Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

7.8

1 hr 0 min

1999-01-01

11

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."

Documentary

Music

Trailers

Characters

Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

Self

Karla DeVito

Karla DeVito

Self - Backing Vocalist

Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley

Self - Backing Vocalist

Jim Steinman

Jim Steinman

Self

Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

Self - Record Producer and Musician

Max Weinberg

Max Weinberg

Self - Drummer

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