Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell(MP3){CTShoN}[CTRC]

Bat Out of Hell is the second album and major-label debut by American
rock singer Meat Loaf, as well as being his first collaboration with
composer Jim Steinman, released in October 1977 on Cleveland
International/Epic Records. It is one of the best-selling albums in
the history of recorded music, having sold over 43 million copies
worldwide.[2] Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 343 on its
list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

Its musical style is influenced by Steinman's appreciation of Richard
Wagner, Phil Spector, Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Bat Out of Hell
has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America
as a platinum album, fourteen times over.[3] As of May 2015, it has
spent 485 weeks in the UK Charts.[4] The album went on to become one
of the most influential and iconic albums of all time and its songs
have remained classic rock staples.

This album's title also became the title for two more Meat Loaf
albums. Steinman produced the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into
Hell (1993). Desmond Child produced the album Bat Out of Hell III:
The Monster Is Loose (2006).

Studio album by: Meat Loaf

Released: October 21, 1977

Recorded: 1975-1976

Studio Various: 8 Bearsville Studios, Woodstock,
NY Utopia Sound, Lake Hill, NY The Hit Factory,
New York, NY House of Music, West Orange,NJ

Genre: Hard rock Wagnerian rock progressive rock

Length: 46:33

Label: Cleveland International / Epic PE-34974

Producer: Todd Rundgren

CD: One(1)

Arrangements:
Kenneth Ascher – string arrangements (3, 5)

Steve Margoshes – orchestra arrangement (7)

Band:
Meat Loaf – lead vocals, backing vocals (6), percussion (2)

Todd Rundgren – guitar (1, 2, 4–6), percussion (1, 2), keyboards (1), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 6)

Kasim Sulton – bass guitar (1, 2, 4–7), backing vocals (1)

Roy Bittan – piano, keyboards (1, 2, 6)

Steve Margoshes – piano (7)

Cheryl Hardwick – piano (7)

Jim Steinman – keyboards (1, 2, 6), percussion (1, 2), "lascivious effects" (6), dialogue intro (2)

Roger Powell – synthesizer (1, 2, 5, 6)

Edgar Winter – saxophone (2, 4, 6)

Max Weinberg – drums (1, 2, 6)

John "Willie" Wilcox – drums (4, 5, 7)

Marcia McClain – dialogue intro (2)

Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto – play-by-play (6)

Ellen Foley – featured vocal (6), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)

Rory Dodd – backing vocals (all except 4)

Gene Orloff – concert master (7)

Members of New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra – orchestra (7)

All songs written and composed by Jim Steinman.

No. Title Length
1. "Bat Out of Hell" 9:53

2. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" (intro spoken by Steinman and Marcia McClain) 5:04

3. "Heaven Can Wait" 4:38

4. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" 4:19

5. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" 5:23

6. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (duet with Ellen Foley) (I. Paradise / II. Let Me Sleep On It / III. Praying for the End of Time) 8:28

7. "For Crying Out Loud" 8:45


CD Length: 46:33