Bat Out Of Hell

An experience to listen to, the opening two tracks are masterpieces and the rest is very entertaining.

Super over the top fun. I liked this a lot once upon a time but kinda moved on from it. In fact it's the kind of thing that I'd deny liking at all. I really don't know why. It's not perfect, the closer and Heaven Can Wait are kinda "meh" to me and the over the top-ness can be off-putting if you're not in the mood, but this is actually a lot of fun and maybe I should go back to it, or at least individual tracks when the mood strikes me.

My first album from the list. Bombastic, silly, pretentious. Not worth a repeat listen.

Wow. This one is weird, completely over the top and not in the tiniest bit serious-takeable - and I absolutely love it. It sounds like an old school heavy metal singer pretending to be Bruce Springsteen who just heard (and loved and got inspired by) Jesus Christ Superstar. Definitely going to re-listen this one!

Reminds me of Mom and Dads house having all the windows open!!! Cleaning and listening to this CD. 🧡

I hate this album.....I hated it when it first came out...and I still hated it....not even going to listen to it....

Really enjoyed listening. Meatloaf had such a great voice.

This is absolutely amazing kitsch. The production is fantastic and Meat Loaf has great range.

What a dang boo this album is. So theatrical and fun. How has it taken me 30 years of living to listen to this in full?

This the rock opera. They couldn’t make us slaves

I love everything about Bat Out of Hell. Everything is so extravagant, overcomposed, and just in general turned all the way up to 11. Steinman's melodies are rock-solid and his lyrics succeed in convinced you that the entire fate of mankind depends on whether or not this horny teenager gets to third base tonight in the backseat of a Chevy Camaro. EVERYTHING is at stake. Instrumentation is of course ridiculously on point with Todd Rundgren and members of the E Street Band combining to make this silly record one of the best and most enjoyable rock operas ever. Thank you Meat Loaf, you absolute legend.

Legendary record. Ridiculously over the top, way too grandiose and at times it feels almost like a straight up spoof on rock operas.. In other words; it’s just perfect. Steinman’s songwriting is incredible and the feeling of impending doom is perfectly supported by one of the most impressive bands ever put together and Meat Loaf’s almost absurd vocal. What a performance from just everyone involved. Few albums are as much pure fun as this. And while it contains every recipe to be well over an hour long, the fact that the runtime is just over 45 minutes is almost a miracle.

Bailed after the intro to the title track. Terrible.

Sorry. I absolutely bloody love this.

Enjoyable from start to finish.

Not my favorite. Bay out of Hell is best

Day 2 of a three year journey that I am now questioning. Of course, I have heard songs from this album before I have never understood the appeal or the acclaim. This album sounds like someone had an idea for a shitty stage musical, someone else had an idea for a shitty rock album, and a third person had an idea for a shitty pop album. Mix it all together and you get a meatloaf of shit. I just don’t get the appeal of this at all. Listening to it made my day worse.

I forgot how good this is. It's one of the biggest selling albums of all time for a reason. Good, solid, rock and roll, with a mix of theatre

Hailed as the best Meatloaf album for good reason. Too many ballads in my opinion (3 for a 7 song album). However, powerful vocals, good songwriting, and evocative imagery definitely make this a remarkable album. Add that I'm not a fan of Meatloaf in general, and that makes this something special for sure.

Rock ballads, dramatic and artsy, glad I listened to it as I knew Meat Loaf by name but not by sound.

One of the best albums of all time.

Oh man, I'm so glad I listened to this album. I guess I've never really understood what Meat Loaf's style was (with "I’d Do Anything for Love" as my only reference). I can't say it's my thing..I'm still not a fan of the ballads, but now I can say I get it. I think it's really cool, like Broadway meets rippin' guitars. The title track was the standout song for me.

Very dated

Absolute classic

Don't know where the review for this one went but remember saying (the song) bat out of hell was brilliant and the rest of the album couldn't keep up.

Most of the songs are really good, the highlights being: - Bat out of hell - Paradise by the dashboard light - All revved up with no place to go

7 ballads of rock

It's far too theatrical for my taste. I kinda get why people like it, and I almost want to, but it doesn't really do it for me

Great saxophone in All Revved Up. Funks up by Paradise.

Super cheesy and super theatrical, it was no surprise to learn that this started life as a musical. It is a bonafide classic, though - completely uncool and completely timeless. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Bat Out of Hell Date listened: 23/08/22

The only ‘70s hard rock show tunes I’d fuck with are Alice Coopers.

Too overwrought for my tastes

A classic. My mum used to do the hoovering to this album.

fun and decent rock opera 3.5 not my style

what a weird album 😄 not likely to revisit, but fun

Best Song: Bat Out Of Hell. The song takes like 2 minutes to get started, "ends" three or four times, and yet is still somehow the perfect amount of camp and energy to really rip. Worst Song: You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth. That scripted intro must be the most cringeworthy thing I've heard in this list. Good god, like the opening plenary to a furry convention. Overall: Apart from the two standout tracks (Bat Out of Hell and Paradise By The Dashboard Light), which are brilliantly campy and theatrical, everything else is a bit boring and plain. The middle of the album almost sounds like a poor Elton John impersonation, which is disappointing given the creativity in the two aforementioned tracks.

Solid

1.5

When I was 8, I would have given it 5 stars. Of course back then, I also enjoyed eating a spoonful of Tang out of the jar. When I was 15, I would have given it 7 stars. With hindsight, it's clear that this is the peak of 70s excesses. Each song is 50% to 100% longer than it should be. It's bloated, overwrought ... and still fun. His name is Robert Paulson.

