Reviews (page 12 of 14)
Two meats out of loaf ain't bad
Rocky horror vibes
sounds massively like Jack Black - bombastically daft
Great Fun
Eh, Meat Loaf is another person that's never been very high on my list, despite his amazing comeback in the 1990s. This album is OK, but not better than that. 3 stars.
Fun, but just not a need to listen to again.
Kolejny ciekawy albumik, tym razem prosto z hameryki, co juz widac nawet po samej okladce, jakies nietopyry i kuce na moturze, ale wyglada epicko i juz sama nadaje klimat plycie, ktora jest debiutem studyjnym pana o pseudonimie Meat Loaf, ktoremu z wygladu duzo nie brakuje do miesnego bochena, album powstal we wspolpracy z kompozytorem Jimem Steinmanen, wiec Loaf byl wokalem, a glowa za calym konceptem zarowno liycznym jak i instrumentalnym byl Jim, a do tego z dwadziescia osob jest odpowiedzialnych za granie z czego warto wspomniec o Rundgrenie gitarze wszystkich trakow poza trzecim i siodmym oraz Bittanie czyli pianinie.klawiaszach przewijajacych sie przez caly albumik poza ostatnim kawalkiem, gdzie scene przejmuje prawdziwa filharmonia, wiec nie da sie powiedziec kto gra, ale jest na bogato przez caly krazek, bo jednak sporo artystow sie przewija na tych 46 minutach, dodatkowo jeszcze zenskie chorki wspomagaja pana Loafa czesto i gesto, co jeszcze bardziej poteguje wrazenie przepychu dzwiekowego, na bogato jest rowniez jesli chodzi o liryke, bo kawalki to prawdziwe opowiesci na dziesiatki linijek, ale kontentu po tytule czy okladce nie sposob sie domyslic, bo jest to nic innego jak opowiesc o mlodosci, wiec i milosci, motorach, mnogosci percepcji, mrocznych mroczkach, wiec opowiesci banalne, ale za to jak ubrane sluchasz kawalka o pierwszym pocalunku mlodzienca, a jest on tak przedstawiony jak epicka wyprawa w nieznane, pan Loaf stanal na wysokosci zadania i dobrze oddal dramatyzm i napiecie budowane lirycznie, ale im blizej do konca tym gorzej, to brzmi, a raczej brzmi coraz normalniej i wytraca sie ten pieklo nietoperzowy klimat z pierwszego traka, ktory sam w sobie ma cos z born to run pana Springsteena, zamykajacy for crying out loud stara sie to nadrobic przekombinowanymi orkiestrowymi wstawkami, ale nie jest to juz to samo co poczatek, ciezko zaklasyfikowac do jakiegos konkretnego gatunku tej plyty, bo z jednej strony tematycznie jest to swietna popowa opowiesc z motywem milosci w roli glownej, z drugiej brzmi to momentami tak przekombinowanie, ze wychodzi z tego rock progresywny, a na samym bacie z piekla mozna sie doszukiwac metalowych influencji, wiec mocno ostatecznie bym okreslal plyte jako hardo eksperymentalny popowy rock, dziwne jest tez, ze album wchodzi pod solowa dyskografie pana loafa, jesli tak duza czesc roboty byla wykonana przez Steinmana, nietopyr piekielny doczekal sie kontynuacji, bo jeszcze dwa albumiki sygnowane nietoperzem sie ukazaly, a dodatkowo calkiem niedawno, bo w 2k17 ukazal sie musical pod tym samym tytulem autorstwa oczywiscie Steinmana, na plejke leci utwor openingowy
Great album. Fast paced.
If you had never heard of meat loaf before and you looked at this album cover you would have a very specific idea of what you think this album would sound like, and then you would be very surprised when you listen to it and it’s billy joel if he were a theater kid that got bullied a lot in high school
Childhood
Demasiado largo. Un 3, por pesao. Tiene dos megahits: -I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That): NO me gusta -Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through: SÍ me gusta
32. Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf 9 tracks. Not at all what I was expecting. Far more power ballad than punchy rock as the title track suggests & I have absolutely no idea what Paradise by Dashboard Light is, (other than brilliant!) 3/5.
Quite! Soft rock musical music at its pinnacle. Just not what I’d choose to listen to!
Solid metal, good vibes
interesting 3.5/5
It's alright, I wouldn't do anything to listen to this album... but maybe I would for love
Ok
A classic album, seems a little long in the tooth now
пойдёт но скучновато старые долгие песни теплый звук
Rock Opera ?? Very kitsch, but fun. Funny that Meatloaf often gets classified as rock or hard rock or something, but really its big musical ballads, almost like musical theatre. Lots of songs in there that you'd dance at a wedding to with your auntie !!! Gotta say, "You took the words right out of my mouth" is super catchy. High 3 - not really my cup of tea, don't think I'd listen again, but it was fun, and unique and memorable.
Bombastisk rock, Springsteen- och Spectordoftande. Låtarna är fartfyllda och storslagna och ofta upp mot 10-minutersstrecket. Meat Loaf's fylliga, fantastiska röst gör det till ett album du gärna vill dansa och sjunga med i på en hemmafest. Låtarnas längd kan dock göra det svårt att lära sig texterna! Kunde ingenting om Meat Loaf innan, och han verkar vara en intressant karaktär, synd bara på Trumpsupportandet och klimatförnekandet. Inledningsspåret Bat Out of Hell är bra. Även Paradise by the Dashboard Light, speciellt del 3, Let Me Sleep on It, där Ellen Foleys sånginsats måste nämnas! For Crying Out Loud är en otrolig kärlekspowerballad som avslutar albumet. Resten av de lugnare låtarna blir lite smöriga. Bästa låt: For Crying Out Loud.
Starts out gloriously with a monstrous 10 minute track, then things get weird for a sec before again building up to a powerful crescendo in “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth”. “Heaven Can Wait” starts out on a more mellow pace which blossoms into an actually beautiful piano balled. The next song revs up the energy again and that same energy continues throughout the rest of the album. Powerful and dynamic listen, but some tracks grow a little too long and overstay their welcome… 6/10
Average indie
Good
Theatric rock
Su problema es que su sonido está muy trillado a día de hoy y que cuadra poco con el espíritu de nuestros tiempos. Pero es que es del 77 y está bastante guapo con todo. 3,5 más que 3
This will not be for everyone but overall it was enjoyable.
leuk album, musical vibe, not sure of ik het vaak opnieuw zou luisteren. is wel deel van een trilogie dus de andere twee wil ik nog wel luisteren.
3,5 Album was gekend. Paradise by the dashboard light, goated. Ik vond wel niet dat de lengte van de nummers een meerwaarde was, to long is to long, liever iets korter
It's a classic, but not my everyday style. Fun every now and then
NICE ALBUM ART. interesting start i could like this. we're starting with the title track lets go baybe. 9 minutes 50 seconds this could be amazing or a drag. loving it so far. okay his voice is okay. lyrics went from fun to funny fast lol. im enjoying myself kinda though. this screams musical theatre i can easily picture the performance to go along with this song. second song: xd oh my god. "will you offer your throat to the wolf with the red rose". this is what a concept album is right. well im done, i think i liked this as much as i can like this type of album, the drama of it all was nice for a change. last 2 tracks are live versions and theyre not available but i rarely care about listening to the same song twice in the same album so im good
Decent album, some good piano and guitar stuff
Desconocía a ese señor, Meat Loaf. Tiene un vozarrón y el disco aunque cortito me ha gustado. Mucho rock progresivo con tintes de musical.
