Bat Out Of Hell

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Murray, Jeremy A.; Nadeau, Kathleen, eds. (2016). Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania (E-book). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. p.41. ISBN 978-1-4408-3990-0. Bat Out of Hell has sold over 43 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. [4] It is certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [5] It is also the best-selling album in Australia, having been certified 26× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). [6] As of June 2019, it has spent 522 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, the second longest chart run by a studio album. [7] In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [8] [9] Ellen Foley, who appears on "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", first met Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman while they were all working together on the National Lampoon Road Tour, [38] so they had a history of performing over-the-top musical comedy sketches together. [39] The baseball commentary make-out section performed by New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto was written with the announcer in mind, using phrases he would actually say during commentary. [40] Canadian album certifications – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell". Music Canada . Retrieved June 30, 2012. The Guardian said "In the Land of the Pig (The Butcher Is King)" is "five Olympian minutes crying out for a full production at Glyndebourne." [17] Guitarist Steve Vai describes it as "very Gothic; almost terrifying". [10] It is about the intense power over subordinates:

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Ultratop.be – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.Meat Loaf". Steve Wright in the Afternoon (Interview). Interviewed by Steve Wright. London: BBC Radio 2. 2006-08-04. I never thought of them as personal songs in terms of my own life but they were personality songs. They were all about my obsessions and images. None of them takes place in a normal world. They all take place in an extreme world. Very operatic...they were all heightened. They don't take place in normal reality. [19] Amherst College Digital Collections". Amherst College Digital Collections . Retrieved April 7, 2018. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved May 16, 2022. Fillo, Maryellen (2007-09-28). "A Bat Out Of Hell Who Whistles". Hartford Courant . Retrieved 2007-09-29. [ permanent dead link]

Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Meat Loaf; 'Bat Out of Hell 3 ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved July 23, 2021. A Meat Loaf musical might actually end up on Broadway". New York Post. November 8, 2017 . Retrieved April 8, 2018.Throughout the song, the chorus "I'll be gone when the morning comes" is a double entendre of leaving his lover and of his impending death. Dec 2022 Album Accreds" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved January 25, 2023.