With the sad news this month of the passing of Meat Loaf, it seems like a good time to revisit some music.
I loved the songs from Meat Loaf the first time I heard them in college. Back when Andy was driving Kevin and I back to campus one night to drop me off at Bagwell in 1990. The song Paradise by the Dashboard Lights came on the radio and Andy couldn't believe that neither Kevin nor I had heard it before. A year later when I purchased my first CD player and joined the BMG club with their "Buy 1 now for full price and get 10 for free" Music club, Bat Out of Hell was in my first group and one of the first CD's I ever owned.
The Bat Out of Hell Album is a classic from start to finish and is just crammed with hits, so I'm going to skip that album, not because I don't love it, but because there is not a lot to add. What may be of use is finding some hidden gems in his other 12 albums. I'm sure the poor souls that have been my roommates over the years have heard every single song from Bat out of Hell at least…. once. Yeah, let's say once. Unfortunately, the rest of his albums are an assorted bunch. There are some good songs and even some great songs, but they are a bit harder to find. Here are my picks for the ones that you might not have heard.
A note about his final album "Braver than we Are". A shout out to the cover album art. I got to say it's wonderfully satisfying to see artwork with Meat Loaf and Stienman together with equal billing at last. A bit sad for it to be the last, but such a wonderful last image.
The 12 Studio Albums
I listened to them all so that you don't have to. Scroll down for the complete list if you are a glutton for punishment. These are the songs I would give a 4/5 or better that you might not have heard.
Album | Title | Rating | Comments |
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Bat Out of Hell | For Crying Out Loud | 5 | Ok, Kind of a copout I know, but this really is one of the best from the album and it's not very well know. If by some chance you don't know it, this one is a no brainer. |
Dead Ringer | I'm Gonna Lover Her For Both of Us | 4 | Faithful to the "twist" meaning like the songs Paradise and For Crying Out loud, I think this gets the "feel" of the original Album. |
Dead Ringer | More Than you Deserve | 4 | Another of the twist ending. The last few verses really put this over the top. Great Piano and well sung. |
Bad Attitude | Sailor to a Siren | 4 | Finally. Non-bubblegum lyrics. A bit darker with a bit of a story. Still not great but at least I could see this a B side song. |
Bat Out of Hell II | I'd Do Anything for Love | 5 | A modern Classic Meat Loaf Song. Also, not exactly an "unknown" |
Bat Out of Hell II | It Just Won't Quit | 4 | Solid. Not Happy, but solid. |
Bat Out of Hell II | Objects in the Rear View Mirror | 4 | Solid. Not Happy, but solid. Not your normal Meat Loaf song. Probably the first Meat Loaf song with serious introspection. I was not a big fan of this song the first time I heard this but it's grown on me. |
Welcome to the Neighborhood | Left in the Dark | 4 | A hard song. Really unhappy Lyrics, but they have bite. I really don't know how to rate or understand this song. That being said this is absolutely NOT bubblegum pop. |
Couldn't Have Said It Better | Couldn't Have Said It Better | 5 | Great from the very beginning. What an opening line. "And You Said Nothing At All, Well I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself" The cue a driving rock piano and we are off! |
Couldn't Have Said It Better | Did I Say That? | 4 | A bit deeper than your average Meat Loaf song, but defiantly one that fits an older singer. |
Couldn't Have Said It Better | Tear Me Down | 4 | I like it but I do wisht there was a version without the spoken word section at the 2:00 mark. It feels like the introduction to a concert. A bit strange. |
Bat Out of Hell III | It's All Coming Back to Me Now | 5 | A Classic Meat Loaf song. This one seems to have quite the history. Written by Jim Steinman he though it should be a women singing it which is why he refused to give it to Meat Loaf but gave it to Celine Dion who made it famous. This makes the Meat Loaf version the 2nd. That all being said while Celine is a "better" singer, Meat Loaf has the better emotion. |
Bat Out of Hell III | Alive | 4 | Excellent piano intro. Gets a bit bubblegum, but still kind of fun. Kinda grows on me |
Bat Out of Hell III | What About Love? | 4.5 | Good intro. Love the Piano. Classic Meat Loaf. Ok the strange change at 2:30 was not for the better which is the only thing keeping this from a 5/5. |
Hang Cool Teddy Bear | Peace on Earth | 5 | Frenetic over the top and very Meat Loaf. The first third is the best with some great lyrics even if they are difficult to hear at times. |