This is probably the most egregious case of an album cover being far better than the music presented. You look at this cover and say “HOLY SHIT, THIS ALBUMS GONNA MAKE BLACK SABBATH LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF PUSSIES” then you listen to the music and hear it’s a sappy musical. On the musical side, it’s not awful, it has some great moments and feels kind of ambitious for what it is. The issue is that it just doesn’t have something to hook me in. I’d be reminisced to not mention the legendary moments where Top Gear (the good version) toon the piss out of the title track.
Guilty admission... singing meatloaf loudly like a Broadway showtune is a long time habit for which I’m seeing a specialist. It was never the same for me after his role in Fight Club. And this album doesn’t hold up well despite Paradise.
Fun classic rock vibes after its "normalization in the latter part of the 20th century, bundled up in the kitschy package that makes it easy to listen too. This was fun for some nostalgic vibes, reminds me a lot of the music in Rocky Horror Picture sow.
Enjoyed this more than I should.
Some fun tunes but feels like it takes itself too seriously at times in thinking it's an operatic masterpiece, the ballads especially. Top artwork, though. Best track: Bat out of Hell
Incredible artwork and Bat out of Hell is and epic song and the live version at the end of the album is even better. But apart from this the other tracks don't really measure up in comparison.
hi name is robert paulson. cracking set of badongas. this is what all of that 70s crap we've had to endure is trying to do. unashamedly cheesey, it knows its not serious which makes it mildly enjoyable.
It's meatloaf, it's old lady rock
A guilty pleasure. Very catchy and liked the pianos but did take itself too seriously at times.
Production: 12/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 10/20 Bangers: 10/20 Emotional response: 8/20 =48 I don't really have much of an opinion about it. It is what it is.
Ach ja, Meatloaf. Het is natuurlijk zo kitscherig als wat, maar ik kan het wel waarderen. De saxofoon, de piano, het drama, de zangeres...
extremely corny and felt very long. Has some fun parts tho. 6
not a fan, but it's not bad 3/5
This is so lame but I actually kind of appreciate that.
Verhasst und lächerlich gemacht. Zu Recht? Nun ja, die Angriffsfläche ist vorhanden, aber wie The Ark schon richtig deuteten „ridicule is no shame“ (finde Funny Funk fulminant furchtbarer) Aber zurück zur Fetten Glam Bulette; klar hört sich vieles nach Rocky Horror Fernsehgarten Mitklatsch Nummer an, wieder anderes könnte aber auch aus der Feder von Springsteen oder gar campy Cocker stammen. Beasty 3.33
I mostly enjoyed this album, minus the talking part at the beginning of the second track. It's not really my vibe so I don't think I'll ever listen again, but I enjoyed listening to it!
A little more my speed. I knew a few of the songs but it was not an album I had listened to all the way through. Very dramatic and like a musical. Reminded me of rocky horror picture show.
Really really boring
Surprisingly good!
Decepcionantemente blando. Melódico.
Cornball from start to finish, but Paradise by the Dashboard Light is so ridiculous, it alone brought this up to a 3.
I don't especially like it, but I'm glad this album exists. It's a very bold album with big ambitions and it's unabashedly theatrical, and I appreciate its sincerity. It's just that in spite of all that, it doesn't try to *do* anything and doesn't really go anywhere or explore any interesting ideas. Combine the uninspired and cliched lyrics with mediocre melodies, and you get a 3/5 album.
Interesting reading on the wikipedia page that a lot of people compare this to Springsteen Born to Run. I wouldn't have thought that before, but I can definitely hear that. The difference is that Springsteen's music is more raw and nuanced. Meat Loaf comes across as sort of frantic and over-produced. Still an interesting and very listenable album though. 3 stars.
Hell of a ride! lots of instrumental magic not without progressive elements and slight glammy lipstick sputtering. lots of coquettish vocals, Michael's voice was maybe superior discovery for me, definitely captivating and talanted. Great choice for a highway rapid ride on. btw ballads are a bit tedious track picks- S/T, you took two words, all revved, paradise by dashboard light
album was good but the guy being called meat loaf brought it down a bit
No
Not bad, but not in a rock mood today so I didn't listen to all of it.
A couple bangers, a lot of cheese.
An apple a day
Long songs. Lowkey sounds like Fun. or Queen.
Pretty epic but queen we’re doing rock opera much better
i'm excited for this.. eh
Feels like a rock opera/musical and maybe it is but I haven’t paid much attention to the lyrics other than the weird furry dialogue. Dude can sing but not really my thing
An abolsute blast, but hard to take seriously (are we supposed to?) - I prefer this sound with Springsteen writing the songs.
I tried to listen to this album but strangely all I heard was his name was Robert Paulsen. Actually this was okay if you like over singing and overdone stuff. But it seems people do. I just didn’t.
My first time listening to this album. At first I was way into the campiness of it, but then it got to be too much.
204. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf (1977) 9.14.26 Variety: 2 Adequacy: 3 Listenability: 2 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 3 = 2.4 rounded down to a 2 Meat Loaf is one of those artists who I grew up barely aware of outside of "I'd Do Anything for Love" which had a very late ( 16 years after the album) music video directed by a young whipper snapper named Michael Bay in 1993 that was ALL over MTV at the time. Which was pretty confusing when I realized his big album came out before I was born. It was a tiny bit fascinating, but not enough to get me curious enough to look into Bat Out of Hell. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" I must have heard on classic rock radio at some point as well, and he may have had some sort of comeback around then, maybe juiced up by the Beauty and the Beast-ish music video because I do remember at least two friends' parents talking glowingly about him. I just didn't get it. It sounded to me like when a musical tries on "rock" music. I would later come to view this sort of thing as "Theater Kid Rock" - and it's been done to a varying degree of success over the decades since Mr. Loaf ( along with Grease, little Shop of Horrors and Rocky Horror - the latter of which Meat Loaf is awesome in btw) popularized the mode. From Styx ( not as great) to the Decemberists ( much better imo) many a band has tried their hand at this sort of rock-adjacent theatricality where you can tell the artist would very much rather be on Broadway. At the time I first became aware of it, this sort of thing was almost entirely cringeworthy, with the supremely uncool amount of effort, the unrock-like song structures, and the unembarrassed sense of abandon the artists had in throwing themselves fully into the thing. Meat Loaf himself obviously took stylistic, if not musical queues from James Brown, for example. Over the years I've softened quite a bit on this stuff though, and have even learned to enjoy musical theater on its own terms, my 90s wannabe hipster credibility having long been worn away to a nub. Aging out of it is freeing, guys. I can't wait for you to get to reap the rewards of uncoolness. Trust me, it'll be fine. You might even find yourself humming along with Mr. Loaf's biggest hits. "And it was so much better than it is today/ (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)/ It was long ago and it was far away" THE TRACKS Side one "Bat Out of Hell" - Ahh, just as I remember it - full of energy, and dynamism, dripping with Meat Loaf's sweaty charisma. And music that seems feels just like the soundtrack to an unproduced stage show that it ( by all accounts might have been - at least in the hopes and dreams of the writer and performer). I want to say when I first heard this it may have been via the music video as the opening piano overture does not take up too much space in my memory. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" - The spoken word intro on this had me cackling. I had forgotten it was a thing at all. God bless you Jim Steinman and your unabashed enthusiasm and commitment to making people write uncomfortably in their seats. We get more of the same here, but less bravado, and more introspection with a thin gauze of of Phil Spector-ish inspired musicality laid over top. The all-star session players are the real stars here, with some excellent playing. We've got Todd Rundgren providing keyboards, Max Weinberg ( of Springsteen's E-Street Band fame), Edgar Winter on sax, and half of the band Utopia all on here. "Heaven Can Wait" - We get our piano ballady "I Wish" song moment in our cod-musical, and it's just as schmaltzy and unendearingly mawkish as I recall. If I cared about such things anymore, this is the type of thing that would have given me a shudder of embarrassment by proxy. But that sort of thing is water off a duck's back to Meat Loaf. He's fully vested in the retirement account of sincerity on this, and I dare you to laugh. Go ahead.... Yeah, that's what I thought. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" - This one continues the similar vibes, but has a much more driving feel to it, and works a bit better as an actual song, without the rock opera structure impeding AS much. It's still there though. Edgar Winter gets a fine sax solo, which is neat I guess. And the background vocals are giving me some Little Shop of Horrors vibes. Unfortunately there's not much left when the song finally kicks into overdrive at the very, very end. Side two "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - The breakup song, and I guess this is the "dark night of the soul" moment in our musical, and it's appropriately pleading and downbeat. The chorus from this, while pretty memorable, is most definitely playing around in the same Helen Reddy Delta Dawn, overproduced wannabe EPIC sandbox that I just can't abide. Mr. Loaf does this sort of thing fine ( as evidenced by the tens of millions of copies of this that still exist in the closets of elderly aunts ( and some uncles) everywhere), but I think it's really a waste of his booming voice. I prefer my heavyset, sweaty, operatic singers to try and melt my face off ( see Jack Black, Jon Popper, Leslie West). "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" - This is more like it, with the boogie-woogie rhythms, and what is easily the catchiest stuff so far on the album. It's very easy to understand why this ended up being the standout track. From the doo-wop backing vocals, to the rockabilly swagger, this one is very largely successful. This is the track where the Rocky Horror "Hot Patootie – Bless My Soul" connection finally made some real sense to me. It's the best synthesis of the rock meets musical aesthetic. The fact that this still gets radio play is a testament to how fun it is, and I'd say it's worth the price of admission, and almost worth sitting through everything else to get here. Sure, the disco heavy Phil Rizzuto part I can do without, but are so baked into the vision of the song, it would be very hard to imagine the song without it. And it's short. And it gets us to the most rocking bit of the album, and we finally get to Ellen Foley's showcase where she kills it. "For Crying Out Loud" - After that last explosive bit of business, there's not really anywhere to go but down. And Mr. Loaf digs us a pretty deep hole with some piano work that might offend Liberace's sense of good taste, and some of the sappiest lyrics on the whole album. True to musical form though, we get the sturm and drang ending , strings and all. Andrew Lloyd Webber would be proud, mayb he rest in peace ( might as well do a little future proofing in this review). HIGHLIGHTS - "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" MIDLIGHTS - "Bat Out of Hell" - "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" - "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" LOWLIGHTS - "Heaven Can Wait" - "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - "For Crying Out Loud" FINAL THOUGHTS There's a LOT going on here, and a lot of fun early rock influences, but when it comes down to it, as much infectious energy as there is, this plays to me like if Bruce Springsteen got conked on the head, Fred Flintsones style, with a 35mm reel of Grease, and emerged from his brief coma with a different personality. Maybe wearing a leather jacket and entering the stage on a motorcycle. It's all very capable stuff, and there's certainly passion. It just is not my thing really. I can appreciate it a lot more than I can enjoy it. This much kinder than I would have thought I was going to be actually. Even with my appreciation of late 70s and early 80s cheese like Bonnie Tyler ( also a Jim Steinman deovotee) who I think pulls this same trick off with a greater degree of success. If not monetarily-wise, then at least in that it holds up better I think in that it leans a little bit more into the camp that Meat Loaf seems to not fully embrace. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is really the only reason anyone needs to listen to this thing. I was actually surorised it wa son the list, but it did make a VERY outsize dent in the record sales arena still holding a spot within the top 10 best selling albums ever. EVER. So I guess just culturally it's important for that reason. Possible turn-Offs might include: - what some of the young'ins might deem some very cringeworthy performances and lyrics - a neither fish nor fowl feel about the rock vs. musical vives - bombastic and OVER THE TOP presentation You Might enjoy this if you: PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Not sure there's a place for this one in my rotation, though I'll continue to listen to "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" if/ when it comes on the radio FURTHER LISTENING - Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen - Faster Than the Speed of Night by Bonnie Tyler - Grease - theatrical soundtrack written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey by and performed by Various - The Rocky Horror Picture Show - theatrical soundtrack written by Richard O'Brien and performed by Various - Paradise Theatre by Styx - Falling into You by Celine Dion
Meh
queen but emo and american? sounds like something out of a jukebox musical. then i researched jim steinman and that makes SO much sense. absolutely not my taste unfortunately, but yeah sure it's pretty interesting.
Can I borrow that wonderful line from a fellow 1001 Albums Generator participant, regarding Fishermen's Blues -- by the last ten tracks, I was begging for it to end -- while describing an album that only has seven songs? This is more like Boston's debut album, or T Rex's Electric Warrior, than ZZ Top's Eliminator, in that the album is a classic, at least within its own sphere, as opposed to an album that should be mined for singles, which should be heard on a concise Best Of compilation. At the same time ... we come once again to the question of what is the guiding conceptual framework of this enterprise. The evidence suggests that the authors believe that, in addition to eating a peck of dirt before we die, we also should listen to a certain volume of lousy (if hugely successful, commercially) music. Much of this is familiar, but -- I promised myself I would refrain from using bad language, but I'm on the final track, and emotion is welling up within me --it sucks. I don't have the words to adequately capture how dumb Paradise By the Dashboard Light is. I also, during the first couple of tracks, felt I had a new understanding of that feeling of revulsion that washes over me when I see Jack Black "rocking out." He's like an off brand Meatloaf. Which means he's an inferior version of something terrible.
4/10 despite this seemly right down my alley I didn't care for it as much as I thought I would
Knew Meat Loaf only by name before. The cover art is very deceptive : it lets you expect a heavy metal or cheesy hard rock album, when there's actually not even trace elements of metal in it. The cheesiness is here all right, but the music itself sounds more like a greasier version of Bruce Springsteen on drugs. With booze. And maybe Satan, but just for the lolz. It wasn't as bad as I expected. Hilariously corny, but still quite listenable, with a few surprisingly catchy songs. Almost too catchy, as a matter of fact - the constant upbeat vibe and coked-out energy can be exhausting at times. Still, it's better than the opposite ; the slow songs were boring and unremarkable, "Heaven Can Wait" and "Two Out of Three" really made me yawn. Not something I'll listen again, it's still far too corny for my taste, but I didn't hate it either. A strong 2*, almost a 3* ? 4/10
good effort. I wouldn't listen but it's a musical...
Since childhood, I’ve carefully avoided Meat Loaf. That whole operatic-rock, Rocky Horror Picture Show vibe, made by some redneck and wrapped in laughable covers was a massive no go for me. Well, here I am, exposed almost against my will. At times it really reminds me of Queen, only without the self-awareness or the same quality of songwriting. I didn’t even dare look at the lyrics. It all sounds incredibly cliché and ridiculously overblown… but, annoyingly, it’s not nearly as bad as I expected. The album is actually richer and more eclectic than I imagined. I probably should give it another listen, but the prospect of sitting through Bat Out of Hell again is enough to stop me. Really not my cup of tea, but I’ll reluctantly admit I expected much worse.
Not my typical thing but some songs are actually fire
Not my thing.
Springsteen inspired theatrical songs. A bit too cheesy for me. 2
Det er jo gøy at det dras på så voldsomt, og eg får litt lyst å like det. Men det får eg ikkje til. Får ei ekstrastjerne for eg likar forsøket og innsatsen.
Kjekt med dette opplegget at neste plate ikkje nødvendigvis er Sgt Pepper. Kan vera litt kjekt å høyra på dritmusikk og. Trur ikkje eg har høyrt gjennom denne fæle plata før. No noterte eg meg Paradise by the dashboard som den jævligaste, og Two out of three ain’t bad som den mest vanlege og derav beste balladen. Og Born to run var vel pompøs nok eller? Men viss eg gav 4 til Divine Comedy så skal eg ikkje lavare her, for eg høyrer faktisk heller på dette. Var antakeleg ikkje slik Divine Comedy ville det skulle bli.
