After having scored a surprising commercial comeback with 1993's Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, his reunion with songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf tried to make it on his own, just as he had from 1983 to 1993, and with similarly disappointing results.
As with albums like Bad Attitude, a couple of Steinman songs were tossed in, in this case the minor "Original Sin" (from 1989) and "Left in the Dark" (from 1980), a song previously cut by Barbra Streisand.
But most of the album's songwriting was provided by a team of people, including pop songwriter Diane Warren, Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar, and ex-E Streeter Steven Van Zandt, plus producer Ron Nevison, trying to clone the flamboyant Steinman style and failing to do so.
The Warren material especially (which sounded more like the kind of thing she tends to write for Michael Bolton) lacked Steinman's gothic excess, sly humor, and lyrical reach.
Meat Loaf, as usual, sang like his life depended on it, while a band that was less distinctive than it should have been, given such notable participants as Kenny Aronoff and Kasim Sulton, churned out sub-metal riffs.
The resulting sales fall-off was not as great as it had been before, but it remained true that Meat without Steinman was only half a loaf.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)Diane Warren | Meat Loaf | Play | 06:40 | 15 MB | 44 MB |
| 2 | Original SinJim Steinman | Meat Loaf | Play | 06:03 | 13 MB | 39 MB |
| 3 | Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)Pearl Aday, Sarah Durkee, Patti Russo, Harry Vanda, George Young | Meat Loaf | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Fiesta de Las Almas PerdidasJeff Bova | Meat Loaf | Play | 01:29 | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| 5 | Left in the DarkJim Steinman | Meat Loaf | Play | 07:12 | 16 MB | 43 MB |
| 6 | Not a Dry Eye in the HouseDiane Warren | Meat Loaf | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| 7 | Amnesty Is GrantedSammy Hagar | Meat Loaf | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 47 MB |
| 8 | If This Is the Last Kiss (Let's Make It Last All Night)Diane Warren | Meat Loaf | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 9 | MarthaTom Waits | Meat Loaf | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | Where Angels SingStephen Allen Davis | Meat Loaf | Play | 06:08 | 14 MB | 41 MB |
| 11 | Where the Rubber Meets the Road | Meat Loaf | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 12 | 45 Seconds of Ecstacy | Meat Loaf | Play | 01:06 | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| 58 mins | 134 MB | |||||
| 58 mins | 391 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pearl Aday | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Larry Alexander | Engineer |
| 3 | Mark Alexander | Keyboards, Piano |
| 4 | Kenny Aronoff | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 5 | Jeff Bova | Composer, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Programming |
| 6 | Steve Buslowe | Bass, Director, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 8 | Stephen Allen Davis | Composer |
| 9 | Rory Dodd | Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Sarah Durkee | Composer |
| 11 | Ben Fowler | Engineer |
| 12 | Dan Gellert | Engineer |
| 13 | Sammy Hagar | Composer, Guest Artist, Guitar, Producer, Vocals |
| 14 | Jay Healy | Engineer |
| 15 | Paul Jacobs | Composer |
| 16 | Curtis King | Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Eddie Martinez | Guitar |
| 18 | Meat Loaf | Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 19 | John Miceli | Drums, Percussion |
| 20 | Ron Nevison | Engineer, Producer |
| 21 | Randy Nicklaus | Post Production |
| 22 | Joe Pearson | Art Coordinator, Art Direction |
| 23 | Tim Pierce | Guitar |
| 24 | Patti Russo | Composer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 25 | Mike Shipley | Mixing |
| 26 | Jim Steinman | Composer |
| 27 | Kasim Sulton | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) |
| 28 | Pat Thrall | Guitar |
| 29 | Harry Vanda | Composer |
| 30 | Steven Van Zandt | Guitar, Producer |
| 31 | Tom Waits | Composer |
| 32 | Diane Warren | Composer |
| 33 | Norman Watson | Photography |
| 34 | Susan Wood | Vocals |
| 35 | George Young | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |