Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
1999 | 60m | English
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| Director: | Bob Smeaton |
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| 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." | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1999 |
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| Director: | Bob Smeaton |
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| Genres: | Music, Documentary |
| Keywords | singer, rock, meat loaf, ''bat out of hell'', jim steinman, 'paradise by the dashboard light.' |
| Production Companies | Eagle Vision, Isis Production |
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Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Meat Loaf | Self |
| Karla DeVito | Self - Backing Vocalist |
| Ellen Foley | Self - Backing Vocalist |
| Jim Steinman | Self |
| Todd Rundgren | Self - Record Producer and Musician |
| Max Weinberg | Self - Drummer |
| Rory Dodd | Self - Backing Vocalist |
| Name | Job |
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| Bob Smeaton | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Terry Shand | Executive Producer |
| Jamie Rugge-Price | Executive Producer |
| Nick De Grunwald | Producer |
| Geoff Kempin | Executive Producer |
| Bous De Jong | Co-Executive Producer |
| Jim Steinman | Co-Producer |
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