Klarte to låter. Vil for mye de låtene her
Musikk er jammen varierte greier. Ta bare plata vi hørte på i går, Joy Divisions Unknown Pleasures, og sett den opp mot Meat Loafs Bat Out of Hell i dag. Det er vanskelig å tenke seg noe mer ulikt, selv om disse debutplatene kom ut med bare et par års mellomrom. Meat Loaf presenterer en tenåringsdrøm om evig liv, mens Joy Division gir oss en ung mann som allerede er lei. Dypt romantiske plater begge to, men med helt ulikt uttrykk. Den ene er kald og minimalistisk, den andre omtrent like subtil som en naturkatastrofe. Mens publikum i stor grad ignorerte Joy Division, løp folk til platebutikkene og kjøpte Meat Loaf i obskøne mengder. Folk er idioter.
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell Så var det oss då, Meat Loaf. Og mest av alt deg, Jim Steinman. Eg har alltid hatt eit anstrengt forhald til denne plata og lite har endra seg. Det skjer for mykje på ein alt for massiv måte gjennom heile skuletimen det tar å lytte seg gjennom denne plata (som har solgt sinnsvake 43 millionar eksemplar). Ein svulstig og overlessa rockeopera som heilt sikkert har fleire fine songar enn eg maktar å registrere mens heile greia øsar ut av høgtalarane. Skal eg peike meg ut ein favoritt blir det fort “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, men behovet for å gjenbesøke heile greia finst ikkje. Eg er mett, Meat. 4/10
Ook ik begrijp dat je met muziek verhalen kunt vertellen, maar dat hoeft naar mijn inziens niet in elk lied. Al helemaal niet als het meest intense epos wat er bestaat… Meat Loaf denkt daar blijkbaar anders over. Hoewel dat mag en het ook echt wel goed in elkaar steekt, is dit niet voor mij. Ik moet wel zeggen dat ik het niet eens ben met jullie over Rock opera… hebben jullie TIK TIK BOOM weleens gezien? Dat is echt een van de beste films die ik ook heb gezien en dat is toch echt een Rock opera…
Doet wat het moet doen. Wat ze voor ogen hadden is erg goed gelukt. Rockmusical is natuurlijk altijd verschrikkelijk en verdiend bijna direct een één maar binnen dat genre is deze nog wel aardig. In dit bombastische lukt het de zanger het wel om de juiste emotionele kern er in te leggen die ik niet irritant vind. De album cover is ook wel leip. Toch een sterretje er bij.
Nee, nee, nee. Ik begrijp goed dat dit album niet mag ontbreken in de lijst, maar het is absoluut niet voor mij. Er is werkelijk alles uit de kast getrokken: groter dan groots, te bombastisch, te theatraal en vaak te lang. Het heeft veel weg van een rockopera, als het dat al niet gewoon is, en ik ben allergisch voor het woord rockopera. Paradise by the Dashboard Light lijkt ook een eeuwigheid te duren voordat het eindelijk is afgelopen. Het mag van mij bestaan en ik snap dat mensen dit een meesterwerk vinden. Het is ook zeker niet slecht gemaakt. Maar ik vind het helemaal niks.
Maso
Ehh. Had some bits I enjoyed.
gubbarock
This is very "appointment only". A jukebox musical that can be fun if you want to shout along to it, but otherwise very little artistic value.
Slitsomt.
Don't be sad, two out of five ain't bad
this albums is kind of just a basic classic rock album to me. I know that it's a classic but i just can't force myself to like myself that i simply just don't really enjoy
5 stars if you're 15, but only 2 if you're over 16
- Meat Loaf's storytelling is fun (especially Paradise) and he clearly loves to act, but I can't help but notice how theatrical and melodramatic everything is the whole time. - Meat Loaf definitely has a great voice. - The hits do the heavy lifting - I only really like 2 of the songs on here. - The songs feel like they go on too long. - There's also a misogynistic/incel feel to it all that's hard to attribute to irony because of Meat Loaf's conservatism.
Bit boring for me sorry
Yeah, this was not for me. I never liked Meat Loaf and this album did not turned me into fan. He is a great singer but the musical he makes is toothless. It's a music for white dads, music that woul play at the small time carnival. Inoffensive rock. Some other review mentioned something to the extend that this sounds like if Elton John bought a motorcycle.. that is spot on.
The album began life as a Peter Pan musical. It was influenced by Richard Wagner, Phil Spector, and Bruce Springsteen simultaneously, which is the most chaotic set of influences ever assembled in one room and somehow produced exactly the sound you would expect from that combination. Steinman described his creative philosophy as follows: he had no interest in writing about ordinary real life stuff and could not see the point of subtle music. This is the most honest artist statement in rock history and also a perfect description of why I am giving this two stars. Todd Rundgren, the producer, reportedly had to be pleaded with throughout the entire recording process to play the now famous motorcycle guitar on the title track. He eventually agreed. The motorcycle guitar on a song that began life as a Peter Pan musical is either the greatest creative decision of 1977 or a sign that everyone involved had simply stopped asking questions and committed fully to the chaos. Both things are simultaneously true. I was about ten years old when Motley Crue handed me Shout at the Devil. The album cover showed Tommy Lee destroying things and Nikki Sixx looking like a man who had genuinely escaped from somewhere. The music hit me like a physical object before I understood what it was doing. A few years later I saw an album with a motorcycle bursting through a gravestone, a bat overhead, and a muscular figure launching into the sky. The cover art promised me everything Shout at the Devil had delivered and possibly more. Then I pressed play and a theatrical man began an eight minute song about a motorcycle while a piano ran underneath it like a Broadway overture and somewhere in the background there were horns and a choir and the growing realization that I had been profoundly misled by cover art. The album is, in its own terms, a complete artistic success. It does exactly what Jim Steinman intended, which was to create something feverous, strong, romantic, violent, rebellious, fun and heroic. Those are his words. He achieved all of them. The problem is that I did not ask for feverous and romantic. I asked for Motley Crue and received Andrew Lloyd Webber on a Harley, which is a betrayal so specific it has its own emotional category. 2 out of 5. One star for the sheer audacity of a man who started with a Peter Pan musical and ended up with 43 million copies sold. One star for Todd Rundgren, who was pleaded with, relented, and played the motorcycle guitar anyway, which is the most sensible decision anyone made during this entire project. The remaining three stars are somewhere in Hell trying to get out, which is exactly where they belong.
asså det är ju svängigt och jättebra låtskriveri men samtidigt mår jag riktigt skit av att lyssna på det. lite som en köttfärslimpa på det sättet, gott men också oerhört äckligt i sin form.
What if Bruce Springsteen was a theater kid with a raging sex drive and a huge voice? You'd get this record. It certainly doesn't hurt that both Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg are in loan from the E Street Band. It's not as terrible as I remembered but I don't enjoy it at all. The lyrics are absurd and the music is just shy of Andrew Lloyd Webber in terms of absurd bombast. It's just not my thing, and it has always baffled me that it was so massive. 43 million Meatloaf fans certain CAN be wrong
Good grief. I don't like rock operas and I don't like classic rock. The amusing over the top campness stops it getting a 1/5
"Did somebody say meatloaf?" - Fred Darts. Despite the legend, this is not for me. Its like tenacious D but from the 80s. 3/10
I cant do that
a little queen-y for me, theres a lot going on tbh
Heard Before? Of course. Notes: - I don't think Meat Loaf ever did better than his role in Rocky Horror Picture Show. - Endless musical theatre bullshit, with the best possible singer for Jim Steinman's absurd overwriting and obscenely crowded production. - An album completely immune to criticism because it's trying so hard to be exactly what you hate about it. Painfully successful. - I love the background vocals. Verdict: Someone needs to act out the repressed fantasies of normies. Meat Loaf was born ready. Listen Again? I can't think that anyone needs to except maybe closeted teenagers.
