Welcome to the Neighborhood
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This article is about the album, for the reality television show, see Welcome to the Neighbourhood.
| Welcome to the Neighborhood | ||
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| Studio album by Meat Loaf | ||
| Released | November 14, 1995 | |
| Recorded | 1995 (?) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 58:41 | |
| Label | Virgin, MCA (U.S.) | |
| Producer(s) | Ron Nevison, Sammy Hagar, Steven van Zandt and Meat Loaf | |
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| Meat Loaf chronology | ||
| Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) |
Welcome to the Neighborhood (1995) |
Live Around the World (1996) |
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Welcome to the Neighborhood is Meat Loaf's seventh studio album, released in 1995 as follow-up to the popular album Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell. The album went platinum in the United States and the UK.
Three singles have been released from the album: "I'd Lie For You (and That's the Truth)" (a duet with Patti Russo), "Not A Dry Eye In The House" and "Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)." The first two reached #2 and #7 in the UK charts, while the latter reached #21.
Of the twelve songs on the album, two are written by Jim Steinman. Both are covers, the "Original Sin" from Pandora's Box's Original Sin album and "Left in the Dark" first appeared on Steinman's own Bad for Good album.
The first two singles are written by Diane Warren, who later also wrote songs for Meat Loaf's Couldn't Have Said It Better and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose albums.
[edit] Track listing
- "Where The Rubber Meets The Road" – 4:57 (Paul Jacobs, Sarah Durkee)
- "I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)" – 6:41 (Diane Warren)
- "Original Sin" – 5:56 (Jim Steinman)
- "45 Seconds Of Ecstasy" – 1:06 (Martha Minter Bailey)
- "Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)" – 3:59 (Harry Vanda, George Young, Patti Russo, Meat Loaf, Durkee)
- "Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas" – 1:27 (Jeff Bova)
- "Left in the Dark" – 7:13 (Steinman)
- "Not A Dry Eye In The House" – 5:54 (Warren)
- "Amnesty Is Granted" – 6:09 (Sammy Hagar)
- "If This Is The Last Kiss (Let's Make It Last All Night)" – 4:34 (Warren)
- "Martha" – 4:40 (Tom Waits)
- "Where Angels Sing" – 6:09 (Steven Allen Davis)
[edit] Personnel
- Meat Loaf — vocals
- Tim Pierce — guitars
- Pat Thrall — guitars
- Sammy Hagar — additional vocals and guitars on "Amnesty Is Granted"
- Steven van Zandt — guitars on "Amnesty Is Granted"
- Eddie Martinez — guitars on "Amnesty Is Granted"
- Kasim Sulton — acoustic guitars on "Not A Dry Eye In The House," backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Steve Buslowe — bass, backing vocals
- Mark Alexander — piano
- Paul Jacobs — piano
- Jeff Bova — keyboards, Hammond B3, programming
- Kenny Aronoff — drums
- John Miceli — drums on "Where Angels Sing"
- Patti Russo — female lead vocals, backing vocals
- Susan Wood — lead vocals on "45 Seconds of Ecstasy"
- Pearl Aday — vocals
- Elaine Caswell — vocals
- Rory Dodd — vocals, vocal arrangements
- Robert Smith - vocals
- Curtis King — vocals