70s camp fest in the best way possible. I'm a fan 👍 His name was Robert Paulson rip 😔

Piper Down is covering "Paradise By The Dashboard Lights," and I still have this album on vinyl (I think, gonna have to check). But when was the last time I listened to this front to back? Today, apparently. Let's go! OK, so I was planning to save 5-star ratings for "flawless" albums, and while I think "Heaven Can Wait" could have sealed it had it been a little less melodramatic, that's clearly the driving aesthetic sensibility of this album and damned if they don't pull it off. I'll admit, I thought Jim Steinman produced it, but this is a Todd Rundgren production and it's a real feat. The trio (Rundgren, Steinman, and Meat Loaf), along with some quality musicians, pull off a minor miracle in producing an album that's kitchy, over the top, and delivered with dramatic sincerity, while being clever, adolescent, and self-aware all at the same time. The album totally holds up, and stands alone in genre and classification. From the somber ridiculousness of "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" to the mini-opera that is "Paradise By The Dashboard Light," this album had big aspirations and managed to get it right over and over again.

I enjoyed listening to this more than I expected to. It was probably the first time I listened to the whole thing, though I've certainly heard many of these songs before. I mean, it is what it is and it's kind of fun and over the top and if any of these songs ever come on the radio or a shuffle I won't necessarily turn it off. It's also not really my jam, but it was fun to hear for nostalgic reasons, I guess. Good production and the dude can certainly sing. hard to know how to rate it, so i'll go right down the middle

I just love a good rock opera! Meatloaf's wailing vocals, the guitar riffs, the long journey of each song. And so many of the lyrics just reek of juicy adolescence, "You were licking your lips and your lipstick's shining, I was dying just to ask for a taste." You know he was jonesing for that Bonnie Bell bubblegum flavor... And c'mon, Paradise by the Dashboard Light comes on and I am 17 again. Oh to be doubly blessed! While I've heard Two Out of Three Ain't Bad so many times, this time I lol'd at the sentiment. I didn't realize Todd Rundgren produced this album. Every song rocks. Album art is classic.

To my surprise, I really enjoyed the album. Rock music is supposed to be driving, but in fact most of the time it misses the mark. Bat Out of Hell burns bright.

If you name your album "Bat out of Hell", then put a naked Fabio on a flying motorcycle decorated with a dead horse head, bursting out of a haunted cemetery, you're not going for subtlety, and your music better reflect that. Luckily, from the opening moment to the final note, the music here goes aptly balls to the wall. No compromises and no disappointments. Best song is the epic Paradise by the Dashboard Light suite

Ridiculous and overly dramatic - I love it

OMFG GOAT In all seriousness, I cant imagine any top 10 albums of all time list that doesnt include Bat Out Of Hell. Its an absolute triumph of an album, with perfect theming and timing, and every single track is perfect on its own and as a whole. The album art is fantastic, its so overwrought and over the top in every way. 5/5

This is my dad’s favourite album of all time so I gotta give it a 5/5… The album opens with the title track an overblown and theatrical masterpiece nothing bad here! The spoken bit at the start of you took the words right out of my mouth are cringey yet creepy yet also hilarious the song itself is also a banger just not one of my favourites. Heaven can wait is an amazing slow powerful piano ballad good tune. All revved up and no place to go I immediately recognised it’s my favourite track that’s under 5 minutes, banger! I really like two out of 3 ain’t bad but because it’s slower I didn’t recognise this it’s a banger though. The penultimate track paradise by the dashboard light is a banger all parts of it it’s a very American song but it works. For crying out loud closes the album it’s a super theatre kid album closer but still amazing. Great!

lol

A Classic

musica criativa, variações de metal com rock. 4/5

Good rock

The loaf!

I’m not typically a fan of the Rock Opera, but this of course has some fun nostalgia linked to it.

I don't understand why this is/was so popular.

Respect how this album really goes for it - and how Meat Loaf really goes for it, in general. It's unfortunately the kind of thing that's been diluted because my general exposure to it was probably in supermarkets, echoing through the dairy isle dodging other customers with the shopping cart. But I did enjoy the listen.

I only like Meatloaf in Rocky Horror, where he has his place but is used sparingly.

Listen. It's not something I want to listen to, but I can't deny there's something here and I have to give credit to the audacity of the performances and concept. Poetry, theatre, musical; it's all here. What a debut! Shame he had to suffer as a child so much and has some pretty bad takes as of recent years.

me lembra um elton john progressivo, se é que isso faz sentido. um pouco pop de mais pra mim, mas é um bom album. os pianos foi o que mais prendeu minha atenção.

Kind of knew what to expect here.

3.25

metal deigor

It's a short, yet long album. Some great hits. Very memorable album.

It seems absolutely unique and does a great job of implementing a drama club like rock vibe. The songs vary timing to add drama and engagement. It is definitely a lot of fun and there isn't a bad track, though a Heaven Can Wait and For Crying Out Loud drag a bit.

This album is FANTASTIC! Every song was a standout to me and the album flowed/told a great story! I highly recommend listening to this Classic Rock Masterpiece

I think this album was mandatory in the late 70s. A classic rock opera!

I don't know how to give this thing any then less than 5 stars...it's been there forever, still sounds great, is tied into countless teen memories... I can totally understand why some would say overwrought, cheesy etc...but part of that is what makes this great...it's operatic, over the top and memorable.

Great album. Theatrical, big sound. I forgot how good it is.