Not feeling this one either. Don't think it stood the test of time. 2/5. The Spotify radio based on this album was pretty great, though.
It wasn't bad
Nahhhh too over the top for me
Bat Out of Hell is notoriously cheesy, but I would actually argue that the album's biggest weakness is that it's not over-the-top enough. The songs that take big swings mostly work. The opener is fun and the biggest rocker, and the second track has a catchy chorus. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" could do without that baseball metaphor bit in the middle - even if I like the funky music underneath it - but its big, humorous climax is worth the build-up and is the best moment on the album. Unfortunately, much of the rest of the album is dominated by ballads, which are rarely interesting. They don't make the best use of Meat Loaf's voice, and they seem tame compared to the album's highlights. They don't quite make the album unlistenable, but they definitely make it a mixed bag.
ну таке
Mid and very underwhelming for a "hard rock" album with this cover art.
i don't know it's weird but not weird enough to keep me interested
Ummm. Interesting... Paradise by the Dashboard Light is cool though. Light 5 maybe 4
Hmmmm
I wish I could say “I was pleasantly surprised after not listening to this for a long time” but, nope. Every bit as cheesy and overwrought as I remember. It’s a testament to Meatloaf’s incredible charisma that this was ever a thing.
How is this one of the best selling studio albums of all time? The album cover does not match its music, and none of the songs feel like worth buying the record over. I don’t know, guess I’ll never understand being a dad on a boat in the late 70’s
Hmm.... nope
Ridiculous and cheesy but not entirely in a bad way.
Titelsong gut, sonst bisschen viel Musical
1. Bat Out of Hell (★★★⯨☆) 2. You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (★★★☆☆) 3. Heaven Can Wait (★★⯨☆☆) 4. All Revved Up with No Place to Go (★★⯨☆☆) 5. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (★★⯨☆☆) 6. Paradise By the Dashboard Light (★★★★☆) 7. For Crying Out Loud (★★★☆☆) TOTAL = ★★⯨☆☆ (3) -Lo sentí "inconsistente", me dio de promedio un 3 redondeando, pero no me convence por alguna razón, al punto de dudar en si ponerle un 2 pese a estar "bien".
5/10
Without a doubt, Meatloaf is exceptional, musically and vocally. But I just can't get on with it. It irritates the shit out of me.
It's alright, but it sounds too much like a dodgy musical for me
Arrancó muy arriba con una especie de blues supermoderno y eléctrico para la época. Es del 70 el disco. Me recontra sorprendió. En el medio se pincha un poco y para los últimos temas retoma. En el anteúltimo arranca como un rock clásico estilo elvis y a mitad de tema mete un cambio de ritmo y estilo buenísimo, súper innovador para la época. Rescato esas cosas. Y la sorpresa, que es súper importante.
i do not dig in -- too lyrical, and lyricism in itself isn't bad but as i am influenced by my era, the plethora of words and bland instrumentals did not clash too well for me to regard as something that great. sure, this album probably created a lot of nuanced to rock, but i digress.
average
Sounds like Eddie from Rocky Horror.
So.. I guess Meatloaf is what you get when a musical theater kid decides to try to become a rock star? I mean, the music is good, but not my thing.
You can't deny the talent and skill but this kinda 'rock opera' stuff just doesn't do it for me
His name is Robert Paulson. I don't know what the hell this is supposed to be. I remember seeing it in all the record stores. Obvs it was some elder metal like Dio or Iron Maiden or sthg. Da fuq are these showtunes?? Whatever. I guess he's got pipes.
I give this a 2, because…just no. However, if I view it through the lens of a bizarre bat-themed musical, probably could justify a 3.
I have a hard time comparing this to other studio albums. There's a human element you get from seeing a live performance or musical theater show that is lacking here, and I can't help but lose some of the enjoyment of this album. This isn't music you'd casually listen to without some sort of emotional connection, and I don't think that will come to me from hitting the play button. This is Opera Rock, compared to Rock Opera. Go listen to The Wall, 2112, or Tommy.
Wow. This is a rock album for people that really would prefer a musical, but think this will help them fit in with their rock-loving friends. I guess they did make a musical of this, but I've not seen it and don't feel the need to. Just not a fan, but two stars because I know half the lyrics just from repeated exposure as a kid.
While I dont absolutely hate this album, listening once a decade is about all I can take
Meatloaf is Meatloaf. Didn’t know he wasn’t the writer for all those songs; also, is every song just about wanting a girl…same theme in every track got old fast.
I liked the more rock n roll song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", however, the album missed something for me to fall for it and I can't wrap what was missing. Maybe more balance in terms of song lyrics?
Still doesn't do it for me. I can appreciate the ambition and craft here -- the energy and grandeur of 70s prog rock crossed with the bright shining drama of Broadway musicals. It's like the ultimate soundtrack to a teen romance movie. But so over the top.
I was glad to learn this was initially composed for a stage play. It definitely has a “show tune” feel. I liken it to a Springsteen album if the Boss was a 15 yo sex obsessed miscreant. The production is good and some songs are actually clever in parts, but I didn’t buy the album when it came out and I wouldn’t buy it now. Meatloaf got the pipes though.
No offense to them I just can’t do a 10 minute rock song from this guy. I just can’t. 2 stars
not my favourite, but probs just not my taste 2/5
Essentially a Broadway musical put to a hard rock template, and that's where the problems begin for me. It's maximalist, and "sounds" the part, but what initially feels ambitious and fantasy villain-esque on the surface ultimately comes off as a little too melodramatic, kitschy and indulgent for its own good. The title track in particular doesn't really use its length to evolve musically, rather repeating the same "peaks" which could have easily amounted to around 4 minutes. By the time you've reached the album's mid-section, you've been inundated with screeching guitars and crashing piano to the point of fatigue and parody.
this is just cishet rocky horror. i did not enjoy this LMAO
I did not expect Meat Loaf to be this. I expect some cheesy hard rock for some reason. But I did not like it.
The biggest meh I can offer
Painful listen. +1 star for making me laugh with incredulity that this went 14x platinum, two songs were entertaining and the production was good, the rest was unlistenable
im not really into this kind of long haired, stadium rock, but I have to admit the band is locked in, the vocalist has a powerful voice and the backing vocals are used very well what i dont really fw is this maximalistic, hyper dramatic and epic musical stuff, too many things happening at once without trying to be delicate, i dont know if they manage to create a something greater than the sum of its parts another thing that prevents me from enjoying this type of music, without this album being a particular exception, is how all this musical greatness clashes with the superficial and even artificial way it treats supposedly great themes like love or youth feels like too much stage for very little substance
It's just not for me, and I put off listening to this for ages too.
Exhausting in a heterosexual theatre kid way.
not sure why but this album don’t really connect with me, had a sound overall that I didn’t really like
I feel like a dad. Nothing memorable here. 2/5
'Paradise By The Dashboardlight' is fine, but I don't really care for the rest... 2 stars
Paradise by the dashboard light is so good. but god Meatloaf and this theater rock is just not my style.
Paradise by the Dashboard light is awful
When it's got a good hook, I enjoy musical theatre and the more theatrical end of pop music. Even though the words “rock opera” don’t get me particularly excited I found the title track of Bat Out Of Hell to be pretty awesome - it's got a hell of a driving melody and plenty of character. Unfortunately it is in no way representative of the vast majority of the album which is home to too many overwrought takes on overlong Elton John-style ballads which are sadly not my thing. Occasionally they’ll bloom into something else, but not often enough for me.
