas; Todd Rundgren
Musical Guests
	Todd Rundgren
	Edgar Winter
	Max Weinberg
	Phil Rizzuto

Artist Overview

Who would have ever thought that opera-rock fronted by a 300 pound-plus singer would equal massive chart success worldwide? That's exactly what happened with Marvin Aday, better known as Meat Loaf. Along with collaborator/producer Jim Steinman, he created one of rock's biggest and most enduring albums--1977's epic BAT OUT OF HELL. Combining a theater-trained voice as big as his frame (he'd previously acted and sung in ROCK HORROR PICTURE SHOW among others) with Springsteen-plus arena-rock production, Meat Loaf took the world by storm, but faded away shortly thereafter. His massive comeback 16 years later with BAT OUT OF HELL II was a storybook ending that caught the music industry by surprise and earned the singer a Grammy award.

Compilation Appearances

	Jukebox Hits Of The 70's
	Now That's What I Call Classic Rock H

Associated Artists and Works

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Technical Info

	Release Date : 01/30/2001
	Original Release Date : 1977
	Catalog ID : 62171
	Label : Epic/Legacy
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00074646217122

Professional Reviews

Q (10/91)
- 5 Stars - Classic - "...this record, more so than "Rumours" or "Dark Side Of The Moon", was DNA coded into the genes of a generation..."

Q (11/94, p.129)
- 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...BAT OUT OF HELL is, 17 years on, breathtaking; seven wonderful songs known by all..."

Uncut (6/03, p.134)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...This is cheese of the highest quality, enhanced in no small way by the input of one Todd Rundgren, whose lavish production and buzzsaw guitar echo that of his own sterling output of the time..."

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