Pretty much the biggest problem with this album is that it is too formulaic. It basically plays as a greatest hits album, not really taking any risks and not adding in lesser known songs for the benefit of the more loyal fans. Over half the songs were radio hits, and it just seems like she played it too safe with the other songs, relying on the standards instead of throwing in one or two lesser known songs. The other problem, although not as big, is that for most of the album you can't really tell it's a live album, other than the applause at the end of a song. The one major exception would be "Ice Cream," where the audience does a pretty large amount of singing. Not surprising that it's one of best songs on the album, if not the best. The album starts off with "Building a Mystery" which actually ends up being one of the more up tempo songs on the album. "Hold On" and "Good Enough" follow, completely changing the mood of the album, followed by more safe songs, "I Will Remember You" and "Adia." And so on and so on. "Angel" is the closer, and it doesn't really get more predictable than that, does it? Personally, while I do like this album, it just annoys me sometimes. I would have liked more than one song from Solace, which I still think is her best album, but hey, that's why I'm not a record exec right? Ah well.
5 Best Songs:
5. "The Path Of Thorns (Terms)"
4. "I Will Remember You"
3. "Good Enough"
2. "Hold On"
1. "Ice Cream"
"Good Enough"
"Hold On"
"Ice Cream"
117. Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf (1977)
Go ahead and laugh, I'll wait.
Better? Okay.
On one web site, they use the word "ridiculous" twice and the word "silly" four times when reviewing this album - all in one paragraph. And that's from a site that gave it a favorable review. The best word I can think of to describe the songs on this album is "epic." There are only seven songs, but none are shorter than 4 minutes 21 seconds, and three of them are over 8 minutes. And yet, with how long the songs are, the album never drags. Every song on Bat Out Of Hell is a classic, even if "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" ended up dominating the album and overshadowing the much better songs off the album. (Which, in my opinion, would be all of them. "Paradise" is easily my least favorite song on this album.) Yes, the music on this album just sounds like pure '70s and is extremely dated, but that isn't really a bad thing in this case. "All Revved Up With No Place To Go" is full of over done horns, but in the end it works because it's an good, quite catchy song. "Heaven Can Wait" and "For Crying Out Loud" are two of the best songs that no one has heard. "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" is the classic "I want you but can't have you" song of teenage angst. "Bat Out Of Hell" is the quintessential Meat Loaf rock opera, the precursor to "I Would Do Anything For Love." Finally, "You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Nights)" should have been a huge hit, but for whatever reason it wasn't. Overall, this album is consistent from start to finish, and in the end that's really all anyone should ask for from their music, isn't it?
5 Best Songs:
5. "For Crying Out Loud"
4. "All Revved Up With No Place To Go"
3. "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad"
2. "You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Nights)"
1. "Heaven Can Wait"
"Two Out Of Three Aint Bad"
"You Took the Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)"
"Heaven Can Wait"
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