The Very Best of Meat Loaf

by Meat Loaf

The Very Best of Meat Loaf cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 24 November 1998
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:57:04
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A two disc best of collection by Meat Loaf, built around his collaborations with songwriter Jim Steinman. Their Wagnerian rock formula, operatic in scale and romantic in lyric, produced some of the seventies' biggest selling music.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, melodic, guitars, rhythmic, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Home By Now / No Matter What (8:25)
  2. Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (Remix) (8:07)
  3. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (5:04)
  4. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (5:23)
  5. Modern Girl (4:28)
  6. Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through (5:50)
  7. Is Nothing Sacred (6:37)
  8. Paradise By The Dashboard Light (8:25)
  9. Heaven Can Wait (4:48)
  10. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (11:58)
  11. A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (7:36)
  12. I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth) (6:27)
  13. Not A Dry Eye In The House (5:54)
  14. Nocturnal Pleasure (0:38)
  15. Dead Ringer For Love (4:20)
  16. Midnight At The Lost And Found (3:31)
  17. Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (9:45)
  18. Bat Out Of Hell (9:48)

Credits

  • Michael R. Whelan - artwork [cover art]
  • Ellen Foley - backing vocals, vocals [featured female vocal], vocals [additional]
  • Kasim Sulton - backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Rory Dodd - backing vocals, vocals [additional]
  • Steve Buslowe - bass, backing vocals, written-by
  • Eddie Martinez - guitar, guitar [power]
  • Roy Bittan - keyboards, piano
  • Gary Stiffelman - other [attorney]

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