Very cheesy, ballad-y Rock n roll. Reminds me of a musical. Not my jam particularly but I can see why it's popular with those who enjoy this kind of music

Pretty fun.

best songs bat out of hell you took the words right out of my mouth heaven can wait for crying out loud 8.5/10

Some phenomenal tracks. Meatloaf’s mixture of sincerity and sarcasm is really nice. Some songs are just a bit long and repetitive

i really didnt expect to enjoy a meat loaf album, but this was excellent. it was apparently adapted from a musical, and you can tell — it feels like a movie. some songs (paradise…) were extremely long, but none of them felt like they dragged. surprisingly excellent all round.

Operatic, theatrical, absurd but fun.

Interesting album, with different styles combined.

+1 star as Ive always seen this album in the record store (near the meat puppets?). I appreciate it, but not necessarily like it.

hit after AOR hit on this album, just not music that holds any interest for me. Still can't ignore the incredible success of this album. 2.5 stars

Goodfun

I actually enjoyed it and thought the use of the baseball commentary was very clever.

3⭐️ out of 5 ain’t bad

It’s ok. I’ve heard this album a few times over the years and the individual songs too many times. I even saw Meatloaf live once. Too much of a gimmick or something for me.

LP

Over the top, but that’s what makes it a great album.

4.5

This is camp. This is rock and effing roll.

Meh its ok

Not for me thanks

😭 Make it stop 😭 A thoroughly unpleasant experience. If I have to listen to another Meat Loaf album it will get 1 star. It only gets 2 in this case because I acknowledge that is should probably be included in this list.

Ça ferait de la belle musique pour une comédie musicale avec des gars de bicycle au coeur tendre. C’est tout de même élaboré comme affaire. L’instrumentation est impressionnante. On est à grand déploiement. Il semble y avoir une genre d’histoire qui traverse l’album, mais ce n’est pas clair. Les thèmes sont récurent en tous cas, ce qui fait que le mot album prend tout son sens. Au final, je ne suis pas fan du style, mais je suis content d’avoir écouté.

Eurk. De un, il s'agit de la pochette la plus trompeuse de l'histoire des pochettes. Je m'attendais à du métal Britannique à la Judas Priest. Ça doit être l'album le plus retourné de l'histoire chez les disquaires pour fausse représentation. De deux, je déteste les comédies musicales. La pièce Paradise by the Dashboard est un vrai calvaire. Les seules choses que je peux reconnaître, c'est qu'il a une bonne voix, que c'est bien produit, que ça doit sûrement plaire à des gens, mais ce n'est définitivement pas pour moi. Est-ce qu'il a sa place sur cette liste? Oui parce que j'ai souvent vu cette pochette, mais Bat Out Of Hell II aurait été suffisant.

Kind of dated, kind of dumb, kind of cliché... but also kind of fun. Kept my attention for longer than I thought it would. The title track is a proper banger, so is "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". Not a fan of the last track, which always sucks, because it leaves you with a sour taste even if the rest of the album was great. Has some lows, has some highs, probably wouldn't listen to the entire thing again, a 3/5.

Love the title track, diminishing returns on other power ballads, but generally good.

Solid cheesy fun album.

5/5 bat,you took the words,revvedup. Gotta check the musical

An appropriate title. Hits like the titular Bat Out of Hell. Meatloaf is vocally destroying it! 7 songs 47 mins. EPIC!

This album has everything. It might be a bit pretentious, but I see it as part of its charm.

A real classic and fun

A revving Harley of operatic rock purrs at the heart of this 1977 epic. Yes, it proved to be the career catapult for Meat Loaf’s brand of piano-hammering emotion, but its highlights—from the overblown 9-minute onslaught of the title track onwards—are as much the work of lead composer Jim Steinman. “Heaven Can Wait” plays like a twisted hymn and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” turns power baladeering into a blustering art form.

This was totally unexpected for me. Based on the cover and album name, I expected something absolutely different. And I loved it!! It was a great piece of music! The lyrics are exactly fit for the chords, the songs are great and everything works like a charm on almost all songs. I'm reaching 350 albums at this challenge and I was missing this kind of completely unknown album that deserves 5 stars.

It was ok. Enjoyed it more than I thought. Meatloaf’s piano playing and comp was good, not sure how much I would listen to it again

Não chamou a atenção o suficiente para considerar escutar mais.

It's not music, is it? It's musical theatre.

Kind of silly and over the top. I was expecting more from such an iconic album.

Remek djelo. Najbolji pretenciozni album svih vremena

Not a big Hard Rock fan and I have always had prejudice against Meat Loaf because of the name. But I do have to admit that this is a pretty good album. More melodic than I expected it to be. Rest In Peace Meat Loaf!

i actually enjoyed this album! i recognized a little bit of the tunes but not amazingly, but i thought it was a nice combination of music and voice mixed together. it was good!

Completely absurd. Well, isn't it? That's not to say it's terrible - it's just absurd; knowingly-so. It's fun and campy and theatrical and overwrought but I do think we need music like this on occasion. I don't think I'd listened to this album since i was 8 years old at my cousin's house on cassette tape. Of course like everyone in my generation I grew up hearing the 3 big hits pretty often and as a baseball fan loved the Phil Rizzuto monologue in "Paradise..." (even if i hated the Yankees). (...only struck me now that there's no small similarity between the vocal stylings of Meatloaf and Jack Black...) It's a bit much to listen to on repeat for me but probably a required listen to gain any understanding of the culture/music scene of the late 70s in america. It's a fun spin. 7/10 3 stars.

Cornier than a cob of corn. Some huge hits to be found here, but it just ain't for me.

No sir, I don't like it.

Bonkers yet fun, cheesy, Springsteen-style metal-ish prog pop-rock

Eh

It’s okay. Only like 7 songs and an hour length though??? Songs seem to drag on. Pretty good after the first 2/3 songs

Tour de force Prefs: Bat Out of Hell, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night), All Revved Up With No Place to Go, Paradise by the Dashboard Light Moins pref: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

No johan on oopperaa hitto vie! Lihamureke on ollu mulle sekä ruokana että musiikkina aika vieras pitkään. Nyt se korjaantuu. Tässä jännästi yhdityy joku rokkiooppera, bruce springsteen ja kapakkasoitto. Täytyy ehkä kuunnella uudestaan. Ensi kuuntelulla keskiverto. 3/5

Tykkäsin enemmän kuin luulin, etenkin pari ekaa biisiä kovia. Balladia hyvällä meiningillä ja tulikin aika paljon mieleen Bruce Springsteen. 3,5/5.

Avausraita on kyllä tämmösen överirockin helmiä, vaikea olla puntin vipattamatta ja hymyilemättä. Muutenkin levy on isoja tuotantoja ja kovaa kasariajoa koko matkan läpi. Häpeilemättä tykkään 4/5. Levynkannelle taas pakko antaa 6/5 parempaa ei ole

so, so, silly but in an entertaining way

Genre: Pop Rock 4/5 A pop rock opera for the ages, from a gaggle of gentlemen who you'd never expect to create one of the best selling albums of all time, Bat Out of Hell is rock maximalism taken to its most theatrical. Near-glam, near-musical, but all rock 'n roll. Meat Loaf's soaring tenor voice, Todd Rundgren's rich layers of guitars, and Jim Steinman's tremendous piano playing and songwriting all mesh together to make something truly wonderful. From the 10-minute prog pop epic title track, to the catchy pop rock jam You Took the Words..., to the rock suite Paradise by the Dashboard Light, this album is full of all of the things that make great rock albums great. Great singing, great guitar playing, fun and interesting arrangements, and musicians having an absolute blast with their material. If you found a modicum of enjoyment out of this, certainly take a gander at Rundgren's solo material. Theatrical, self aware, and very good. RIP to the dude Meat Loaf, one of the best to ever do it on the mic.

Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf (1977) This record remains the best selling album of all time In Australia, which probably says less about the record than in does about Australia. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Australia, where I had originally planned to emigrate right about the time Bat Out of Hell was released, with my high school sweetheart, a co-captain of the pom-pom team who had introduced me to ‘paradise by the dashboard light’ (if ya know what I mean) when I was seventeen. She dumped me via long distance telephone, however, so I took the money I was saving for the trip and bought me a used 1968 Mercury Cougar—the third best decision I ever made in my life. Don’t press me for details. The point of this sad happy tale is that of the three major life goals I had set for myself as a high school senior, this Australia one didn’t pan out. Well, two out of three ain’t bad. But this album hit the market in 1977 all over the English-speaking world like a cultural exclamation point. Jim Steinman wrote the songs, composing each of them like an earwormy overture to a bad Off-Broadway musical, with a relentlessly campy appropriations of stale rock ‘n roll tropes, set in grimy, immature little narratives which are duly theatrical without rising to the level of the operatic. The arrangements have some nice grooves, but they are fatally fragmented—a most unintelligent songwriting effort. But they are intelligently performed by one Meat Loaf (friends call him ‘Meat’, but formally it’s ‘Mr. Loaf’), who has a voice well suited to the rock drama genre, with plenty of power and range, and a dramatic wildness like a bat out of hell that quite fits the bill. The big hit from this album “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” is corny, pompous, and trite all at once. Much better is the track “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, which tells a naughty tale focused on certain adolescent male motivations. It really does capture the ambience, much to an old man’s embarrassment. But the great artistic weakness of this record is that it strings together admittedly clever bits that are both musically and lyrically disjointed. Not the stuff for evoking nostalgia. 2/5

Nunca viví en los 70, pero escuchar este disco fue como presenciar un concierto al aire libre, en algún parque o feria, con un rock algo más pesado que el clásico, un poco más teatral que el pop o el glam y totalmente épico. Es como viajar en el tiempo.

This album was definitely all over the place stylistically but I was there for it! It's an interesting mix of Americana, ballads and what I'm calling "zany rock n roll"

Amazing album. I don't know if there is anything that could have been done to make it better.

To me, this album is a masterpiece. All of the elements of rock you’d want in a rock album- soft, tender moments in Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad, zany ridiculousness that is Paradise by the Dashboard Light, a display of the powerhouse Meatloaf was in every note. Brilliant album

It was pretty good. I love dashboard, the rest were hit or miss for me.

Some extra credit has to be allowed for the audacity of putting out what is basically a musical without a plot, in the packaging of a heavy metal album. I don’t think I ever listened to the album before and certainly none of it was familiar other than Paradise... which is a superbly constructed song for all the ultra-banality of its concept (and even in that deserves a nod for the underlying cold-blooded assessment of the actual beating heart of most teenage love songs). Obviously a core artifact of its pop era, though considered on its own as an album I’d have to say that it barely stays ahead of its many weaknesses.

family classic ent it

One of my favorites of all time

Liked it a lot better than I thought I would

meh, this album didn't do anything for me

Wonderful album. Had listened to it recently due to his death.

4 out of 5 not bad!

Loaf! Meat Loaf! This is its own genre, I think. Gorgeously theatrical and over the top.

