Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Synopsis

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."

Main Cast

Meat Loaf

Self

Age : 76 | Popularity : 12%

Karla DeVito

Self - Backing Vocalist

Age : 70 | Popularity : 4%

Ellen Foley

Self - Backing Vocalist

Age : 72 | Popularity : 10%

Jim Steinman

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Todd Rundgren

Self - Record Producer and Musician

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Max Weinberg

Self - Drummer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Rory Dodd

Self - Backing Vocalist

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Bob Smeaton
Production	Executive Producer	Geoff Kempin Jamie Rugge-Price Terry Shand
	Co-Producer	Jim Steinman
	Co-Executive Producer	Bous De Jong
	Producer	Nick De Grunwald
Department	Role	Name

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