DVD-Video, HDCD (remastered special edition)

Bat Out of Hell

Album by Meat Loaf

Released 21 October 1977

rock hard rock pop rock

Tracklist

HDCD 1
1
Bat Out of Hell
9:52
4.4 ★
2
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
5:05
4.0 ★
3
Heaven Can Wait
4:41
4.2 ★
4
All Revved Up With No Place to Go
4:20
3.5 ★
5
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
5:26
4.0 ★
6
Paradise by the Dashboard Light
8:30
4.2 ★
7
For Crying Out Loud
8:55
4.0 ★
8
Great Boleros of Fire (live intro)
3:54
9
Bat Out of Hell (live)
11:11
10
Dead Ringer for Love
Meat Loaf & Cher
4:21
3.8 ★
DVD-Video 2: Hits Out of Hell
1
Program Start
0:24
2
Bat Out of Hell
8:12
3
Read ’em and Weep
5:38
4
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
5:10
5
Razor’s Edge
4:14
6
More Than You Deserve
8:13
7
I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us
7:19
8
If You Really Want To
3:42
9
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
5:17
10
Paradise by the Dashboard Light
8:29
11
Dead Ringer for Love
5:19
12
Closing Credits
0:43

Possibly my favourite album of all time, an absolute masterpiece of an album, I think some people would get put off by the longer durations, but honestly doesn’t feel like that when you listen. “For Crying Out Loud” is one of Steinman’s greatest song in my opinion

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Release credits

Al Rubin
horn [10]
Allan Nicholls
background vocals [10]
Bob Kulick
guitar [8-9]
Bruce Kulick
guitar [8-9]
Cher
performer [10], vocal [10]
Cheryl Hardwick
piano [7]
Davey Johnstone
guitar [10]
Ed Sprague
recording [1]
Edgar Winter
saxophone [2, 4, 6]
Ellen Foley
background vocals [1-2, 4, 6], lead vocals [6], performer [6]
Eric Troyer
background vocals [10]
Gene Orloff
concertmaster [7]
Jim Steinman
arranger [1-7], keyboard [1-2, 6], other vocals [6], percussion [1-2], piano [8-9], producer [8-10]
Jimmy Iovine
producer [10], recording [1]
Jimmy Maelen
percussion [10]
Joe Stefko
drums (drum set) [8-9]
John Jansen
recording [1], remixer [1]
John “Willie” Wilcox
drums (drum set) [5], membranophone [4, 7]
Karla DeVito
background vocals [9]
Kasim Sulton
background vocals [1], bass [1-2, 4, 6-7], bass guitar [5]
Kenny Ascher
strings [3, 5]
Lew Del Gatto
horn [10]
Liberty DeVitto
drums (drum set) [10]
Lou Marini
horn [10]
Mark Thomas
recording [1]
Max Weinberg
drums (drum set) [1, 6], membranophone [2]
Meat Loaf
background vocals [6], lead vocals [1-7, 9], percussion [2], producer [8-9], vocal [7, 10]
Michael Brauer
mix [8-9]
Neleam Ymmij
slit drum [10]
New York Philharmonic
performing orchestra [7]
Paul Glanz
keyboard [8-9]
Phil Rizzuto
spoken vocals [6]
Rhonda Coullet
background vocals [10]
Roger Powell
synthesizer [1-2, 5-6]
Rory Dodd
background vocals [1-3, 5-7, 9-10]
Roy Bittan
keyboard [1-2, 6], piano [1-7, 10], solo [7]
Steve Buslowe
bass guitar [8-10]
Steve Margoshes
arranger [7], orchestrator [7], piano [7]
Ted Neeley
background vocals [10]
The Philadelphia Orchestra
performing orchestra [7]
Todd Rundgren
arranger [1-7], background vocals [1-3, 5-6], engineer [1-7], guitar [5-6], guitar family [1-2, 4], keyboard [1], mix [1-7], percussion [1-2], producer [1-7]
Tom “Bones” Malone
horn [10]