Bat Out Of Hell

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Amherst College Digital Collections". Amherst College Digital Collections . Retrieved April 7, 2018. Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music Week. January 11, 1992. p.21. ISSN 0265-1548– via World Radio History. For example, citing the narrative of "Paradise", Rundgren jokes that he can't imagine Steinman being at a lakeside with the most beautiful girl in school, but he can imagine Steinman "imagining" it. [28] Cover [ edit ] Bat Out of Hell has sold over 43 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. [4] It is certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [5] It is also the best-selling album in Australia, having been certified 26× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). [6] As of June 2019, it has spent 522 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, the second longest chart run by a studio album. [7] In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [8] [9]

Murray, Jeremy A.; Nadeau, Kathleen, eds. (2016). Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania (E-book). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. p.41. ISBN 978-1-4408-3990-0. Bat Out of Hell was released by Cleveland International Records in October 1977. However, at Cleveland International Records' parent label, Epic Records, almost everyone hated it. [26] Steve Popovich, the head of Cleveland International Records, was relentless in his efforts to get Epic and all of CBS Records and radio on board. In 1993, Steinman reflected that the album was "timeless in that it didn't fit into any trend. It's never been a part of what's going on. You could release that record at any time and it would be out of place." [47] Merey, Andy (October 3, 2017). "Opinion | Whitby's Andy Merey on Meat Loaf: rags to riches and setting the record straight". DurhamRegion.com . Retrieved February 25, 2020.

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Butler, Susan (June 5, 2006). "Meat Loaf Sues Over 'Bat Out Of Hell' ". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 26, 2008 . Retrieved September 25, 2006. RIAA Top 100 Albums". riaa.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007 . Retrieved August 22, 2007. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) by Meat Loaf Songfacts". songfacts.com . Retrieved April 7, 2018. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p.196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Offiziellecharts.de – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved June 7, 2021.

Companies, etc.

Bat Out of Hell is often compared to the music of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the album Born to Run. Steinman says he finds that "puzzling, musically", although they share influences; "Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence." [14] A BBC article added "that Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison." [16] I never thought of them as personal songs in terms of my own life but they were personality songs. They were all about my obsessions and images. None of them takes place in a normal world. They all take place in an extreme world. Very operatic...they were all heightened. They don't take place in normal reality. [19] Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8. A Meat Loaf musical might actually end up on Broadway". New York Post. November 8, 2017 . Retrieved April 8, 2018. Steinman registered "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark in 1995, and sought to prevent Meat Loaf from using the title. [45] In 2006, however, the singer sought to cancel Steinman's trademark and use the title for Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. [46] Release and promotion [ edit ]