Bat Out of Hell was the second album released by Meatloaf of Broadway and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" fame. It was his first collaboration on an album with songwriter Jim Steinman, whom he had met through "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".
The album was recorded in 1975 but not released until 1977, many record companies didn't see the massive Meatloaf appealing to any sort of audience.
The reception that the album received was cold at best. Initially critics were unimpressed as the music could not be pegged into a specific genre, yet sales grew and grew (albeit slowly at first). Bat Out of Hell went on to become a massive hit in Europe, Australia and the US.
It's stayed in the UK album charts for 485 weeks, a feat only surpassed by Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors".
Annually Bat Out of Hell sells in excess of 200'000 copies, being rediscovered year on year by a new, younger audience. Bat Out of Hell is a must for any music collection and it has earned its place in the history books.
TRACK LISTING
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Bat Out of Hell" | 9:48 |
| 2. | "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" (intro spoken by Steinman and Marcia McClain) | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Heaven Can Wait" | 4:38 |
| 4. | "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" | 4:19 |
| Side two | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | 5:23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (duet with Ellen Foley) (I. Paradise / II. Let Me Sleep On It / III. Praying for the End of Time) | 8:28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | "For Crying Out Loud" Sales/Certifications
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