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Track Listings
| 1. The Monster Is Loose |
| 2. Blind As a Bat |
| 3. It's All Coming Back To Me Now |
| 4. Bad For Good |
| 5. Cry Over Me |
| 6. In The Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King |
| 7. Monstro |
| 8. Alive |
| 9. If God Could Talk |
| 10. If It Ain't Broke Break It |
| 11. What About Love |
| 12. Seize the Night |
| 13. The Future Ain't What It Used To Be |
| 14. Cry To Heaven |
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The long-awaited third record in the Bat Out of Hell trilogy, The Monster Is Loose, wears bombast, pretension, and pyrotechnics proudly on its album sleeve and across the bulging disc's 14 tracks. More a pop orchestral mishmash than a well-defined rock opus, Bat III is dark, seemingly hopeless at times, and über dramatic. Oddly enough, that's also its saving grace. Meat Loaf and company create a great escape into the realm of grand theatricality, with a bunch of radio-friendly rock tunes that sound 20 years old, and several lyrically memorable AOR ballads to sustain it all the way to Broadway. With collaborator (and occasional defendant in Meat Loaf lawsuits) Jim Steinman, producers Desmond Child and Todd Rundgren, the Meat man consistently has the big sound booming and his despair and his rage on to the point that listeners may feel his pain a little too often. Bat III ain't for sissies. Balanced by the powerful female voices of Marion Raven, Patti Russo, and Jennifer Hudson; along with guest musicians and songwriting help from Steve Vai, Marilyn Manson's John 5, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, Queen's Brian May, and others; Meat Loaf's Monster has roared the unlikely rock star back to life like a bat out of Baghdad. --Martin Keller
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The long-awaited third record in the Bat Out of Hell trilogy, The Monster Is Loose, wears bombast, pretension, and pyrotechnics proudly on its album sleeve and across the bulging disc's 14 tracks. More a pop orchestral mishmash than a well-defined rock opus, Bat III is dark, seemingly hopeless at times, and ber dramatic. Oddly enough, that's also its saving grace. Meat Loaf and company create a great escape into the realm of grand theatricality, with a bunch of radio-friendly rock tunes that sound 20 years old, and several lyrically memorable AOR ballads to sustain it all the way to Broadway. With collaborator (and occasional defendant in Meat Loaf lawsuits) Jim Steinman, producers Desmond Child and Todd Rundgren, the Meat man consistently has the big sound booming and his despair and his rage on to the point that listeners may feel his pain a little too often. Bat III ain't for sissies. Balanced by the powerful female voices of Marion Raven, Patti Russo, and Jennifer Hudson; along with guest musicians and songwriting help from Steve Vai, Marilyn Manson's John 5, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, Queen's Brian May, and others; Meat Loaf's Monster has roared the unlikely rock star back to life like a bat out of Baghdad. --Martin Keller
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's all coming back to me now - it's been nearly thirty years since Bat Out of Hell, and thirteen years since Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, but Meat Loaf's unique vocals and style remain the same after all this time.
Despite an initial falling out with Jim Steinman, the two were able to reach a compromise, and seven songs on the album were in fact written by Steinman (albeit for other projects). Another song was written by Diane Warren, the rest by Desmond Child, with a little help from Nikki Sixx, John "5" Lowery, James Michael and others.
For the first single, Meat Loaf reaches back into the past and resurrects "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" featuring Marion Raven, but the ones that got to me were "Alive"; "Bad For Good" with the unmistakable guitar of Brian May of Queen; the seven minute extravaganza of the title track; "Cry Over Me" written by Diane Warren; the operatic "In the Land of the Pig, The Butcher is King" with its little "Phantom of the Opera" bit; "If God Could Talk"; "What About Love" featuring Patti Russo, and "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" with Jennifer Hudson of American Idol fame.
It's vintage Meat Loaf, and you shouldn't miss the opportunity to complete the trilogy - make it Meat Loaf on the menu tonight.
Amanda Richards
Despite an initial falling out with Jim Steinman, the two were able to reach a compromise, and seven songs on the album were in fact written by Steinman (albeit for other projects). Another song was written by Diane Warren, the rest by Desmond Child, with a little help from Nikki Sixx, John "5" Lowery, James Michael and others.
For the first single, Meat Loaf reaches back into the past and resurrects "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" featuring Marion Raven, but the ones that got to me were "Alive"; "Bad For Good" with the unmistakable guitar of Brian May of Queen; the seven minute extravaganza of the title track; "Cry Over Me" written by Diane Warren; the operatic "In the Land of the Pig, The Butcher is King" with its little "Phantom of the Opera" bit; "If God Could Talk"; "What About Love" featuring Patti Russo, and "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" with Jennifer Hudson of American Idol fame.
It's vintage Meat Loaf, and you shouldn't miss the opportunity to complete the trilogy - make it Meat Loaf on the menu tonight.
Amanda Richards
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The album brings back all that we love about Meat, with some new twists. The power rock of the Monster is Loose, the ballad of It's All Coming Back To Me Now, it is just pure Meatloaf. Nobody does it quite like he does. It is great to have Patti (Paradise by the Dashboard Light) Russo back with Meat on What About Love. You just can't miss the duet with Marion Raven (It's All Coming Back To Me Now"). In my opinion the best tracks are: The Monster is Loose, It's All Coming Back, If It Broke, Break It, and What About Love. All of these, and several others could go in the top ten, these four to #1, with help from radio. If you like Meatloaf even a little, this is a must have!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Great long awaited album, some great material like "What about love".
Just bought another 3 copies for Christmas gifts
Just bought another 3 copies for Christmas gifts
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Great, a different kind of bat quality.
The tracks are not going to be universal for all listeners but it does strike a cord. However if I must pick the best track I would have to say its a ties between Alive and Seize... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Charles Nicol
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Published on Jan 21 2007 by Howard L. Salter
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