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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 09/16/2008
Run Time: 75:38

Although Meat Loaf has made several albums since Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell is an explicit sequel to that milestone of '70s pop culture. Reprising the formula of the original nearly to the letter, Back Into Hell is bombastic and has too much detail, thanks to the pseudo-operatic splendor of Jim Steinman's grandly cinematic songs. From the arrangements to the lengths of the tracks, everything on the album is overstated; even the album version of the hit single, "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," is 12 minutes long. Yet that's precisely the point of this album, and is also why it works so well. No other rock & roller besides Meat Loaf could pull off the humor and theatricality of Back Into Hell and make it seem real. In that sense, it's a worthy successor to the original.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Meat Loaf - Arranger
Meat Loaf - Vocals
Meat Loaf - Vocals (Background)
Meat Loaf - Main Performer
Todd Rundgren - Vocals (Background)
Todd Rundgren - Vocal Arrangement
Ellen Foley - Vocals
Jim Steinman - Arranger
Jim Steinman - Composer
Jim Steinman - Vocals
Jim Steinman - Vocals (Background)
Jim Steinman - Producer
Kasim Sulton - Vocals (Background)
Mark Alexander - ?
Kenny Aronoff - Drums
Kenny Aronoff - Drums (Snare)
Roy Bittan - Piano
Roy Bittan - Keyboards
Roy Bittan - Producer
Roy Bittan - Associate Producer
Jeff Bova - Organ
Jeff Bova - Synthesizer
Jeff Bova - Programming
Steve Boyer - Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Bralower - Drums
Chuck Burgi - ?
Steve Buslowe - Bass
Steve Buslowe - Drums
Greg Calbi - Mastering
Dominic Chichetti - ?
Robert Coron - Vocals (Background)
Brett Cullen - Vocals (Background)
Victor Deyglio - Assistant Engineer
Rory Dodd - Vocals (Background)
Rory Foley - Vocals (Background)
Cynthia Geary - Vocals (Background)
Dave Gellis - ?
Amy Goff - Vocals (Background)
Elaine Goff - Vocals (Background)
Mark Guilbeault - Assistant Engineer
Brandon Harris - Assistant Engineer
Max Haskett - Vocals (Background)
Steve Holroyd - Engineer
Paul Jacobs - ?
Curtis King - Vocals (Background)
Matthew Boomer La Monica - Assistant Engineer
Michelle Little - Vocals (Background)
Mrs. Loud - Vocals
Rick Marotta - Drums
Rick Marotta - Drums (Snare)
Eddie Martinez - Guitar
Brian Meagher - Bagpipes
Brian Meagher - Drums
Justin Meagher - Bagpipes
Justin Meagher - Drums
John Miccli - ?
Gunnar Nelson - Vocals (Background)
Matthew Nelson - Vocals (Background)
Bill Payne - Piano
Lenny Pickett - Saxophone
Tim Pierce - Guitar
Steve Rinkoff - Producer
Steve Rinkoff - Engineer
Steve Rinkoff - Associate Producer
Steve Rinkoff - Mixing
Patricia Rouseau - ?
David Thoener - Mixing
Pat Thrall - Guitar
Pat Thrall - Drums
Eric Troyer - Vocals (Background)
Chris Albert - Assistant Engineer
Rory Romano - Assistant Engineer
Dan Gellert - Assistant Engineer
Stuart Emerson - Vocals (Background)
Bill Gardner - Assistant Engineer

Hysteria
    Def Leppard / CD / 1987
Dressed to Kill
    Kiss / CD / 1975
In Through the Out Door
    Led Zeppelin / CD / 1979
Bat Out of Hell
    Meat Loaf / CD / 1977
Van Halen
    Van Halen / CD / 1978
A Little South of Sanity
    Aerosmith / CD / 1998
In Concert
    Cinderella / CD / 2004

Release Date: 09/16/2008
Genre: rock
Run Time: 75:38