I don't know when or how I would have acquired it, but I recall having this on cassette tape at some point in my life. I am sure that I didn't listen to it ofter, but listening to it today was so nostalgic. Listening as I took my walk today, I know I had a little smirk on my face whenever I could resist not lip-syncing along. The compositions are grand and some over the top, which I may not tolerate from others, but this album is a work of art with the Meat Loaf style vocals the perfect fit!

Pure rock'n'roll theatrics. Love it.

I was immediately enthralled by BAT OUT OF HELL the first time I heard it as a kid in the 70’s. The title track was unlike anything I’d ever heard. I’d listen staring at the album art spellbound as motorcycles tore out of hell and through heaven backed by angelic choirs. Meat Loaf soared effortlessly over the bombast as the lyrics took me on journeys of love, lust, heartbreak, dreams, nightmares, good and evil with as much drama as anything I had ever encountered. The word epic was made for this album. Meat Loaf is the perfect vehicle to transition between its high drama (“Bat Out Of Hell”), soaring hymns (“Heaven Can Wait”), tragic love (“Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”), love & lust (“You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth”, “Paradise By The Dashboard Lights”) , and youthful angst (“All Revved Up With No Place To Go”). He then manages to bring it all to a perfect conclusion with the glorious “For Crying Out Loud.” Later in life that I realized the enormous role played by the other genius behind this album, Jim Steinman. His mastery of the rock epic was scattered across not only Meat Loaf’s triumphs but also other artists - notably Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Cher, Celine Dion - and from movies like Streets of Fire and Footloose). Since that realization I have been as big a fan of his work as I am of Meat Loaf. BAT OUT OF HELL towers at the apex of both their careers. It is a timeless classic that had a major role in shaping my musical sensibilities. Meat Loaf left us a month and a half ago. This album is the perfect soundtrack for that moment. I picture him roaring into the afterlife on a Harley, angelic voices welcoming him home. RIP Meat Loaf.

There’s something charming about this musical theater type rock opera, but for me personally it is too loud, dramatic, and intense for much replay value. Certainly a fun album but not much else for me.

Bangers on bangers

Atrocious. Bloated. Overblown. Overproduced. Overplayed. Pompous. If I could do zero stars I would do zero stars.

Another classic. I had a Rocky horror picture show phase and meatloaf guided me.

The rest of the album is a bit hit or miss for me, but my god that title track is still as amazing as ever. RIP to a real one

Oof- yeah I’m probably gonna skip this one. It’s a rock opera from the late 70s, about a decade too late for relevancy. I mean, Meat was a great singer- my dude has some RANGE but this shit is corny AF. You know it. I know it. You know I know it. Let’s just walk away from this…

One of the best sounding and best recorded albums of all time. Perfection. A theatrical movement from beginning to end with dynamics and passion and the best vocal performance that can be given from a singer who wants to bring others’ songs to life.

What a ride, this album has it all. Catchy choruses, great guitar work, especially love the piano work. All in all this always feels massive, like a grand opera. Every song is a great one, definitely one of the albums I personally enjoyed the most so far

Would have given it 2.5 if I could just for 'Two out of Three'.

This was like the Rocky Horror Picture Show with motorcycles. I kind of dig it though.

Nie moja bajka, ale ciekawe

This one is difficult. On one hand, this may be the best album cover of all time. On the other, the music is NO way reflects the amazing album cover. It's a great operatic pop "rock" album, and I recognize it's greatness, but it has ZERO re-listenability to me. I'm glad I listened to it, and I think it's good, but I have no desire to ever listen to it again. For that, it's a 3/5, but I totally get why people love it. That being said, Meat Loaf could SING. Great chops.

Rock-Pop mit viel Pathos. Hat gute Momente, ist aber spätestens nach der Hälfte ermüdend.

Very original!

I’ve been waiting for this album ever since Meatloaf died a little while back. Such a fun album and absolutely great lyrics and strong opera like vocals. You have no soul if you dislike this one! 5

Obviously it's iconic, but just not my thing- it's more musical than metal. Fully get why people love it, just not for me.

It is good fun, some great tracks. The spoken word sections are cringey though, the paradise song was especially cringey

Amazing

I’m not in the mood for meat loaf. Lol. I get it. It’s like showtunes. The album art is too bad ass for how upbeat and peppy this sounds.

3/5 better than expected!

Big, fat covid denying, anti-vaxx idiot makes big fat, over the top idiotic album. Even Springsteen thinks this album is a tad OTT. Aspects of it are cringe and the kind of stuff neckbeards probably think are romantic but I've got to admit, you can get swept up in it. Ignore the man and listen to the music - it's the least we could do. Best Tracks: Bat Out of Hell; You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth; Paradise By The Dashboard Light

A fantastic, hysterical and emphatic exaggeration of rock'n'roll clichés. A wonderful glam rock album. (7/10) FT: Bat out of Hell, Paradise By the Dashboard Light

Il en fait un peu trop mais bien joué à lui.

Du bon rock @ancienne qui fait plaiz. J'ai pas été très attentif à l'écoute mais y'a moy que ça mérite une meilleure note, je ré-écouterai. RIP Meat Loaf aussi.

pas vraiment mon truc du tout mais par contre je m’attendais pas du tout à ça : ne pas juger un album à sa couverture ainsi qu’au nom de son artiste même si celui-ci est littéralement pain de viande, rip

This is the debut album from Meat Loaf and it released as the title suggests - like a 'Bat Out of Hell'. This album is one of the best-selling in the world and is certified 14 times platinum - which means it's certified diamond. However, this album was not an immediate hit in the US and took some time to gain popularity. This album is still quite popular, especially after a play was created with some of these songs as parts in the play. This epic, rock, pop, gothic, artistic album was a treat to listen to and definitely belongs on this list. Everything came together perfectly for this album.