Hang Cool Teddy Bear | If I Can't Have You | 4 | Cheesy intro but it recovers with the killer lyric of "If I can't have you, I don't wanna be me". Some great lyrics but the entire song is a bit strange. Excellent drum work on the chorus. |
Hell in a Handbasket | All of Me | 5 | After a long dry spell he's back. A song for a much older Meat Loaf, but since I'm also older, it definitely resonates. |
Braver than we are | Going All the Way | 4 | Good intro. Driving Piano and guitar. Vocals start ok. You can tell all of these songs are meant to be used in musicals. There are some good ideas here, but it's definitely a song made from other song fragments. Unfortunate, because I really like lots of parts of this. Interesting, this one grows on you the longer you listen. I had it as a 3, then a 3.5, and I'm going to end with a 4.0. While I prefer songs with a single story, This is more of a song with a couple lyrics of one imagery, then another, and then another. |
Every song from the 12 Studio Albums
Album | Title | Rating | Comments |
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Bat Out of Hell | Bat Out of Hell | 5 | Written by Jim Steinman. He wrote this song because he wanted a song that was the "ultimate car crash song". Something similar but larger than the song "Last Kiss". |
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth | 5 | I could do without the spoken intro, but after the drop hits it's spot on with great music and imagery. | |
Heaven Can Wait | 5 | A rare slow song that not's just a setup for a twist. Solid and well done. | |
All Revved Up with No Place to Go | 3.5 | Can you tell which song on the album is my least favorite? | |
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad | 5 | A pure classic. Not much more to be said. | |
Paradise by the Dashboard Light | 5 | A pure classic. Not much more to be said. | |
For Crying Out Loud | 5 | Ok, Kind of a copout I know, but this really is one of the best from the album and it's not very well know. If by some chance you don't know it, this one is a no brainer. | |
Dead Ringer | Peel Out | 3.5 | A fine song that I didn't like when I first heard it. In retrospect It's not bad, it's just not Bat Out of Hell. Listening to it much later it's a fine song. A good driving beat and worth a listen. |
I'm Gonna Lover Her For Both of Us | 4 | Faithful to the "twist" meaning like the songs Paradise and For Crying Out loud, I think this gets the "feel" of the original Album. | |
More Than you Deserve | 4 | Another of the twist ending. The last few verses really put this over the top. Great Piano and well sung. | |
I'll Kill You if You Don't Come back | 3 | About half way through the song, it shifts and not to the better. Add to this that the lyrics in the second half are just twisted, and not in a way that stands the test of time very well. The combination of the lyrics "Bless the Girls that tried not to cry but try to put out" and "But Damn you and Curse you after all that you've done you're the one girl I'll never forget" is just jarring to say the least. The first line just pure cringe and the worst of the 70's. The second, damn, that's an incredible lyric. This song is just all over the map. | |
Read 'Em and Weep | 3 | Some really good lyrics, but they just don't fit together to make a great son. Lyrics like "If I could only find a voice I would speak" are great, but just don't go anywhere. A shame as the music is more than adequate to carry the story. | |
Nocturnal Pleasure | 2 | At 37 seconds this is just an intro to the next song. | |
Dead Ringer for Love | 3 | A duet with Cher. Yes that Cher. Another fine song, just not anything great. Reminds me of his song in Rocky Horror "Hot Patootie" but it doesn't have the great high notes from Meat Loaf. | |
Everything is Permitted | 2.5 | A really odd song. I guess this was a poem that was put to music, but it really doesn't seem to make any sense or have any grander meaning. | |
Midnight at the Lost and Found | Razor's Edge | 2.5 | Just Meh. |
Midnight at the Lost and Found | 3 | Average | |
Wolf at Your Door | 2.5 | Just Meh. I guess the lyrics are ok, but they really don't grab you. | |
Keep Driving | 2 | Way to repetitive. Lyrics are bubblegum. | |
The Promised Land | 3.5 | A really fun song written and performed by Chuck Berry and later performed by Elvis. Meat's version is fun, but suffers from muddy vocals | |
You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl | 2 | Muddy vocals. Poor Lyrics. | |
Priscilla | 2 | A poor song with one incredible Lyric."You got a memory even shorter than your dress | |
But there's nothin' that you don't know" | |||
