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Vin 03:27 pm UTC 11/06/09 |
| In reply to: | re: shit - look again - CultOfByron 12:42 pm UTC 11/06/09 |
| Its amazing that Bat II sold as many as it did, being as it was a comeback album from a singer who very few people were really waiting on to make a comeback. Indeed, Meat Loaf was more of a Rock n' Roll footnote than a Rock n' Roll legend in the decade preceeding the album, a cult oddity and flash in the pan, whose hit album was largely regarded (derided???) as a one-off novelty record that inexplicably sruck a chord with folks who were, years later, perhaps even a tad embarassed to have it in their record collection. It spawned one monster single which stormed the globe, which is, I believe, the main reason for the album's success and the 2nd act of Meat's career. Without IDAFL, Bat II may well have been a blip on the radar. The other singles - RnR Dreams, Objects, Lemon (was this really a single?)- were for the most part collectively yawned at by the music world. All the above being solely my impression, anyway, and certainly slanted toward the way it went down in the U.S. > Am a little surprised that Bat II didn't sell as well as > some on that list too. Also wonder how that ad would've > looked with Steinman's name alongside Lloyd Webber's for > best selling album number 8 ...what might have been... > ;) > > Good to see something happening anyways. > > > > > > > > Here it is.... > > > signed up for one issue. > > > > > > | |
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