There are some thumping ballads on here, but time has not been kind to many of them. Paradise by the dashboard light is genius. Takes the album from 3 to 4.

Was originally written to be a musical... and it shows. Sounds like music that a 70's theater kid would enjoy. It doesn't take itself too seriously while trying to be "an epic rock opera". Reminds me of The Wall but if Roger Waters had a sense of humor. I see the appeal, but ultimately I am not a fan. Favorite song: All Revved Up with No Place to Go

Pure rock opera. Just like the second coming of The Who's Tommy. This thing is rock with influences from all over with a sensibility of rock but also for storytelling and it sounds great. It's a musical experience non unlike Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band. I can't believe I never heard this album because it's great!

Simply one of the most perfect albums ever produced. What more can be said about the amazing (but troubled) partnership between Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman? I’ve seen Meat Loaf live a couple of times and his performance was the best show I’ve ever seen! There are very few performers like Meat Loaf who always leave it all on the stage every time. He was one of a kind and will be sorely missed. RIP!

I remember seeing Meat Loaf in college, before "Bat Out Of Hell 2". He gave a great performance, played a lot of this album live. He really poured his heart into every song, you could tell he loved it, but he was ready to move on to that next level... Wait, so what was I talking about? Oh yeah, Bat Out Of Hell. Every song on this album is so... bombastic. Any one of these songs would take an album up another level. I could imagine someone like Springsteen taking one of them on, and really going for it, just like Meat Loaf does. The problem is that EVERY SONG is like that. You would think that "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" would be that epic song, the longest track, right? Nope. "For Crying Out Loud," the NEXT song, is LONGER. It's just so... exhausting. Even the slow songs are over the top. I'm surprised Meat Loaf is able to perform these songs without an oxygen tank. It's a really good album, but just... WAY over the top. I feel like I burn off a couple hundred calories listening to it.

Love the whole rock opera motif and the mix of instruments and soaring numbers is impressive (kudos Jim Steinman). And Meatloaf has a great voice. Paradise has always been good (super witty/cheeky) and Two out of Three Ain't Bad is a personal fave. Bat out of Hell is a little long but it is high energy rock, as is You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (which has an intro that is both entertaining and creepy). I was a little surprised at how boring I found Heaven Can Wait and All Revved Up. For Crying Out Loud was somewhere in between. A 3.5 for sure, and I'll round up for the uniqueness.

Can't believe we got this pick the same week he died. Great album. Totally 70s, but timelessly great. Inappropriate memory: they used to play Paradise by the Dashboard Lights at dances I went to in 8th grade. That's not right. But the girls loved singing the "Stop right there!" part. RIP Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf and thanks for rocking our faces off. Easy 5.

Classic, one of those albums where pretty much every song has popped up in my life a few times before. Title track, Took the words ..., and two out of three ... are my favourites, but they're all awesome!

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I liked it better than I though. Definitely has a reputation as a classic.

Meh...

Sounds like the soundtrack to a musical, and of course it was made into one 40 years later. It's not just any musical, though - it's a zany, nostalgic, rock opera, Springsteen parody (ish), retelling of Peter Pan. A wild ride. Long live the Loaf. Best track: Paradise by the Dashboard Light

7/10

An album with songs that are nice when they come up on the radio, and Two Out of Three Ain't Bad takes me back to high school years, but not more than that.

Oh boy, I know this album well and while I'm not a fan of Meatloaf, I do love the occasional song. A whole album is tough to listen to though.

I could write this review the same as album one. But Meatloaf is a love child of Rock and Opera. Bat Out of Hell a all time classic but the rest of the album is a exact representation of the 70’s, a mix match of strong guitar and finger bashing piano. A mix match that would works in the musical theatre so maybe I’ve just created an idea or said something that already exists but either way. It’s a 70’s album not my favourite but at least I can say I’ve listened to it.

Over the top and so cheesy but I love it. Probably a bias as my parents used to sing along to this in the car.

Cracker

Two meats out of loaf ain't bad

Rock solid.

Really fun, theatrical experience. Steinman's gloriously simple and overwrought songwriting empowers Meat Loaf's voice, which conveys emotion potently. More than anything, I'm not surprised that this album started a franchise and has been converted into a musical, because this is theater kid music. There's some great stuff on here, such as the opener, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, and You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth. If you give in to the schmaltz, you'll probably have a fun time with Bat Out of Hell.

Rocky horror vibes

Too loud

sounds massively like Jack Black - bombastically daft

Of course I'm familiar with the hits from this album but I've never listened to it all the way through before. Very broadway musical, teen rock opera, tongue in cheek. The cover art captures the spirit perfectly. These songs are also very catchy, in addition to fun, so no wonder it spawned so many hits. I had no idea I would like this album as much as I did.

One of the greatest of all time

So much fun. Nothing bad to say.

Really enjoyed this one. I think I'd heard the title song before, but not really any of the others. The name Meat Loaf certainly does not betray the quality of his songwriting, which is probably why I've stayed away so long.

not what i expected! reminds me of rocky horror, maybe because hes in that movie. solid 4.

Great Fun

This album is like Rocky Horror Picture Show

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.

Wow, that was an experience. Was not prepared for that. That was one of the best albums I have heard in a while.

Pretty singular and excellent even though it oozes toxic horniness

Fun, but just not a need to listen to again.

Straight up rock musical. It's got more of the "ride a motorcycle into the sunset" aesthetic than I like, but he really powers through and adds in a bit of humour.

