Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

by Meat Loaf

Overview

Although Meat Loaf has made several albums since Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell is an explicit sequel to that milestone of '70s pop culture. Reprising the formula of the original nearly to the letter, Back Into Hell is bombastic and has too much detail, thanks to the pseudo-operatic splendor of Jim Steinman's grandly cinematic songs. From the arrangements to the lengths of the tracks, everything on the album is overstated; even the album version of the hit single, "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," is 12 minutes long. Yet that's precisely the point of this album, and is also why it works so well. No other rock & roller besides Meat Loaf could pull off the humor and theatricality of Back Into Hell and make it seem real. In that sense, it's a worthy successor to the original. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/08/2019
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602577085949
Rank:	21531

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
2. Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
3. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
4. It Just Won't Quit
5. Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)

Disc 2

6. Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
7. Wastd Youth
8. Everything Louder Than Everything Else
9. Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
10. Back Into Hell
11. Lost Boys and Golden Girls

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Meat Loaf   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Bill Payne   Primary Artist,Piano
Ty Cobb   Primary Artist
Lenny Pickett   Guest Artist,Saxophone
Ellen Foley   Guest Artist,Vocals
Matthew Nelson   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Gunnar Nelson   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Todd Rundgren   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Steve Buslowe   Bass,Drums,Bass (Vocal)
Kenny Aronoff   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Curtis King   Vocals (Background)
Pat Thrall   Drums,Guitar
Roy Bittan   Piano,Keyboards
Jimmy Bralower   Drums
Kasim Sulton   Vocals (Background)
Rick Marotta   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Tim Pierce   Guitar
Rory Dodd   Vocals (Background)
Eddie Martinez   Guitar
Eric Troyer   Vocals (Background)
Jeff Bova   Organ,Synthesizer
Jim Steinman   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Brian Meagher   Drums,Bagpipes
Michelle Little   Vocals (Background)
Justin Meagher   Drums,Bagpipes
Cynthia Geary   Vocals (Background)
Brett Cullen   Vocals (Background)
Stuart Emerson   Vocals (Background)
Rory Foley   Vocals (Background)
Mrs. Loud   Vocals
Elaine Goff   Vocals (Background)
Lorraine Crosby   Vocals (Background)
Amy Goff   Vocals (Background)
Robert Coron   Vocals (Background)
Max Haskett   Vocals (Background)
Brian Meagher, Jr.   Drums,Bagpipes

Technical Credits

Steve Boyer   Assistant Engineer
Steve Rinkoff   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Associate Producer
Ben Fowler   Mixing
Greg Calbi   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Roy Bittan   Producer,Associate Producer
Peter Mew   Mastering Engineer
Rory Romano   Assistant Engineer
Meat Loaf   Arranger,Producer
Matthew "Boomer" La Monica   Assistant Engineer
Brandon Harris   Assistant Engineer
Dan Gellert   Assistant Engineer
Steve Holroyd   Engineer
David Thoener   Mixing,Producer
Jeff Bova   Musician,Programming
Jim Steinman   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Recording Arranger
Todd Rundgren   Vocal Arrangement
Mark Guilbeault   Assistant Engineer
Victor Deyglio   Assistant Engineer
Chris Albert   Assistant Engineer
Bill Gardner   Assistant Engineer
Steven Rinkoff   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Associate Producer
Neverland Express   Producer
Michael Lee Aday   Co-Arranger