Don't You Look at Me Like That | 3 | Such a "Could have been song". The vocals by Lorraine Crosby are excellent, but the song just doesn't go anywhere. | |
If You Really Want To | 2.5 | Just Meh. | |
Fallen Angel | 3 | Bubblegum | |
Bad Attitude | Bad Attitude | 3.5 | Average Music, Lyrics are just slightly better than average. |
Modern Girl | 3.5 | Strong Piano Intro. Lyrics a bit above average but digress into too many repeated lyrics. I feel the song is trying to say something, just doing so poorly and not strong enough. | |
Nowhere Fast | 3.5 | Catchy. But the echo on the vocal makes the lyrics difficult to hear, and the music gets repetitive. | |
Surf's Up | 3.5 | Strong Piano start. It's got the crazy Steinman Lyrics I'm just unsure on what side of inside humor vs ridiculous this lands on. | |
Piece of the Action | 3.0 | Starts strong, and then crashes at the chorus. Some good lyrics, but wow, where is this repeat the chorus to death coming from. | |
Jumpin' the Gun | 2.0 | Again, an ok song but utter crash on the chorus. | |
Cheatin' in Your Dreams | 1.0 | On a close re-listen and reading of the lyrics, they are a bit twisted. | |
Don't Leave Your Mark on Me | 2.0 | Was this just another poem that really wasn't very good to start with combined with just meh music? | |
Sailor to a Siren | 4.0 | Finally. Non-bubblegum lyrics. A bit darker with a bit of a story. Still not great but at least I could see this a B side song. | |
Blind Before I Stop | Execution Day | 1.5 | Wandering Lyrics with a matching wandering music style. |
Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries | 1.0 | Meat Loaf tries Pop music? A no for me. | |
Getting Away with Murder | 1.0 | Again with the odd not Meat Loaf music. | |
One More Kiss (Night of the Soft Parade) | 1.0 | Poor mix with the vocals really hard to hear. Not that you are missing anything from the lyrics. And again with the really odd musical shift in the middle of the song. | |
Blind Before I Stop | 1.0 | Did a teenager write the lyrics. Sheesh. | |
Burning Down | 2.0 | Cool intro, and then a minute in, it just starts to repeat. At least what is there is on the way to being a good song. Such horrible song writing. | |
Standing on the Outside | 1.5 | 24 lines of Lyrics, 11 are just the song title over and over and over... | |
Masculine | 1.0 | So Meat Loaf tries to sing ZZ top? Lyric fail again. I guess if we just repeat the title of the song over and over.... | |
Man and a Woman | 3.0 | It's a song. Dead average, but on this album that's a top hit. | |
Special Girl | 2.5 | Ok, again, it's a song. Bubblegum, but a song. Just keep moving. | |
Rock 'n' Roll Hero | 2.5 | What is it with the copy and cut titles and music? The best thing I can say about this is that there are plenty of worse songs on this album. | |
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell | I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) | 5.0 | A modern Classic Meat Loaf Song. |
Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back | 2.5 | Average. Much darker than any of the songs from Bat out of Hell. It starts fine, but then gets boring about a third of the way through with a style change. Then picks up again for the last third as an instrumental. It's a bit of a mess. | |
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through | 3.5 | Better than average. Close to great and I'm unsure what this is missing. I will say I enjoy this a lot more at 50 than at 22. Guess I'll have to revisit at 60 | |
It Just Won't Quit | 4.0 | Solid. Not Happy, but solid. | |
Out of the Frying Pan (And into the Fire) | 3.8 | The sucessor to Jim Steinman's "Bad for Good". A fine song, but really strange that it's 30% instrumental. It starts off fine, seems to be going good, has a good chorus, then... just fades. An almost. So Close. | |
Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are | 4.0 | Solid. Not Happy, but solid. Not your normal Meat Loaf song. Probably the first Meat Loaf song with serious introspection. I was not a big fan of this song the first time I heard this but it's grown on me. | |
Wasted Youth (Monologue by Steinman) | 1.0 | Just a strange spoken monolog. | |
Everything Louder than Everything Else | 2.0 | Music is ok. Lyrics just don't go anywhere. | |
Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) | 2.5 | Just ok. | |
Back into Hell (Instrumental) | 3.0 | Fine, but so unlike any Meat Loaf song it's just odd. More like a musical instrumental demo than a song. Very confusing. | |
Lost Boys and Golden Girls | 2.5 | Meh. Again, just nothing of interest. | |
Welcome to the Neighborhood | Where the Rubber Meets the Road | 2.0 | An odd stylistic change. I just don't feel it as Meat Loaf. Whatever the meaning is, it's just fuzzy. |