I can see why everyone loves this album. Just like how people are obsessed with musicals. I, however, am not into musicals very much, and thus am not a fan of the operatic nature of this album. The songs constantly shift in style and loudness to get the audience engaged. There's an over-reliance on hooks, but it often works. The best song is "Paradise by the Dashboard," with genre transitions that match the storytelling. Love the dialogue between characters. "Two Out of Three Aint Bad" is the best consistent song, retaining its identity without doing anything too outlandish that became a weakness of other songs. "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth" is really catchy and even I couldn't resist singing a lot to it. The title track is a decent opener that shows the direction this album will take. The other 3 songs are pretty forgettable.

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

You wanna love it but I can't. Its unique but quichy. I couldnt wait for it to be over.

As a kid, great album. Decades later, it sounds like the worst rock opera ever. Terrible lyrics. How did Paradise by the Dashboard Lights become such a massive hit? Didn't add.

Great opening track. This album incredibly unique in its scope. Rock operas had been a thing for over a decade, but this album feels more like a rock musical with the way it's arranged. It's a fine distinction but I think it holds. I became a bit bored with the middle bit, but it certainly had some very bombastic and interesting moments.

Great album. Fast paced.

IMO the peak of Meatloaf, starts out strong then coasts a little then picks back up towards the end

This one is a very loud opera rock album developed from a musical, a futuristic version of "Peter Pan". It sounds epic, and grandiose. Of course it's not surprising for an opera rock album. But I've listened to a few opera rock albums, most notably "The Wall" and "Ziggy Stardust". But while the mentioned albums are great, both are not as loud and ridiculous as "Bat Out of Hell". It is already evident in the cover, explosive motorcycle ride in nearly all red color scheme. Of course loud isn't equal to quality. The album starts out loud, and get monotonous after a while. But on the latter half, it starts to build-up. The latter tracks are all stellar, and together, the album creates a solid narrative. Which apparently involves teenage angst and all the stuff that comes with it. It's a pop album like no other.

It wasn't *as bad* as I expected. If Elton John is too theatrical and bombastic for me, I don't even know what to call Meatloaf. Not my jam, at all.

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

This is a timeless album. A staple in rock history and should be required for every fan of music to listen to.

Rock con mezcla. Recuerda a un músical.

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

Sixty-three days in, I finally have a favorite album of mine to listen to yet again. I've loved this album since I was 13 for its bombastic, lighthearted, energetic vibes. Paradise by the Dashboard Light makes it easy to imagine what being a dumb teenager in the 1970s would be like and the title track is a great driving song. Also, Jim Steinman is a genius songwriter. Fav songs: all of them but especially PBTDL

First track rules. Creative album but ultimately not for me.

can i give this 0 stars?

At least I laughed a little. I don't think there will ever be a reason or urge to play Meatloaf ever again...might never eat it again also. Kept thinking if Fight Club...Bob.

Cringe

its like a rock ballad made by a horny tenacious d fan

I just didn't really vibe with it.

Classic but too cheesy for me, then and now

Family favourite no need to listen

Epic! Paradise by the dashboard light is utterly brilliant. Nils Lofgren's guitar is piercing, the vocal delivery amazing and the arrangements are, well, epic.

Excellent Album. Powerful voice and sick piano. Was not expecting this

I'm starting to lean towards records with a sense of story, drama and ambition. This is all of the above with the kitchen sink and a big squirt of cream and a handful of cherries on top. Starts big and goes up from there.

Frickin rulz

I was surprised. I was introduced to Meatloaf by Rocky Horror picture and nothing else. His sincere music was. Ice. It moved from wanting to leave as soon as he was done having fun to being vulnerable enough to want to stay longer.

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!

Frankly, and indeed somewhat purposefully, this album is a clear oddity. A work where the bombast is the point, where everything is XXXL and then further expanded, the only parallel that springs to mind is Born to Run, which is comparatively modest. But does it work? An album of histrionics and declared emotional extremes harking back to the teenage experience, I ultimately found such a pose too much of an affectation to embrace. Of course, the paradox here is that the affectation was obviously meant sincerely, that Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf authentically loved the sentiments of this album. But I do not share that stance, and this attempt to make the ultimate rock 'n roll album doesn't fully escape self-parody. (Speaking of which, didn't rock 'n roll start off stripped-down and straightforward? How do you get from That's All Right Mama to Paradise by the Dashboard Light?) In fairness, there are of course occasions for such grandiosity, and I shan't object if someone puts a track of this album on the jukebox, but I wouldn't do it myself.

Solid metal, good vibes

interesting 3.5/5

His name is Robert Paulson! His name is Robert Paulson! His name is Robert Paulson! His name is Robert Paulson!

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

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I get why it's popular. It's very much of its time. Never going to be an album that sees heavy rotation with me.

Opera as rock and roll. Kudos to Todd Rundgren's stellar production!

Apparently the songs were original written for a musical and it serves that - big, dramatic and narrative. A few of the tracks were staples of FM radio in the 1980s and "Mouth" (cbf writing that title in full) is a glorious example of that era. As much as this is a work of recorded music, at the same time it feels like it would be just as good to see live. Maybe that's its strength - it's a recording that feels as epic as a live performance. Meat Loaf's vocals are thrilling and powerful, turning it up to 11 and always for a good reason. Least fave track - "Paradise". Tbh I'm not needing an epic saga of two teens rooting in a car.

Childhood for me. My mom listened to so much Meatloaf when I was kid, especially this album. Fucking awesome man. I still remember watching paradise by the dashboard light. This big sweaty man dancing and twisting around in a blouse. But all I could think was "Man this guys fucks." And he does.

