The Very Best of Meat Loaf

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Bat Out of Hell
  9:49
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Dead Ringer for Love
  4:20
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
  5:23
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through
  5:49
  4.6 ★
• 5
  I’d Lie for You (and That’s the Truth)
  6:30
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Modern Girl
  4:28
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Midnight at the Lost and Found
  3:31
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
  9:45
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back (remix)
  8:09
  3.6 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)
  11:58
  4.4 ★
• 2
  You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
  5:03
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Heaven Can Wait
  4:46
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Not a Dry Eye in the House
  5:51
• 5
  Paradise by the Dashboard Light
  8:24
  4.2 ★
• 6
  A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
  7:32
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Is Nothing Sacred
  6:37
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Home by Now / No Matter What
  8:22
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Nocturnal Pleasure
  0:40
  3.0 ★

More by Meat Loaf

Bat Out of Hell

Bat Out of Hell 1977

Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell…

Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell… 1993

Blind Before I Stop

Blind Before I Stop 1986

Bad Attitude

Bad Attitude 1984

Midnight at the Lost and Found

Midnight at the Lost and Found 1983

Dead Ringer

Dead Ringer 1981

Release credits

• Al Rubin
  horn [2]
• Allan Nicholls
  background vocals [2]
• Bill Gardner
  additional [1.4, 2.1], assistant [2.1, 1.4]
• Brandon Harris
  additional [2.1, 1.4], assistant [1.4, 2.1]
• Cher
  performer [2], vocal [2]
• Chris Albert
  additional [2.1, 1.4], assistant [1.4, 2.1]
• Dan Gellert
  assistant [2.1, 1.4]
• Davey Johnstone
  guitar [2]
• David Thoener
  mix [2.1, 1.4]
• Ed Sprague
  recording [1]
• Eddie Martinez
  guitar [1]
• Edgar Winter
  saxophone [2, 5]
• Ellen Foley
  background vocals [2.2, 2.5, 1.1], lead vocals [5], performer [5]
• Eric Troyer
  background vocals [2]
• Jeff Bova
  programming [1.4, 2.1], synthesizer [2.1, 1.4]
• Jim Steinman
  arranger [2.1-2, 2.5, 1.1, 1.3-4], keyboard [2.2, 2.5, 1.1], other vocals [5], percussion [1.1, 2.2], producer [1.2, 1.4, 2.1]
• Jimmy Iovine
  producer [2], recording [1]
• Jimmy Maelen
  percussion [2]
• John Jansen
  recording [1], remixer [1]
• John “Willie” Wilcox
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Kasim Sulton
  background vocals [1.1, 1.4, 2.1], bass [1.1, 2.2, 2.5], bass guitar [3]
• Kenny Aronoff
  drums (drum set) [1.4, 2.1]
• Kenny Ascher
  strings [3]
• Lenny Pickett
  saxophone [4]
• Lew Del Gatto
  horn [2]
• Liberty DeVitto
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Lorraine Crosby
  lead vocals [1]
• Lou Marini
  horn [2]
• Mark Doyle
  guitar [7], piano [7]
• Mark Guilbeault
  additional [2.1, 1.4], assistant [1.4, 2.1]
• Mark Thomas
  recording [1]
• Matthew "Boomer" LaMonica
  additional [2.1, 1.4], assistant [2.1, 1.4]
• Max Weinberg
  drums (drum set) [2.5, 1.1, 1.7], membranophone [2]
• Meat Loaf
  additional [1.4, 2.1], background vocals [5], lead vocals [2.1-2, 2.5, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.7], percussion [2], vocal [2]
• Neleam Ymmij
  slit drum [2]
• Phil Rizzuto
  spoken vocals [5]
• Rhonda Coullet
  background vocals [2]
• Rick Derringer
  guitar [7]
• Roger Powell
  synthesizer [1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 2.5]
• Rory Dodd
  background vocals [1.1-4, 2.1-2, 2.5]
• Rory Romano
  additional [2.1, 1.4], assistant [2.1, 1.4]
• Roy Bittan
  associate [2.1, 1.4], keyboard [1.1, 1.4, 2.2, 2.5], piano [2.1-2, 2.5, 1.1-4]
• Steve Boyer
  additional [1.4, 2.1], assistant [1.4, 2.1]
• Steve Buslowe
  bass [2.1, 1.4], bass guitar [2]
• Steve Holroyd
  additional [2.1, 1.4]
• Steve Rinkoff
  associate [1.4, 2.1], recording [1.4, 2.1]
• Ted Neeley
  background vocals [2]
• Tim Pierce
  guitar [1.4, 2.1]
• Todd Rundgren
  arranger [1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 2.5], background vocals [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.4, 2.1, 2.1-2, 2.5], engineer [2.2, 2.5, 1.1, 1.3], guitar [1.3, 2.5], guitar family [2.2, 1.1], keyboard [1], mix [2.2, 2.5, 1.1, 1.3], percussion [2.2, 1.1], producer [1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 2.5]
• Tom Dowd
  producer [7]
• Tom “Bones” Malone
  horn [2]
• Victor Deyglio
  additional [2.1, 1.4], assistant [1.4, 2.1]
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  The Very Best of Meat Loaf

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  The Very Best of Meat Loaf

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  20 October 2003