I'd Lie for You | 3.5 | A Solid Song well sung. Music style has call backs to older albums. Solid hook. Calling this a 3.5 or a 4.0 is impossible. So, so close to great and I'm unsure just why I'm not going to give it the nod. I think the lyrics just need a bit more. | |
Original Sin | 3.5 | The music is pure Meat Loaf. The lyrics are missing a complete thought and are really more of random lines without greater meaning or this would be much higher. | |
45 Seconds of Ecstasy | 3.0 | An interesting little snippet, but not really a song. | |
Runnin' for the Red Light | 2.5 | Fun driving beat. Rough vocal intro. Lyrics never raise this one above average. | |
Fiesta de las Almas Perdidas | 2.0 | Just an interlude. Very strange and doesn't seem to be a real song. | |
Left in the Dark | 4.0 | A hard song. Really unhappy Lyrics, but they have bite. I really don't know how to rate or understand this song. That being said this is absolutely NOT bubblegum pop. | |
Not a Dry Eye in the House | 3.0 | Bubblegum. Just doesn't go anywhere. | |
Amnesty Is Granted | 3.5 | A fun an unexpected intro. Not Meat Loaf, but not bad. Tortured Lyrics,,, yea that sounds like Meat Loaf. Can the 3.5 become a 4.0? So close, If I gave a 3.75 this would be the song for it. The title seems to fulfill the lyrics, but this is the halfway of the song, and it's not the grand build up, so it kind of peters out. | |
If This Is the Last Kiss | 2.5 | Bubblegum. Starts as a 2.5 music and lyric wise and maybe rises to a 3.0 but meh. | |
Martha | 3.0 | A confusing song. Starts as the song Operator made famous by Jim Croce. I really thought it would go somewhere with some kind of story, but it didn't. | |
Where Angels Sing | 3.0 | Music is good but not traditional Meat Loaf. Not a bad thing, but the lyrics really allude to more than they end up being. They don't go anywhere or tell any story. Then it just repeats a lot and goes nowhere. | |
The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Home by Now / No Matter What | 3.8 | A good start with the Meat Loaf over the top intro. This is a really odd one. It is actually a mash up of two other songs. Both were written by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Jim Steinman for a Musical called "Whistle Down the wind". Reading the plot of the musical, it's strange. Unfortunately, neither song really goes anywhere or is enhanced by the mashup. At the end I'm just left frustrated with "and????". So close. |
Is Nothing Sacred | 3.0 | Trending towards bubblegum. Again this seems like "half a song". Fine intro, fine music, just doesn't go anywhere". Jim Steinman composed the music while Don Black wrote the lyrics to this ballad. | |
A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste | 2.5 | Great piano intro. Another song from the musical "Whistle down the Wind". The weakest of the three on the album. It just doesn't grab you, or go anywhere. If I gave quarter ratings I'd give it a 2.75. It was leading somewhere but just didn't. And some really strange musical changes towards the end of the song. I don't think they knew what song they were trying to create. The ending few minutes is good, but seems to come out of nowhere. | |
Couldn't Have Said It Better | Couldn't Have Said It Better | 5.0 | Great from the very beginning. What an opening line. "And You Said Nothing At All, Well I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself" Then cue a driving rock piano and we are off! |
Did I Say That? | 4.0 | A bit deeper than your average Meat Loaf song, but defiantly one that fits an older singer. | |
Why Isn't That Enough? | 3.0 | An average song. Quite a bit darker than the normal Meat Loaf song which is a nice change, but it just doesn't go anywhere. | |
Love You Out Loud | 3.5 | Good beat, but quite possibly the strangest song about cheating I've ever heard. | |
Man of Steel | 3.0 | Another average song that is good but doesn't go anywhere. | |
Intermezzo | n/a | Just a quick music interlude | |
Testify | 3.5 | Fast and fun but the lyrics are a bit of a mess. | |
Tear Me Down | 4.0 | I like it but I do wisht there was a version without the spoken word section at the 2:00 mark. It feels like the introduction to a concert. A bit strange. | |
You're Right, I Was Wrong | 2.5 | Music is dull and the lyrics don't go anywhere. | |
Because of You | 3.0 | Another average song. The fun little driving beat almost rises this one out of average, but not quite. | |
Do It! | 1.0 | Meat Loaf tries rap. O dear god no. | |
Forever Young | 3.5 | A fine little song, but again, nothing to really rise it higher than just above average. | |
Mercury Blues | 2.5 | Starts with a fun driving piano and guitar, and then, turns into a car add I guess. | |
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose | The Monster Is Loose | 2.0 | Not what I consider the "Meat Loaf Sound" or good lyrics. Really no idea what they were going for here except "different". Some kind of Meat Loaf Heavy Metal. |
Blind as a Bat | 3.0 | Meat Loaf Rap 2.0. Better, much better. Not great mind you, but so much better than the first one he did. | |
It's All Coming Back to Me Now | 5.0 | A Classic Meat Loaf song. This one seems to have quite the history. Written by Jim Steinman he though it should be a women singing it which is why he refused to give it to Meat Loaf but gave it to Celine Dion who made it famous. This makes the Meat Loaf version the 2nd. That all being said while Celine is a "better" singer, Meat Loaf has the better emotion. | |
Bad for Good | 2.0 | The music is so similar to other songs it feels repetitive. And the lyrics are ... tortured. Just not that good. | |
Cry Over Me | 2.5 | Forgettable. | |
In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher Is King | 1.0 | "According to Jim Steinman, this song was "written to be the song of the corrupt bloodsuckers who run Gotham City, and stare down from their chrome towers that disembowel the sky, pollutants raining down like a thick clotted rain of decay. It's meant to be comically grotesquely frightening." Errr, It's an Art Piece. | |
Monstro | 3.0 | "The song refers to how the singer has overcome difficult periods in his life". Another Art Piece. But so short, it doesn't get old. More of an instrumental actually. | |
Alive | 4.0 | Excellent piano intro. Gets a bit bubblegum, but still kind of fun. Kinda grows on me | |
If God Could Talk | 3.0 | Not bad but it doesn't go anywhere | |
If It Ain't Broke, Break It | 2.0 | Just doesn't work. | |
What About Love? | 4.5 | Good intro. Love the Piano. Classic Meat Loaf. Ok the strange change at 2:30 was not for the better, only thing keeping this from a 5/5. | |
Seize the Night | 3.0 | Hello Opera. Instrumental for the first 1:30 and good, then changes to a different song and becomes bubblegum. Again this would work well as a theater production. Feels like a stage show. And reuses way to much old material. Seems to have large parts of Steinman's Dance of the Vampire Musical. | |
The Future Ain't What It Used to Be | 3.5 | Great Piano intro. Starts strong but kinda meanders. Would work as a musical number. Could have been a 4.0 but it never gets out of the depression. Meat Loaf Songs can't just stay in the same place. | |
Cry to Heaven | 2.0 | Uggg. Just uggh. | |
Hang Cool Teddy Bear | Peace on Earth | 5.0 | Frenetic over the top and very Meat Loaf. The first third is the best with some great lyrics even if they are difficult to hear at times. |
Living on the Outside | 3.0 | Excellent Intro. Strong start that just doesn't go anywhere. The main lyric is just "ride with me". | |
Los Angeloser | 2.0 | An odd sound. Nice to try something new, but no, it doesn't work. | |
If I Can't Have You | 4.0 | Cheesy intro but it recovers with the killer lyric of "If I can't have you, I don't wanna be me". Some great lyrics but the entire song is a bit strange. Excellent drum work on the chorus. | |
Love is Not Real / Next Time | 2.5 | Meh for the first half, and then it just goes less than average for the second half. I'm just not into Meat Loaf Rap | |
Like a Rose | 2.0 | Meat Loaf does the Beastie boys? A Jack Black song with a Tenacious D vibe. Just .... Something. Not sure what it is. | |
Did you ever Love somebody | 2.5 | A definite Metal influence. Again not a Meat Loaf sound. More importantly the lyrics are muddle and extremely hard to understand. Another that I just don't get. | |
Song of Madness | 2.0 | 70's guitar intro. Kinda bubblegum. Not getting better. Just not going anywhere. | |
California Isn't Big Enough | 1.0 | Another in the Meat Loaf Raps genre. And another that is really not good. And then it starts to suck. | |
Running Away | 3.0 | Super average and forgettable. Starts a bit interesting, but again it just doesn't go anywhere. Music is not really Meat Loaf, but it is interesting. But any song with the lyrics "La la la la la" is just a hard no. | |
Let's Be in Love | 3.0 | Again average without much of a reason for the song to exist. | |
If It Rains | 3.0 | Boring intro. Lyrics are pore, but the chorus brings it up to Average. I want to like this song but it's just not there. | |
Elvis in Vegas | 3 | A pleasant story song. | |
*Boneyard | 2.5 | Online extra download. Meh. | |
*Prize Fight Lover | 3 | Online extra download. Meh. | |
*Don't Get Me Going | 3 | Online extra download. Meh. | |
*I Want You So Hard | 2 | Live Only. Nothing to see here. | |
*Roadhouse Blues | 3 | Live Only. Meh. Nothing here folks. | |
Hell in a Handbasket | All of Me | 5.0 | After a long dry spell he's back. A song for a much older Meat Loaf, but since I'm also older, it definitely resonates. |
The Giving Tree | 3.0 | Fine intro, but nothing exciting. It seems to want to go to something more, but neither the lyrics nor music can live up to the premise. | |
Live or Die | 3.0 | Fine intro. A country fiddle is not a normal Meat Loaf intro, but we will see where this goes. The answer unfortunately is not very far. Again, I think this song was going for more, but it just doesn't make it. | |
Blue Sky / Mad Mad World | 2.0 | The Album of "Fine intro's". And then it goes bad. Definitely a "mash up" song of random ideas. The whole is not greater than the parts in this case. | |
California Dreamin' | 2.5 | No. You only remake a classic if you have something incredible or new to add. This is not that. | |
Party of One | 2.0 | Really unsure what the hell this was going for. Whatever it was, it can stay there. | |
Another Day | 3.5 | Fine intro and again, the song tries, but just doesn't get there. This one is very close, and I'm really unsure just why it fails. | |
40 Days | 2.0 | Unfortunately I don't think Meat Loaf can sing funk. | |
Our Love and Our Souls | 3.5 | How can all the intro's be fine, but the songs go nowhere! This album should retitled the Album of Misfit Songs. So many are so close but missing something vital. A shame for this one as the female lead is great. I found this to be the most disappointing because it was so close. Music, Vocals, and arrangement are all good. Just needs that little bit more of lyrics. The lyrics are fine, but not Great. | |
Stand in the Storm | 2.5 | Not a fine intro. And bubble gum lyrics don't help. Only the fun driving beat keeps it from a 2. | |
Blue Sky | 3.0 | I would say it's a fine intro, but I think I've heard this before. Unfortunately I don't think Meat Loaf sings this very well. Sad but he is sounding a bit tired and old. I think another singer could do this song well. | |
Fall from Grace | 3.0 | Not a fan of the intro and it just never goes anywhere. | |
*Mad Mad World | 2.0 | Online Only. Nope. | |
Braver than we Are | Who Needs the Young | 2.0 | Starts as a blues riff, then switches to a waltz? Again, very strange and artsy. Switches to something from a musical. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work as anything. |
Going All the Way - A song in 6 parts | 4.0 | Good intro. Driving Piano and guitar. Vocals start ok. You can tell all of these songs are meant to be used in musicals. There are some good ideas here, but it's definitely a song made from other song fragments. Unfortunate, because I really like lots of parts of this. Interesting, this one grows on you the longer you listen. I had it as a 3, then a 3.5, and I'm going to end with a 4.0. While I prefer songs with a single story, This is more of a song with a couple lyrics of one imagery, then another, and then another. | |
Speaking in Tongues | 3.0 | A fine song. Again, this one is not a powerhouse and takes a while to grow on you. Fits the album and the time of life for both of them. Not what I would recommend for a new Meat Loaf Fan, but good for those that have been the entire journey. | |
Loving You Is a Dirty Job | 3.0 | Again, great intro. And again, a weak second part. I was ready to downgrade this to a 2.5 but the female lead Stacy Michelle really saves this one. | |
Souvenirs | 2.5 | And again another great intro. A much sadder song this time. Lots of phrases of other songs I've heard before. | |
Only When I Feel | 2.0 | More of a short or connector than a song. Also tries WAY to hard. | |
More | 1.5 | Confusing. I don't get the lyrics. Part of the song is another attempt at "Metal Meat Loaf". While it works better than the others, the song is rather flat. | |
Godz | 1.5 | A Metal intro, and then straight to a VERY over the top Musical number. Doesn't work. | |
Skull of Your Country | 1.5 | A really odd mashup of a new song with Total Eclipse of the Heart. No. | |
Train of Love | 1.5 | An incredibly average start, that goes downhill. | |
*For What it's Worth | 1.0 | Online Only. Another in the pile of "Don't remake a classic if you don't have something new". | |
*Dirty Water | 2.0 | Online Only. I really like the intro piano. Might be a full song here, but at the moment I don't hear it. Just some interesting parts. | |
*Who Needs the Young | 1.0 | Online Only. Feels like a musical number. Never really goes anywhere. | |
*Going All the Way | 2.0 | Online Only. Another Musical Number. Kinda of a phantom of the opera vibe. Unfortunately this would only work in the context of a larger production. |