Just listened to all the clips on the album website...
http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_meatloaf.asp
Boy oh boy, Meat Loaf hasn't sounded this bad since the early 80s ("Only When I Feel" is particularly dire). As far as the songs, looks like Steinman's finally run out of barrels to scrape and loose ends to recycle. Disappointing. The production sounds pretty thin too - it's an odd sensation to find yourself missing Desmond Child!
Maybe, just maybe, a miracle will happen and there will be an excellent "Neverland" cast album to cap of Steinman's career, but otherwise, from the samples anyway (and I will definitely give the full album a listen) this sounds to me like a pretty lame swansong for both Jim and Meat.
Love the cover art, though.
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