Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Movie)

Never one for understatement, the aptly named singer known as Meat Loaf (aka Marvin Lee Aday) teamed with operatically-minded pianist-composer 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 Steinman's epic compositions, Todd Rundgren's grandiose production, and Meat Loaf's own soaring vocals, the singer's 1977 debut BAT OUT OF HELL elevated the rock-opera 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 Ain't Bad," and, of course, the adolescent opus "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."

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1. Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell (2015) (Movie) (5)
   

   Meat Loaf...Himself

   Karla DeVito...Herself - Singer, Bat Out of Hell Tour / Promos

   

   Ellen Foley...Herself - Singer, Bat Out of Hell Album

   

   Todd Rundgren...Himself - Producer, Bat Out of Hell

   

   Jim Steinman...Himself - Interviewed in 1981 / 1983 (archive sound)
2. Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell - The Original Tour (2009) (Movie) (3)
   

   Meat Loaf...Himself - Lead Vocals

   

   Jim Steinman...Himself - Piano / Backing Vocals

   Karla DeVito...Herself - Female Lead Vocals / Backing Vocals (archive footage)