Not my cup of tea . Never has been 2/5
Kæft en seriøs omgang rock'n'roll! Bliver lige lidt for underligt med "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" :o Kommer med alt sandsynlighed aldrig til at sætte det på igen :i
*50 Gennemført overproduceret, Elton John på crack, som bare ikke er min smag. Kunne uden tvivl fungere som en musical, jeg aldrig vil tage ind og se, men som sikkert vil gøre sig rigtig godt på salg og anmeldelser. 2 stjerner til Michael Lee Kødbrød og Jim Steinman.
To gode numre giver 2 stjerner - ellers er det godt nok lidt op af bakke.
this is going so many places and doing so many things but really it is musical as they intended - short moments I liked but overall won’t be putting on I am not a metal leaning theater kid
No esta mal
What I imagine Todd’s rock opera to sound like
I guess....this....I just....I don't.... The thing is I don't really understand in what context I'm supposed to listen to Meat Loaf. Is this for people who love show tunes? Is this for people who tried to get into Sabbath but prefer something more upbeat?
me ha gustado una canción solo
Bruce Springsteen already did this album with Born to Run but even ol’ Brucey knew to be a bit more restrained than this. Grandeur for the sake of grandeur wears thin early, and turns everything from halfway through track 1 into a slog.
Am I crazy or is the title track almost a total rip of Springsteen’s “Thunder Road”? That topline melody sounds awfully familiar. I guess I thought I’d like it more? I’d heard “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” a bunch growing up on the radio, but otherwise I came into this with fresh ears. It’s one of the best selling albums of all time; surely that means I’ll get something out of it. His voice is deceptively classical, sometimes pushed into rock grit. There’s some nebulous story going on about escaping hell. I just didn’t think the songs were very exciting; even “Dashboard Light” (which I would’ve previously called an all-time banger) doesn’t hold up as well as I remember because now I can hear how much it sounds like the other songs on this thing. He repeats his ideas too often. “Heaven Can Wait” might as well have been as long as the rest of the songs. The lyrics had me shaking my head sometimes too. (“You’ve been cold to me so long/I’m crying icicles instead of tears” - yuck.) I am a theater kid at heart and this was still too much for me. I will probably still revisit “Dashboard Light” in a year or so when the bad taste is out of my mouth.
Lo escuche todo, no me resulto interesante. Por momentos me sonaba a obra de teatro musical donde las palabras estan metidas en la melodia de manera forzada con tal de contar la historia.
Not that bad but not really my style Songs are not as intense as the cover
So the album and everything about it before opening it suggests its rock, hard rock maybe. But im assuming this is the definition of a rock opera. Its good for the type of music I think, only 7 songs? But not for me. I would be annoyed if someone put this on for a road trip
Pretty stupid!
It is what it is
More theater kid shit. Everything I hate about a rock musical and nothing I like about rock.
Pretty extravagant, kinda cliche.
Какой-то слишком пафосный и любвеобильный рок
This sounds like someone bellowing at a piano in a noisy pub. The songs don’t do anything for me and I really don’t get the huge appeal this album seems to have. I think the style of music just isn’t for me.
This album art and title is WAY more metal than it deserves to be. Meat Loaf is just so fucking weird. Why was this guy popular?
a bit boring
His name may be Robert Paulsen, but this much melodrama and everything turned up is just too much for me.
earnest yearning fuxk-opera by horny 70s rock nerd
Roquero muy arriba
This meatloaf has a lot of cheese, but “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” ain’t bad. The rest of the album is laughable but not enjoyable.
Billy Joel meets Elton John. Super campy, no idea why the album cover is so metal. Good... not great.
Not sure how a bloke who never penned one word or note of his own music can be on this list. It was okay in parts, the last tracks rock n roll bits were quite fun but ruined by all the random interludes. Overall just feels like every rock cliché rolled into one album. 2 stars cos I did find myself bopping along a few times.
-mmmm interesting -very Dad music -I don’t hate it but wouldn’t listen to it again Liked: the end of You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
One experience that was lost when we all started streaming music was going into a record store, flipping through the bins, and pulling out a record because it had an eye catching cover. Because look at this album cover! Conan the Barbarian exploding out of the ground in a creepy cemetery riding a Harley adorned with a horse skull! This is not at all the face-ripping Judas Priest soundalike you’d think from the art. Though to be fair, we’ve all known that for a long time. I have to admire the audacity here though. This album is completely ridiculous, over the top and dramatic, it seems like Meat Loaf is very aware of how ridiculous it is, and still he’s fully giving it. It’s theatre kid rock. It’s in bad taste, not because it’s offensive or anything like that, but just because it’s so schlocky. In the Standard Histories of Rock Music, the year this album was released, 1977, was the year that punk broke out, supposedly wiping all this stuff away. The sales figures of Bat Out of Hell alone paint a more realistic picture of what people were actually listening to.
5/10, had fun moments, was definitely better with the wider variety of instruments, wished there was more saxophone. Some of the songs were very forgettable and felt like they dragged on a bit too much.
First and last track were great, rest kind of faded into background but that's probs more my fault
Eh. Not likely to relisten.
I happily let them get on with obsessing over this while my instinct helped me not to engage. Eventually I gave in and checked it out properly. My instinct had been right all along. Now I’m having to listen again, but this will be the last time. A well executed Springsteen/Elton parody pumped with musical theatre steroids and stripped of all semblance of nuance. There you go, summed up in under 20 words. I used to think “fair fucks to the guy for overcoming being a socially anxious fat lad” but it turned out in the end he was kind of a pos so I can return comfortably to my instinctual position.
This album is a rollercoaster of emotions. There are periods that are like wow I kinda like this and then there are periods that are like wtf. The album starts off purely instrumental and it sounds good and then the vocals come and its like wow this feels like a theater kid. I thought that would ruin the album, but I got used to it. The songs are too long and drag on. You think its about to end but it keeps going and I wasn't a fan of that weird Disco transition that came in randomly for a bit. The songs are a bit overproduced, but they sound good and the instrumentals were the best part of the album for me.
4.5/10
5/10 This is not a bad album, but it's really, really, really not my kind of music. Every song is twice as long as it should be; for as elaborate and over-the-top each song is, they're all pretty dull; and I just don't like it tbqh.
Meh
Good album.
70s rock opera with incredibly cheesy lyrics, pass
блять эти ебаные рок оперы с непонятной структурой, сраной пианинкой и все в таком духе. нахуя? не знаю. гитара и роцк там чисто фон
Can’t fault the ambition and flamboyance of it, but I just didn’t like the songs underneath all the razzmatazz.
Has its moments, I guess.
I like some operatic stuff, like Queen. I even like some sappy camp, like Neil Diamond. But this was too theatrical and too campy for me. It’s fun, but it just didn’t land for me.
So campy. 1/3 Bruce, 1/3 Elton, 1/3 80s style ballads
31 days in and still no album by a woman, I present: Dreamland by Black Box. Enjoy!
Me hace sentir como un poco de nostalgia, no sé cómo explicarlo. El sonido es bueno, no conecté con todas las canciones pero lo escuché completo.
Despite the overwhelming and not very subtle title track this is a soft album. This kind of rock opera is purely for those who do not like music but enjoy the spectacle.
Forty years plus later and I still don’t like this album. I’ve tried. But I consider this the first whiner album I heard in my life.
not bad, not my fave
This isn't rock and roll, it's musical theater. I find myself enjoying lots of it, but multiple times I've had the experience of being like "wait, this is the same fucking song?" and it is the same fucking song. They're all so long. Even the "short" songs feel like they just keep going on.
