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Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose in Bloomington, MN
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Truth be told, once
Meat Loaf
had a blockbuster with
Bat Out of Hell
in 1977, he never really left the bombastic sound of that
Todd Rundgren
-produced,
Jim Steinman
-written classic behind. He went through a long stretch where he didn't have any hits -- it's popularly known as the '80s -- but he kept reworking the album, never quite getting it right until he reteamed with
Steinman
for 1993's
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
, which became a surprise international hit, re-establishing
as a major star. After that record, he never went away, continuing to record, tour, and act, but nothing quite matched the success of either
, so it made perfect sense for
Meat
to go back to the
Bat
well a third time in the mid-2000s -- over 12 years since the second
and nearly 30 years on from the first. But there was a hitch in his well-laid plan:
didn't want to participate. This was a problem, because the
albums were as much
's as they were
's -- and this point was never hidden, either, as
's name was prominent on the cover of both
Bats
. Undaunted,
went ahead with the project, hiring
Desmond Child
as producer and picking several older
songs to form the heart of
Bat Out of Hell III
, which now bore the subtitle of
The Monster Is Loose
. As the album's fall 2006 release date approached,
took
to court over the record -- after all, not only had he written the
albums, but he owned the copyright to the phrase, so
needed permission in order to release the record. Permission was eventually granted in an out-of-court settlement, paving the way for the October 2006 release of
, a record that had many
songs but in no way features his involvement in the recording or production of the album. And this
is quite obviously a patchwork, pieced together from things borrowed and re-created, never quite gelling the way either of the previous
did. It's a brightly lit mess, but there is one redeeming factor here and that's
, who is singing his heart out as he valiantly tries to make this
a worthy successor to the originals. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Meat Loaf
had a blockbuster with
Bat Out of Hell
in 1977, he never really left the bombastic sound of that
Todd Rundgren
-produced,
Jim Steinman
-written classic behind. He went through a long stretch where he didn't have any hits -- it's popularly known as the '80s -- but he kept reworking the album, never quite getting it right until he reteamed with
Steinman
for 1993's
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
, which became a surprise international hit, re-establishing
as a major star. After that record, he never went away, continuing to record, tour, and act, but nothing quite matched the success of either
, so it made perfect sense for
Meat
to go back to the
Bat
well a third time in the mid-2000s -- over 12 years since the second
and nearly 30 years on from the first. But there was a hitch in his well-laid plan:
didn't want to participate. This was a problem, because the
albums were as much
's as they were
's -- and this point was never hidden, either, as
's name was prominent on the cover of both
Bats
. Undaunted,
went ahead with the project, hiring
Desmond Child
as producer and picking several older
songs to form the heart of
Bat Out of Hell III
, which now bore the subtitle of
The Monster Is Loose
. As the album's fall 2006 release date approached,
took
to court over the record -- after all, not only had he written the
albums, but he owned the copyright to the phrase, so
needed permission in order to release the record. Permission was eventually granted in an out-of-court settlement, paving the way for the October 2006 release of
, a record that had many
songs but in no way features his involvement in the recording or production of the album. And this
is quite obviously a patchwork, pieced together from things borrowed and re-created, never quite gelling the way either of the previous
did. It's a brightly lit mess, but there is one redeeming factor here and that's
, who is singing his heart out as he valiantly tries to make this
a worthy successor to the originals. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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