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Track Listings
| 1. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) |
| 2. Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back |
| 3. Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through |
| 4. It Just Won't Quit |
| 5. Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire) |
| 6. Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are |
| 7. Wasted Youth |
| 8. Everything Louder Than Everything Else |
| 9. Good Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) |
| 10. Back Into Hell |
| 11. Lost Boys And Golden Girls |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
At a certain point, bad taste and bombast becomes so excessive and so grandiose that they're no longer an easily dismissed irritation but an astonishing monument to the warped imagination. Such a monument is Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, the long-delayed sequel to 1977's Bat Out of Hell. Once again songwriter/producer Jim Steinman has isolated high-school parking-lot aphorisms and inflated them to Wagner-on-Broadway proportions, casting Mr. Loaf as a heavy-metal Ezio Pinza. Typical of the album's strategy is its big hit single, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". Steinman piles on the guitars, drums, synthesizers, and choral voices as if he were Phil Spector producing Kiss playing the Who songbook. The rest of the album tackles the themes of teenage lust, frustration, and rock & roll fantasies in similar fashion. It's somehow beside the point to complain about the puerile lyrics, the leaden rhythms, the derivative melodies, the histrionic vocals, or the overblown arrangements. Steinman knows how to push his audience's buttons, and with Meat Loaf's help, he hits those buttons with a sledgehammer. --Geoffrey Himes
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MEATLOAF Bat Out Of Hell II (1993 UK 11-track CD including Id Do Anything For Love [But I Wont Do That] picture sleeve CDV2710)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
as many other reviewers have stated, no sane musician would go near Jim Steinman or his songs. who ever said Meat Loaf was sane?
this, of course, is the sequel to the third biggest selling album of all time, and is just as good, personally I think Meat's voice has matured along with Jim's songwriting.
You all know about "Anything For Love" so I'll cover some other gems...
"life is a lemon (and i want my money back)"
a phenomenal vocal performance, absolutely belted, its also a funny lyric on top of some real rockin' music.
"it just won't quit"
this was orignally performed by pandora's box, written, alike all the tracks on Bat, by Jim Steinman. another good lyric and vocal performance with a helluva guitar solo.
finally, my favourite track?
"objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they are" - you'd think this would be funny too. but if you know anything about Meat's life and childhood this is perhaps the most honest, tear-jerking song ever. beautiful, long, powerful, strangely operatic. could this be a review of anything except a Bat album?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The album winds up from the void of dead-tape, rising to an enthralling climax known to all as I'd Do Anything For Love. After getting the listener going with it's massiveley extragant, Broadway-esque guitar solos and choral interludes the album continues, tempered with insight and new takes on old cliches. This album has it all, happiness and sadness, love and fear, with a plethora of solos of so many kinds to boot. The original Bat out of Hell was stunning - and it just just got a whole lot bigger.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
My own personal favorite Meat Loaf album, this has it all. It hits the ground running with the opus "I would do anything.." a fanatical powerful opera peice, almost duet. Next up is "Life is a Lemon", which good as it is, I prefer the remix version on Best of.. "Rock and roll dreams" another teenage love song which is fantastic. "It just won't quit" and neither will the song, luckly."Out of the frying pan" is classic Steinman with a great cresendo build up to the chorous.
"Objects" is a real tearjerker from the first few lines, whilst "Wasted Youth" is exactly the same as "Love, death and an American Guitar" from Steinman's own Bad for good - but with "Wasted youth" added at the start :) "Everything louder" is my fav track on the album - turn that one up to loud! :-) "Good girls" from the Pandora's box album is probly the only track I would call duff. "Back into Hell" a wonderful instrumental peice and finally "Lost boys" round ups a great album.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great no need to call it Bat out of Hell II
I had not heard Meatloaf's original Bat out of Hell for yonks then due to a, well you don't need to know about my silly fantasties!!!! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Typically Tropical
Meat loaf
Speedy delivery and packaged well. Good value for money. Recommend seller. A must for all fans! The ease of shopping online!
Published 9 months ago by Trux007
Bat out of hell 2
I had lost a lot of my CD's and now I am replacing them bit by bit and I love this album. I have had it on today and am very happy with my purchase. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Fev 4 Diane
BUY THIS ALBUM NOW IF YOU HAVE TASTE
Meat Loaf is one of the greatest rock n roll performers in....
Hey wait! NOBODY thinks that any more do they? Well after hearing this amazing album, I am hooked. Read more
Hey wait! NOBODY thinks that any more do they? Well after hearing this amazing album, I am hooked. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Hey MICKEY 5000!£4xx
Classic
I could rant on and on about this album! But the title of my review says it all for me!
Published 16 months ago by influenceuk
Back Into Hell
I bought this CD as part of a set of 3 - Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II (Back Into Hell) and Bat Out of Hell III (The Monster is Loose). Read more
Published on 21 April 2010 by Mr. Robert J. Shepherd
Album review
A recent addition to my CD collection after owining a cassette version for years. A very good sequel to the original album.
Published on 9 July 2009 by Mr. P. W. Robinson
the greatest work of art in all of rock and roll!
to call bat out of hell 2 a masterpiece would be an understaitment! the two things that make it exsebtional are, first all the songs are amazing and second they are all very long... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2009 by Toboe
Pure rock genius!
MeatLoaf + Jim Steinman = a must have album!
I'm a huge fan of MeatLoaf and have been for nearly 10 years and hearng this album for the first time blew me away. Read more
I'm a huge fan of MeatLoaf and have been for nearly 10 years and hearng this album for the first time blew me away. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2008 by Ghost of Kai
Good but not as good as the first.
Meatloaf is again on top form and I suppose that with the success of Bat out of Hell there had to be a follow up. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2007 by Mr. Andrew Moore
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