Honestly, I have no strong opinion on this album. It's not offensive, controversial, mindblowing, amazing, nor special to me. It reminds me of an amalgamation of other classic rock bands ... and Jack Black lol. I've also been doing this album-a-day thing for 15 days straight and I've only gotten one woman the whole time... so maybe I'm also just getting a little tired of men's voices in general? lol 2/5
I've always been confused by this, the cover and the title clash so much with the album. It has some kind of corny operatic quality, like some of the parts of 70's Bruce Springsteen where it reaches the edges off what I can tolerate and it goes beyond that. I just can't
It's okay I guess, lost interest after the 2nd song
Nääh, töntig musik med töntiga texter. Och inte töntigt på det bra sätt. Kändes nästan lite dansband ibland. Svag 2a… Pappa tyckte att det började på en trea men att det åkte ned till tvåa. ”Tråkigt. Blekt. Känns gammalt.”
Sällan stött på en större mismatch mellan grafisk profil och sound. Ser ut som en Maidenskiva och låter som Eltons mest honky tonkiga-stunder. Tycker tyvärr det är ganska dåligt.
Den här skivan har alltid varit ett sånt mindfuck. Omslaget skriker metal, innehållet är musikal-cabaré-rocknroll. Visst, mycket är rätt kul, men mycket är också för mycket meat loaf för allas bästa. Lite jämntjockt, det ska liksom knullas i 180 låt efter låt. Andra lyssning bättre, men då blir också det riktigt lökiga extra lökigt. Introsnacket i you took the words right out of my mouth och i princip hela paradise by the dashboard light, i synnerhet andra halvan. Ofattbart lökigt. Bat out of hell och All revved up, dunderlåtar båda två. Kul med Todd Rundgren på gurka. Stark 2a som i godkänt+
Really not my thing. Theatrical and often weird.
"We have Queen at home." The Queen at home:
Not my taste
#18/1001🇺🇸🦇 When this flashed up this morning, i though "here we go... my first 1 star rating." We listened to the album a lot at house parties in my teenage years but its over 30 years since i've heard it. I pressed play with some trepidation but have to say the first 2 tracks sounded amazing but by the time i reached "all revved up.." i was starting to lose the will tonlive. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad isnt a bad song, just on the right side of schmaltzy. Paradise by the Dashboard light is just too much though - i've always detested even more after seeing a couple sing it (heavily rehearsed) at a pub in Ramsbottom. This is undoubtedly my lowest point in this project so far. I hope it generates some fast dirty Punk Rock for me next. Best bit... when i realised i had reached the end.
Always hated this nonsense.
Meatloaf is not for me lol. Looooong songs, a bit same-y? Veeeery sexual. There was a couple I quite liked though
That cover is metal. But if anything, this is Theater Kid metal. Look, its done well, and I had a chuckle or two with the lyrics, but this rock opera kinda sound just isn't my vibe.
Favourite Songs: Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Not my style but interesting
Everything about this record is contradictory - even the album art would make one assume that this is some kind of heavy metal sonic escape from hell, not 45 minutes of over-the-top theater filled with glimmering percussion and maximalist over-done doo-woo inspired teenybopper “kissin tunes”. Our bat, on his way out of Hell, is Meatloaf, himself. He’s a motorbike riding, show tunes-singing goofball in a leather jacket and his record is a testament to not judging a book by its cover - even if it’s sometimes for the worse. That being said, Paradise By The Dashboard Light is pretty epic, despite content that has not aged well.
De kaas zal werken voor veel mensen. De kaas werkt niet voor mij. In heb niet een een ding tegen rock opera's, maar er is iets aan meatloaf dat op mijn zenuwen werkt, zeker als nummers te lang doorgaan. Dashboard light is prima. Two out of three aint bad is dan weer een van mijn minst favoriete nummers. 4/10
I was excited for this one as I had never actually listened to it and it just wasn't for me. I respect the composition and the vocals are great, but the album just drags in so many places. 46 min runtime for 7 songs is wild to me and I find the songs rarely earn the run time and even the ones that are mostly good feel like they have so much filler. I get that it's supposed to be a bit musical theatre and campy, but it just didn't land for me.
interesting name but iconic nonetheless
I'm normally all about power ballads, but this one didn't hook me.
This does what it set out to do basically flawlessly, and I'm glad it exists so that the title track and Paradise... can be in karaoke rotations, but if the question is "would I ever listen to this on purpose" the answer is resoundingly "no"
very late 70s rock pop with the occasional metal element / ballad bisschen boring if I gotta b honest
incrivelmente melhor do que eu lembrava, mas essa vibe teatral num me pega tanto
I really Do Not like 70s rock
Over the top, indulgent, but not like ELO or something where there are fun hooks. I like Todd Rundgren but his production here lacks any of the sporadic energy of his best works. Feels like music for Aussie dads to play while cooking snags and drinking VB.
Very, very dramatic.
Firstly, I really don’t like many musicals, so anything rock opera was already at a disadvantage. It was important to listen to for general pop culture knowledge and I now understand how Meat Loaf was huge inspo for Jack Black, and why in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the guy’s dream of doing a Dracula rock opera was a clear ML reference, but no matter how much I read into Meat Loaf and tried to register to the album, the songs were too long, and never ended, and the energy was so grating. (Also I have to admit I went to go look at some other reviews and my favourite was that this was “Bruce Springsteen for theatre kids”.)
I was split between giving a 2 or a 3. This album is extremely over the top rock as theatre stuff, and is not something I want to put on in most contexts, so it's hard for me to say it's better than a weak 2.5. I'd acknowledge it's unique and has had staying power. All apologies to Bates, who does a killer Metaloaf at Karaoke every time. I remember being fairly drawn to this album myself as a teen, probably partially due to the cool album art as much as the teen melodrama of the lyrics. As an adult reading up on this I keep on seeing mentions of how producer Todd Rundgren took Meatloaf for an over-the-top parody of Bruce Springsteen, despite the fact that Meatloaf actually performed this music quite sincerely. I guess the fun with Adam West was that his Batman was also completely sincere. Melodramatic teen feelings set to theatrical power ballads, like if Andrew Lloyd Weber or Wagner was a retro rocker act.
Again, will he offer me his hunger? I thought this album would be a lot and I wasn’t nearly prepared for what I would encounter. The only restraint shown was that it somehow held itself to 9 songs and 61 minutes. The lyricism is silly, orchestration over the top but Meatloaf is the right voice for “this” and make songs like Dashboard fun.
tedious, lounge singer
Did not enjoy, honestly thought it was pretty odd.
Was really not in this mood. Maybe another time.
Crap from start to finish.
Wasn't my favorite but okay
339/1089 - I feel like I'm listening to fucking Brentalfloss... So this is the album where he and Jack Black got their stupid voice and theatrics from! On another note, I like Todd Rundgren so at least this is a polished turd, the best 1 star if you will (and I will!).
Should be aitnfelr like it was trying to be a stage show but ended up being a Pantomime
One start for obvious musical talent, but this ain't my thing. Not the worst album we've suffered through in this series, but not one I'll every put on again.
Operatic rock that's just way too theatrical for me.
Not my favorite Elton John cover band
Used to love it as a teenager but now feels masochonistic
i like rhps. but the kitschy tongue in cheek fun of the film is lost without, well, the film.
Not my vibe
Why
Good but not my type
Not really any bangers. Just a bit boring really.
How is this one of the top selling albums of all time? So basic and goofy in a not-that-fun way.
Sounds like show tunes. Not a fan.
this is kind of like darksided bruce springsteen. it’s really, really theatrical in a way that’s almost charming if rather pitiful in its tastelessness.
