Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Name: Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1999-01-01
Rating: 7.9

7.9(11)

1h

1999

Released

en

Documentary Music

Overview

Never one for understatement, the aptly named singer known as Meat Loaf (aka Marvin Lee Aday) teamed with operatically-minded pianist-composer Jim Steinman to produce a bombastic slab of 1970s classic rock that has become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Fueled by Steinman's epic compositions, Todd Rundgren's grandiose production, and Meat Loaf's own soaring vocals, the singer's 1977 debut BAT OUT OF HELL elevated the rock-opera genre to appropriately theatrical heights with its extravagant orchestration and a melodramatic narrative celebrating teenage rebellion. This episode of the CLASSIC ALBUMS series recounts the making of this monumental work through interviews, archival footage, and live performances of album tracks such as "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," and, of course, the adolescent opus "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."

Release Date

January 1, 1999

Production

Isis Production, Eagle Vision

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Cast

7 people

Meat Loaf

Self

Acting

Karla DeVito

Self - Backing Vocalist

Acting

Ellen Foley

Self - Backing Vocalist

Acting

Jim Steinman

Self

Sound

Todd Rundgren

Self - Record Producer and Musician

Acting

Max Weinberg

Self - Drummer

Acting

Rory Dodd

Self - Backing Vocalist

Acting

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