MEAT LOAF "BAT OUT OF HELL" HALF SPEED MASTER RECORDING LP CLASSIC
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Description
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A LP BY MEAT LOAF CALLED "BAT OUT OF HELL". IT WAS RELEASED ON THE EPIC LABEL (HAL 44974) OUT OF THE U.S. IN 1977. THE COVER & THE LP ARE NEAR MINT-
**ALL LP'S COMES IN RESEALABLE JAPANESE MYLAR SLEEVES FOR PROTECTION
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.
Tracklist
Bat Out Of Hell 9:48 You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) 5:04 Heaven Can Wait 4:38 All Revved Up With No Place To Go 4:19 Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad 5:23 Paradise By The Dash Board Light (8:28) Paradise Let Me Sleep On It Praying For The End Of Time For Crying Out Loud 8:45price rating