Man, the 70s were weird as hell. I'm not averse to grandiose, over-the-top bullshit, at least not all the time. Some of the tracks really rock out and achieve the sort of epic scope that he's clearly going for. Trouble is as soon as the melodramatic caterwauling begins, I immediately get stuck on how dumb and corny it is. And not, for me at least, the fun kind of dumb and corny.
i liked the wolf song, funny asf. idk not in the mood overall 2.5.
I was looking forwards to this. The album was a bit forgettable and tedious. I think it was an album of a time.
I mean, it's legendary and I don't need to hear it again. 🫠
fucking hilarious
at least it doesn't take itself serious fav song: bat out of hell ig
One Great song
60
I guess it's impressive that this was a debut album? And I mean, we all love Paradise by the Dashboard Light. The ultimate in cheesy fun. And I always kind of liked Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. But it's just all so over the top. And why are all the songs so long?
Much too heavy.
His name was Robert Paulson.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Two certified bangers bookending garbage.
ok
checked die und ihre sound nöd. vlt wärs besser wenn mir ready für das isch. aber zu ungeuldig zum mich dem voll und ganz hizgeh. Irgend e mix zwüsche köntry, irish pub sound, hard rocky undund und. nei bitte nöd, 2 Feggefüürlis
Many a weekend night at the bar on the dance floor in the late 80s I was jamming out to Paradise with a girl. We would each play the part and scream the lyrics. It’s a fun party song. The problem with much of Meatloafs music is that he took it way too seriously (wish he took COVID as seriously. Too soon?). He made some fun rock music. Made an interesting appearance in a cult movie…..and ended up as the meat for dinner. But he it is not someone I turn to when I’m ready to rock. It’s something discovered while scanning channels or that shows up in my Spotify algorithm…..especially now.
I don't think this is my type of concept album, this feels like a musical that got unfiltered access to illicit drugs 5/10 i can see the appeal its just not for me
Довольно скучный альбом. Стадионный рок с пианиной. Обложка очень крутая, но она вообще не отражает суть музыки, а музыка совершенно не интересная, по крайней мере мне, банальная донельзя.
A high school musical production get way out of hand. 2 stars.
Classic rock opera. (It’s … alright.)
What the fuck. Listened to by people who say "they don't make music like they used to", "this is real music", and who enjoy looking down on your music taste for no good reason.
Not sure what I was expecting but this wasn’t it and I didn’t enjoy it.
I actually thought I was going to like some of this but I was wrong. Super cheesy. 1.5
I get it but couldn't finish this
Meatloaf is sooo dramatic. His albums are like a soundtrack from a Broadway musical. Very kitchy and almost comedic. It wears thin very quickly. It's like a parody of itself. No thanks.
I almost exclusively listen to musicals (and musical-esque things) in one of two conditions: I am viewing a live theatrical performance, or I am being paid to play the music for a theatrical performance. I honestly don't like musicals outside of that.
Completely overblown and pompous in its style and production, it does very little for me I’m afraid. It gets 2 stars purely for its ambition and effort.
It's kinda fun, but mostly kinda cringe. In a sense, that they basically laid out many of the cringiest 1980s rock cliches here, even though this came out in 1977. I guess you can't blame them for being slightly ahead of their time.
Включив цей альбом і згадав чому мені ніколи не подобався міт лоаф.
Overwrought garbage, which I suppose is what people like about it. I don’t think it’s even well put together though.
This is an interesting one, since I know the hits, but I have never listened to the actual LP from start to finish. First track starts with a cacophony that sounds like a showtune run through a 70s prog and butt rock filter. Imagine Boston pumping up a crowd at a regional circus and you're getting close. When Meat (can I call him Meat?) starts to sing along with the piano it gives off Billy Joel and Springsteen vibes, but not as compelling as either. Lots of shout whispers. Not sold yet. Okay, weird spoken word shit here. Oh, I know this song! Didn't know it was Mr. Loaf. Eh on the performance. Not the worst thing I've ever heard - kind of like Andrew Lloyd Weber produced by Phil Spector. Ballad time. Yawn. This one brings the tempo up a little bit. Hope you like saxophones. I know this song, but the I feel like I've never heard the intros before. Anyway, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad is an objectively bad song. I'll sit through it, but I won't enjoy it. Paradise By The Dashboard Lights rules. It's long as hell though, so rethink it as a karaoke option if you've been drinking heavily and/or have stamina issues. Closing song has closing song vibes. Something about being cold in California. Oh, wait, here comes the bombast. Lots of build ups and cymbal crashes. Well, what's it going to be boy? I said what's it going to be boy, yes or.....?
Not terrible, but not my style. It's funny I didn't realize Meat Loaf was a major contributor to writing the songs for Rocky Horror Picture Show, and if you listen to Bat Out Of Hell through that lens of musical theater and rock operas, with an emphasis on the over-dramatic and flamboyant, this record makes a lot of sense. It's kinda wild it grew to be as popular as it did. Listening now it feels it should be far more fringe.
Har både lyst til å like og hate det her. Litt for gøy til å hate og alt for voldsomt til å elske. Til syvende og sist blir det for ekstravagant og vokalen for slitsom.
Honestly, it’s a great title track. The rest is fine; better than fine if you like operatic rock ballads (I do not). I still can’t imagine being a teenager in 1977 and seeing or hearing the three layers of crazy juxtaposition: the cover that says “this is metal you fuckers”, the artist name that says “wait what the fuck”, and the music that says “wait what is actually going on here?” It isn’t a bad album, it just isn’t for me. And as someone who is open about how little ballad rock he listens to, I can’t compare this to much. I mean it’s better than 90% of Bon Jovi’s catalogue, but that bar is low. I feel bad giving this a 2, but there are albums I’d rank at 3 that I like so much more. I also will never get beyond Meat Loaf’s appearance in Fight Club. “Bob’s new sweating tits that hang enormous, the way you think of God’s as big.”
Många ingredienser i den här svulstiga stuvningen. Ta Springsteens Born to run, The Ronettes Be My baby och Phil Spectors hela Wall of sound, ta Slade, Gary Glitter, Rocky horror show och rör om. Då blir det för mycket av allt och det smakar inte så gott tillsammans. Små smakbitar här och var ändå okej, därav en tvåa.
Jag tror faktiskt aldrig lyssnat på Köttlimpan. I would do anything…från början av 90-talet har förstås hörts men bortsett från den visste jag inte vad som väntade mig. Omslaget signalerar nån slags pudelrock. Musiken något annat. Här finns tendenser i flera av låtarna som bådar gott. Det går att spåra soul, Springsteen och Elton. Men sen lyckas man tyvärr även få in en hel del musikal. Bättre än jag förväntat mig, men inte bra nog.
Corny. The songs were too long. They weren’t terrible, but it wasn’t for me.
Great production value but not really my taste
I wish I was more in the mood to listen to Opera Rock when I got this album but I’m not all the way mad at it. I’d be interested in revisiting this in the future.
Very theatrical, reckon would be fun to listen to live - not quite my thing
It was never going to be GOOD...but I did at least hope for it to be more fun. Title track aside, it seems like glam rock by numbers to me.
This is obviously not one of the 1001 Best Albums. But I'm giving it a 2 based on my love for it when I was a dumb kid in the 70s.
A couple of good ones, notably the extended version of Bat Out Of Hell, but otherwise this was pretty forgettable.
Exactly what I thought a Meatloaf album was.
Had always heard of Meatloaf - did not realize this is his origin. Wow, is this very much of it's time. Considering it is a bat out of Hell, I thought it would be more intense/metal - instead the sax and vocals feel like a cheesy 80's sitcom or musical (which tracks, given the info in the wiki link). Def not my jam - not into over the top, over-dramatic rock operas! Will never ever listen to this again!