Trash

The album cover is better than any of the garbage on this album.

Wird gegen Ende immer öder, trotz aller Oppulenz. Klingt an einigen Stellen sehr nach Rocky Horror Picture Show, was aber wohl auch der Zeit geschuldet ist.

Overplayed.

I needed something this bombastic, cheesy, fun, and "epic" today. It truly pulled the best of hard rock and musical theater together into one ridiculous ride that I will gladly hop on again.

There is a reason that Meat Loaf is kind of meme. Fun music, melodramatic as hell, with strong metal feels throughout.

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.

There is such strength in the performance. Being kind, that fat kid could sing. As a fellow fat guy, I think the dude was so passionate that every note was important to him. RIP Meats

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.

One Meatloaf song at the time like Paradise by the Dashboard Light is ok, an album full of wagnerian rock is a crime. Over the top is an understatement. If Phil Spector makes Wall of Sound productions, what should we call what Steinman does?

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

Epic.

A towering blancmange of an album that seems to teeter under it's own weight but manages to hold everything going. It's big, like a Rogers and Hammerstein production, the aural equivalent to a Busby Berkeley number; but underneath it all, deeply conservative, looking backwards both in terms of instrumentation and lyrical themes. The band thus come across more like an overheated Mott the Hoople than anything else; and atop this rock 'n' roll purist maelstrom is the inimitable Meat Loaf, bellowing and wheezing his way through the material like his life depends on it. A triumph, then, albeit a very strange and singular one.

We need a new Meat Loaf. Who out there can take the meat torch and run with it???

Average indie

Some of the best cheesy epic rock n roll you'll ever get. "And nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothings ever worth the cost" Point deducted for a few of the filler tracks.

This is...not what I expected from Meat Loaf. Having only heard Paradise by the Dashboard Light, this album really surprised me in such a fantastic way. It felt like it was too much at all times, but I was having such a great time listening so I can't complain.

Absolute bangers

Hm. Way more piano work than I exspected. I always thought Meat Loaf would sound more like maiden than Journey. This is Journey on pop 70s steroids

Good

No se si es por el taladreo de mi padre cuando era pequeño, pero movida hell, diablitos, fueguitos, motoretas y tias vestidas de poli en tetas no es mi movida. Dicho esto, me ha medio molado Paradise by the dashboard porque mete bastantes cambios locos dentro de la canción. Pues yo que se pastel de carne... Bobby out

Theatric rock

Bastante wapo pero también que meat loaf me mola

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.

You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)

Heavy ballad themed album. Meatloaf combines dramatic opera with rock music. I don’t find it interesting but it’s different. Two out of three ain’t bad is a decent song. Overall it’s just ok. 5.4/10

Wow. This gives me rock opera realness. I understand meatloaf's appearance in rocky horror now. Also slightly self-indulgent. Each song is like 8 minutes long with three movements.

This is the bombastic, pervasive power rock pop album that dominated my youth. The only album which tackles topics such as a dude trying to get his girlfriend he doesn't love to bang him, while also bring advertised on the backs of late 70s marvel comics. It gets 3 stars because this is the only album on this list to feature the vocals of legendary Yankee broadcaster Phil Rizzutto

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

Musical rock

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Bat out of hell, Paradise by the dashboard light

It's certainly an aesthetic. Really repetitive.

It's a classic, but not my everyday style. Fun every now and then

Incredible rock and roll opera 10/10

This was one of my first CDs along with Nirvana - Nevermind, Village People - Greatest Hits, Damn Yankees - Don't Tread, Classic Queen and Queen Greatest Hits. Jim Steinman and Meatloaf never sounded better together.

A fun horny masterpiece

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

Great album, nice vocals and lyrics and catchy i also liked the symphonic elements used album sounds like something elton john would make great listen

When this suggestion came up, I was happy that it wasn't "Bat Out of Hell II" and I wasn't going to have to listen to "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". I still wasn't happy that this album came up as a suggestion. I have heard enough of Meat Loaf's music to know that his music is overly dramatic and generally not my preference. Listening to the whole album did not improve my impression of Meat Loaf. Most of the album scored at best 2 stars (did not like), but "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is at least as dumb as "I'd Do Anything for Love...", and deserves 1 star (because there is no 0).

This is so extra, but in a good way.

Amazing

Klassiker zumindest für mi

OHHHH openingggggggggg Final Thoughts: 5/5

Ahhh Meatloaf - the album has some well known tracks on it....but am not a fan, maybe because radio killed these songs in the 80s??? I am sure I will upset people but its 2 stars. Listened to it, bit not again!!!

Weird

One of the greatest rock epics of all time. 10/10 Best Tracks: "Bat Out of Hell" "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" "Heaven Can Wait" "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" "For Crying Out Loud"

hmmmm this is pretty good

Meh

most of the songs I have danced to, not sure why now in my old age. Must be mellowing.

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.

Zu pompös für die meisten Lebenslagen. Aber verrückt gutes Album

Damit war ich eigentlich durch bevor ich mit Alkohol angefangen habe. Ein Bonus dafür, dass ich es mal gut fand und ein Bonus dafür, dass Hugo es teilweise tanzbar fand

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.

Epic! The singles are the best part and have stood the rest of time for a reason. But some other amazing tracks to be found here as well.

Cheesy pap. Most of the songs sound the same. Hard to hate it, because it's light-hearted enough - but I can't even be bothered finishing the whole thing.

Favourite Song: Paradise By the Dashboard Light