I think for the most part, "Back Into Hell" sounds timeless, yes. For me what lets it down in this respect are the somewhat gutless guitar sounds, they always seem to be supporting actors to Meat and the Piano, they seem to be lost in the melee somewhere! Especially on a track like "...Lemon" which needs a much heavier guitar sound for the song it's trying to be ;)
The other aspect which ages Bat 2 terribly is the instrumental section in "Good Girls..." which sounds a little like the early 90's Prodigy accidentally stumbled into the studio. That and the Bovamatics of the title track - I consider that a wasted opportunity and I would love to hear that recorded with REAL instruments!
So, it is mostly timeless, but a few elements as you say really place it in the late 80's early 90's.
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> Do you think "Back Into Hell" sounds timeless? For all of
> its brilliance and ingeniousness etc. I don't think it
> sounds timeless. I think parts of it really date it and
> you can tell that it was recorded around late 80s, early
> 90s. I have the same problem with "Bat Out Of Hell" which
> almost (ALMOST, and I can't believe I'm saying this) turns
> into 1970s Dire Straits. And that was another reason why I
> was looking forward to "The Final At Bat". Because with
> the market these days, they could have gotten away with
> something truly unique that stood the test of time. Now,
> "Bat Out Of Hell" and "Back Into Hell" does both of these
> things, but I can still place what era they were recorded
> in. That shouldn't be a problem, but it is to me.
> Sometimes.
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