Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

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Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell cover
Studio album by Meat Loaf
Released September 14, 1993
Recorded Ocean Way Recording (LA); The Power Station (NYC)
Genre Wagnerian rock
Length 75:38
Label MCA
Producer(s) Roy Bittan, Steve Rinkoff, Jim Steinman
Professional reviews
Meat Loaf chronology
Live at Wembley
(1987)		 Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
(1993)		 Welcome to the Neighborhood
(1995)


Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell is a studio album by singer Meat Loaf, released in 1993. It is written by Jim Steinman. Most of this album's songs are recycled from Jim Steinman's earlier projects such as Bad for Good and Pandora's Box's Original Sin. The cover art was by Michael Whelan, and was based on the cover of Bat out of Hell, which was created by Richard Corben.

The follow up album Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose was released on October 31 2006.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" – 12:00
  2. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" – 8:00
  3. "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" – 5:50
  4. "It Just Won't Quit" – 7:21
  5. "Out of the Frying Pan (and into the Fire)" – 7:24
  6. "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" – 10:15
  7. "Wasted Youth" – 2:41
  8. "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" – 7:59
  9. "Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)" – 6:53
  10. "Back into Hell" – 2:46
  11. "Lost Boys and Golden Girls" – 4:29

[edit] Credits

Arrangers: Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman, Todd Rundgren

[edit] Singles

"I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" became a world-wide number-one hit from this album, staying at the top of the charts in the UK for seven weeks, making it the most successful single in the UK that year. Simultaneously, Meat Loaf released "Bat out of Hell" as a single, which also made the top ten in the UK Meat Loaf remained the last artist to have two top-ten UK singles at the same time until the Manic Street Preachers in 2001.

"Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" and "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" were also released as singles, both making the top twenty in the UK The album was UK number one for several months, along with a re-release of the Bat out of Hell album.

[edit] Critical reactions

The album polarized critics, some loving it:

"If bombast had a bigger, louder brother, if overkill could graduate to Murder 1, if the Spinal Tap amps had a 12, if Springsteen and Wagner had a baby — and beaten it — they would all come close... [to Steinman's music]."

and some hating it:

"...wallowing in excess so gratuitous as to make Michael Bolton, by comparison, seem a master of understatement... Mountains of banshee-like wailing guitars! Thunderous drums! Herniated vocals! Profoundly stupid lyrics! Gack. This isn't pandering to the lowest common denominator - it's lowering the lowest common denominator."[1]

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

  • 1993: The Billboard 200 — #1 (1 week)

[edit] Singles

  • 1993: "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" — The Billboard Hot 100: #1 (5 weeks)
  • 1994: "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" — The Billboard Hot 100: #13
  • 1994: "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" — The Billboard Hot 100: #38

[edit] Other versions and re-issues

[edit] 1993 Special Limited Edition

Alongside the original version a two disc special edition was released, containing a fold out poster and a bonus disc containing three live tracks, which can also be found as b-sides to the "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" singles.

[edit] Bonus CD track listing

  1. "Bat Out of Hell" - 12:11
  2. "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" - 6:42
  3. "Everything Louder Than Everything Else" - 9:19

This was produced by Meat Loaf and recorded and mixed by David Thoener. It was recorded in New York, NY during July 1993

[edit] 2002 Special Edition

A two disc special edition was released in 2002 by MCA. The first disc contains the remastered original album, while the second contains several radio edits and remixes.

[edit] CD2 track listing

  1. "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (radio edit) - 5:01
  2. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" (single edit) - 5:25
  3. "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through" (radio edit) - 4:00
  4. "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" (radio edit) - 4:46
  5. "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (Wild Bomb mix) - 6:01
  6. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" (Longer But Not As Long As The Album version) - 7:52
  7. "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" (Ty Cobb mix) - 5:52
  8. "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (Wild Car mix) - 7:40
  9. "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through" (Knute Rockne edit) - 5:28
  10. "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" (1998 remix) - 8:07

[edit] 2006 Collector's Edition

In 2006, a three disc collector's edition was released by Virgin / EMI. The first disc contains the original album remastered and the second a live version of the original "Bat out of Hell" album plus "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", compiled from the various b-sides from the album's singles.

The final disc is a DVD containing all three promo-videos and an interview with Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman. It marks the first time these videos are available on DVD.

[edit] CD2 track listing

  1. "Bat Out Of Hell" - 11:13
  2. "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" - 6:35
  3. "Heaven Can Wait" - 4:48
  4. "All Revved Up With No Place To Go" - 7:55
  5. "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" - 7:38
  6. "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" - 11:27
  7. "For Crying Out Loud" - 9:51
  8. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - 12:44


  • Recorded live in New York during July 1993, except "For Crying Out Loud" which was recorded live in the USA in 1994
  • Produced by Meat Loaf
  • Live Arrangements by Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express
  • Tracks 1-6 and 8: Recorded and Mixed by David Thoener
  • Mobile Recording Unit provided by Effanel Music, New York
  • Audio remastered by Peter Mew with Nigel Reeve at Abbey Road Studios, London

[edit] DVD tracklisting

  1. "To Hell And Back: Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman Interview" - 9:22
  2. "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (promo video) - 7:40
  3. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" (promo video) - 5:47
  4. "Objects In the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (promo video) - 7:43
  • All sections directed by Michael Bay
  • All sections produced by Propaganda Films
  • DVD Produced by Abbey Road Interactive

[edit] Trivia

Gregg Fulkerson, of Blue Tears was asked to write a song for this album, the result was A Date With Destiny, which although was very much in the style of the overall album, Jim Steinman didn't want a song not written by him on the album and so it didn't appear. The song would later surface on the album Dancin' On The Back Streets by Blue Tears.

[edit] References

  1. ^ These quotations are taken from Now They See It... Now They Don't: Now You See It.... JimSteinman.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.
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