1977 MEATLOAF LP HARD ROCK - Bat Out Of Hell - PICTURE DISC RARE

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1977 MEATLOAF LP HARD ROCK - Bat Out Of Hell - PICTURE DISC RARE

1977 MEATLOAF LP - Bat Out Of Hell -PICTURE DISC / Rare   Description ARTIST   :MEATLOAF
TITLE      :BAT OUT OF HELL
FORMAT :VINYL LP RECORD
LABEL     :EPIC E99-34974

COVER    :VG++ ( cut corner )
VINYL      :NEAR MINT


COMMENTS :PICTURE DISC's SOUND QUALITY IS NOT THE SAME AS REGULAR LP, You Can Listen To This, But It Is Collected More For Its Rarity & Uniqueness



REVIEW OF THIS LP

There is no other album like Bat out of Hell, unless you want to count the sequel. This is grand guginol 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 clichã©s, 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

SONG TRACKS ON THIS LP

1. Bat Out of Hell (Steinman) - 9:51
2. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth... (Steinman) - 5:04
3. Heaven Can Wait (Steinman) - 4:41
4. All Revved up With No Place to Go (Steinman) - 4:20
5. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (Steinman) - 5:25
6. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Steinman) - 8:28
7. For Crying Out Loud (Steinman) - 8:44

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