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Rock 'N' Roll Hero is a compilation drawn from Meat Loaf's 1984-1987 stint at Arista Records, during which he recorded two studio albums, Bad Attitude (1984) and Blind Before I Stop (1986), as well as the concert album Live at Wembley (aka Live, 1987). The 77-minute disc mixes up seven of the nine tracks from Bad Attitude (including the British hits "Modern Girl" and "Piece of the Action") with six of the 11 tracks from Blind Before I Stop (including the British hit "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries"), then concludes with two songs from Live at Wembley, versions of the Bat Out of Hell numbers "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Bat Out of Hell." This period in Meat Loaf's recording career stands as a valley in between the massive success of Bat Out of Hell (1977) and the massive comeback of Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993), and it finds him working without his songwriting partner Jim Steinman. (Actually, he did record two Steinman songs on Bad Attitude, but they are the two songs from that album not included here.) On his own, sometimes contributing to the songwriting himself, he makes conventional hard rock with synth pop and Euro-disco elements, still singing in his passionate tenor. This is not the best of Meat Loaf, but it is worth hearing for fans.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - Roger Daltrey, Featured Artist - Meat Loaf featuring male vocal Roger Daltrey - Paul Jacobs, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Mack, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Sarah Durkee, Composer, Lyricist - Stephanie De Sykes - Clare Torry - Kelly Wells, Drums, Percussion - Bob Kulick, Guitar - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Paul Buckmaster, Arranger - FEMI JIYA, Engineer - Steve Rance, Synthesizer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - Paul Jacobs, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - FEMI JIYA, Engineer - Mack, Producer - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Sarah Durkee, Composer, Lyricist - Clare Torry - Stephanie De Sykes - Bob Kulick, Guitar - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Kelly Wells, Percussion - Steve Rance, Synthesizer - Paul Buckmaster, Strings
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Lyricist - John Golden, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Farian, Producer
(P) 1986 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - John Parr, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Jacobs, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Sarah Durkee, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Buckmaster, Arranger, Strings - Clare Torry - Stephanie De Sykes - Zee Carling - Bob Kulick, Guitar - Kelly Wells, Drums - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Paul Vincent, Guitar - Steve Rance, Synthesizer - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Mack, Mixing Engineer, Producer - FEMI JIYA, Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist - Dave Tyson, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Farian, Producer - Eddie Schwartz, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Weihe, Guitar - Johan Daansen, Guitar - Curt Cress, Drums - John Golden, Bass Guitar - Pit Löw, Keyboards - Mats Björklynd, Keyboards - Amy Goff - Bimey Oberreit - Elaine Goff - Peter Bischof - Bertl Gebhard
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - Paul Jacobs, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Sarah Durkee, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Buckmaster, Arranger - Clare Torry - Bob Kulick, Guitar - Kelly Wells, Drums, Percussion - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Steve Rance, Synthesizer - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Mack, Mixing Engineer, Producer - FEMI JIYA, Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist - Rick Derringer, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Weihe, Guitar - Mats Björklynd, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Keyboards - Curt Cress, Drums - Dieter Petereit, Bass Guitar - Harry Baierl, Piano - Pit Löw, Keyboards - Bertl Gebhard - Peter Bischof - Bimey Oberreit - Elaine Goff - Frank Farian, Producer - Amy Goff
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - John Parr, Composer, Lyricist - Downes, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Buckmaster, Arranger - Paul Jacobs, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano, Producer - Stephanie De Sykes - Clare Torry - Kelly Wells, Drums, Percussion - Bob Kulick, Guitar - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Steve Rance, Synthesizer - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Mack, Mixing Engineer, Producer - FEMI JIYA, Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Guitar, Main Artist, Guitar - Alan Hodge, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Dan Emmig, Composer, Lyricist - John Parr - Frank Farian, Producer - Peter Weihe, Guitar - Johan Daansen, Guitar - Mats Björklund, Guitar, Keyboards - Curt Cress, Drums - John Golden, Bass Guitar - Dieter Petereit, Bass Guitar - Pit Löw, Keyboards - Harry Baierl, Keyboards - Amy Goff - Elaine Goff
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - J.Parr, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Buckmaster, Arranger - Paul Jacobs, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano, Producer - Stephanie De Sykes - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Clare Torry - Kelly Wells, Drums, Percussion - Bob Kulick, Guitar - Mack, Mixing Engineer, Producer - FEMI JIYA, Engineer - John Siegler, Bass Guitar - Ronnie Asprey, Saxophone - Steve Rance, Synthesizer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Main Artist, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - John Golden, Bass Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Christie, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Weihe, Guitar - Curt Cress, Drums - Mats Björklynd, Drums, Keyboards - Pit Löw, Keyboards - Amy Goff - Elaine Goff - Frank Farian, Producer
(P) 1986 Arista Records Ltd
Meat Loaf, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - Paul Jacobs, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Piano, Producer - Sarah Durkee, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Buckmaster, Arranger - Clare Torry - Stephanie De Sykes - Bob Kulick, Guitar - Kelly Wells, Drums, Percussion - Mo Foster, Bass Guitar - Steve Rance, Synthesizer - Alan Shacklock, Producer - Mack, Mixing Engineer, Producer - FEMI JIYA, Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist - John Wilcox, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Weihe, Guitar - Curt Cress, Drums - Frank Farian, Producer - Dieter Petereit, Bass Guitar - Pit Löw, Keyboards - Mats Björklynd, Keyboards - Amy Goff - Elaine Goff - Bimey Oberreit - Peter Bischof - Bertl Gebhard
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Meat Loaf, Main Artist - James Richard Steinman, Composer, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer
(P) 1987 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
Meat Loaf, Arranger, Main Artist, Producer, Arranger, Producer - James Richard Steinman, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Buslowe, Arranger - Bob Kulick, Arranger, Guitar - Amy Goff - Elaine Goff - Paul Jacobs, Piano - Alan Merrill, Guitar - Tom Edmonds, Producer
(P) 1987 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Album review
Rock 'N' Roll Hero is a compilation drawn from Meat Loaf's 1984-1987 stint at Arista Records, during which he recorded two studio albums, Bad Attitude (1984) and Blind Before I Stop (1986), as well as the concert album Live at Wembley (aka Live, 1987). The 77-minute disc mixes up seven of the nine tracks from Bad Attitude (including the British hits "Modern Girl" and "Piece of the Action") with six of the 11 tracks from Blind Before I Stop (including the British hit "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries"), then concludes with two songs from Live at Wembley, versions of the Bat Out of Hell numbers "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Bat Out of Hell." This period in Meat Loaf's recording career stands as a valley in between the massive success of Bat Out of Hell (1977) and the massive comeback of Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993), and it finds him working without his songwriting partner Jim Steinman. (Actually, he did record two Steinman songs on Bad Attitude, but they are the two songs from that album not included here.) On his own, sometimes contributing to the songwriting himself, he makes conventional hard rock with synth pop and Euro-disco elements, still singing in his passionate tenor. This is not the best of Meat Loaf, but it is worth hearing for fans.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:52
- Main artists: Meat Loaf
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Camden
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
This Compilation (P) 1996 BMG Records (UK) Ltd.
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