Top 50 ( ARIA Chart) peaks from June 26, 1988: "Australian Charts > Meat Loaf". australian-charts.com Hung Medien . Retrieved April 19, 2010. Hotten, Jon (January 21, 1989). "Meat Loaf 'Bat Out of Hell' ". Kerrang!. Vol.222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. Two years after the massive success of Bat II, Meat offered up this relationship-gone-awry concept record. And while it failed to produce any real hits of note, it went platinum anyway.

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In 1989, Kerrang! magazine listed the album at number 38 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". [53] Ellen Foley, who appears on "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", first met Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman while they were all working together on the National Lampoon Road Tour, [38] so they had a history of performing over-the-top musical comedy sketches together. [39] The baseball commentary make-out section performed by New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto was written with the announcer in mind, using phrases he would actually say during commentary. [40] Brisco, Elise (April 20, 2021). " 'Bat Out of Hell' songwriter and producer Jim Steinman dies at 73". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Savage, Mark (October 14, 2022). "Meat Loaf tops chart of biggest-selling debut albums in UK history". BBC . Retrieved December 22, 2022. Rodriguez, Katherine (January 27, 2022). "Howard Stern wants Meat Loaf's survivors to advocate for COVID-19 vaccines". The Patriot-News.Stressed' Meat Loaf abandons gig". BBC News. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Kitching, Bryant (January 19, 2012). "Meat Loaf announces U.S. release of Hell in a Handbasket". Consequence. Meat Loaf Talks 'Bat Out of Hell' Musical & Why President Trump Is 'Intelligent' ". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Miller, Doug (April 8, 2008). "Meat Loaf has found the way to 'Paradise' ". Today. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal; however, their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized music industry style. [32] Todd Rundgren, under the impression that they already had a record deal, agreed to produce the album as well as play lead guitar along with other members of Rundgren's band Utopia and Max Weinberg. [32] [37] They then shopped the record around, but they still had no takers until Steve Popovich's Cleveland International Records took a chance, releasing Bat Out of Hell in October 1977. [32] [38] Duran, Jose D. (October 19, 2008). "Last Night: Meat Loaf at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.Seitz, Matt Zoller (March 12, 2008). "That Dashboard Light Now Casts Its Glow on Nostalgia". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Mitovich, Matt Webb (February 22, 2012). "Exclusive: USA's Fairly Legal Serves Up a Savory Helping of Meat Loaf". TVLine. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Meat Loaf (February 29, 2020). "Sorry, I haven't been posting, there is a reason but I don't want to go into that subject right now. Now a". Archived from the original on January 10, 2022 – via Facebook. Searchable Database — RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America. Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 21, 2022.