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HIGHLY ACCLAIMED limited edition picture disc LP by MEAT LOAF entitled "Bat Out Of Hell".
"There is no other album like ,
unless you want to count the sequel. This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic,
gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this.
was a composer without peer, simply because nobody else wanted to make
mini-epics like this. And there never could have been a singer more
suited for his compositions than , a singer partial to bombast, albeit shaded bombast. The compositions are staggeringly ridiculous, yet
finds the emotional core in each song, bringing true heartbreak to "Two
out of Three Ain't Bad" and sly humor to "Paradise by the Dashboard
Light." There's no discounting the production of , either, who gives 's
self-styled grandiosity a production that's staggeringly big but never
overwhelming and always alluring. While the sentiments are deliberately
adolescent and filled with jokes and exaggerated clichés, there's real
(albeit silly) wit behind these compositions, not just in the lyrics but
in the music, which is a savvy blend of oldies pastiche, show tunes,
prog rock, narratives, and blistering hard rock (thereby sounding a bit like an extension of Rocky Horror Picture Show, which brought
to the national stage). It may be easy to dismiss this as ridiculous,
but there's real style and craft here and its kitsch is intentional. It
may elevate adolescent passion to operatic dimensions, and that's
certainly silly, but it's hard not to marvel at the skill behind this
grandly silly, irresistible album."-- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG