Classic Albums Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1999)

Never one for understatement the aptly named singer known as Meat Loaf aka Marvin Lee Aday teamed with operaticallyminded pianistcomposer 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 Steinmans epic compositions Todd Rundgrens grandiose production and Meat Loafs own soaring vocals the singers 1977 debut BAT OUT OF HELL elevated the rockopera 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 Aint Bad and of course the adolescent opus Paradise by the Dashboard Light