It's on Mercury Records.
> Meh. It felt like a flop to me. Of course, my
> perceptions are colored by the U.S. market. I heard the
> single maybe twice on the radio here. And its a GOOD
> song, too. I think its a shame that it didn't do better
> stateside.
>
> On that subject: do we know who is the label for Meat's
> new record? I'm wondering who would finance a new Meat
> album at this point, after the sub-par performance and
> reception of a record called "Bat III." I mean, ROv
> Cavallo is one of the most sought-after producers in the
> biz right now, so I assume he commanded a high fee. So it
> doesn't appear the record is being made on short money or
> anything.
>
> > Couldn't Have Said It Better wasn't exactly a flop either.
> > Unless you're using very harsh criteria to judge it. At
> > least that was also the name of a song on the album; as
> > was Midnight at the Lost and Found.
> >
> > > Welcome to the Neighborhood was not a flop. It did make it
> > > the top 20 in most countrys. :)
> > >
> > > > You know, you could almost buy the logic, except... when
> > > > he talks about not doing another typical sounding Meat
> > > > Loaf title (pseudo-edgy, semi-rock cliched, but still
> > > > cool. ie, Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer), he's really
> > > > talking about the title of his succesful albums, for the
> > > > most part. His discography is littered with the bones of
> > > > commercial flops that had similarly head-scratching, out
> > > > of left-field titles: Couldn't Have Said it Better,
> > > > Welcome to the Neighborhood, Midnight at the Lost &
> > > > Found.
> > > >
> > > > Oh well, we'll judge it by how it sounds, end of the day.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > yuck, but his reasoning is logical... for Meat anyway...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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