Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

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Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
Studio album by Meat Loaf

Publication
(s)

October 23, 2006 ( UK )
October 30, 2006 ( USA )
October 20, 2006 (international)

Label (s) Universal Records and Mercury Records (for vinyl pressing)

Genre (s)

Symphonic rock

running time

77:28

production

Desmond Child

chronology
Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
(2004) 		Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose 3 Bats Live
(2007)

Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (English for: " Bat out of Hell III: The monster is loose ") is the seventh studio album by the American rock musician Meat Loaf . After Bat Out of Hell (1977) and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993), it is the last album in the series to date. The album was released on October 20, 2006,three days laterin the UK .

The album was produced by Desmond Child and contains pieces by various other composers including Diane Warren , James Michael , Desmond Child, Nikki Sixx , John 5 , and Jim Steinman . Guest musicians included Todd Rundgren , Marion Raven , Jennifer Hudson , Patti Russo , Brian May , John Shanks and Steve Vai .

Controversy over the trademark "Bat Out of Hell"

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Work on the album began in November 2005, which Desmond Child produced. At a concert in Jones Beach , New York, Meat Loaf sang the song Only When I Feel , and he promised Jim Steinman , the sole composer, producer and arranger of the previous parts of the Bat out of Hell series that it would be on the new album will appear. Also at a concert in Durham, New Hampshire , he wrote the piece Jim and announced that the two were working on a new album. Meat Loaf didn't record the song, the full title of which (It Hurts) is Only When I Feel ; it was published by The Dream Engine . However, part of the play had already been released in 2003 as If It Ain't Broke (Break It) by Mike Vogel as part of the soundtrack to the MTV film Wuthering Heights .

In a BBC Radio 2 radio interview that aired in April 2006, Meat Loaf stated that Jim Steinman would not work on the Bat Out of Hell III album . Meat Loaf, however, continued to market the album under the Bat Out of Hell trademark , to which Steinman has had the rights since 1995. Meat Loaf recorded the album without Steinman's involvement and in 2005 requested Steinman relinquish the trademark in order to transfer it to himself. His reasoning was that Meat Loaf would be associated with the expression Bat out of Hell , even if Steinman was the composer of the album. The case ended up before the Trademark Litigation and Appeal Board until an out-of-court compromise was reached in July 2006. The conditions are as follows:

  • Jim Steinman remains the official owner of the trademark in the United States.
  • Meat Loaf is allowed to release Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose .
  • Meat Loaf is prohibited from publishing material under the Bat Out of Hell trademark in the future .
  • Jim Steinman can use the name Bat Out of Hell in the future, for example as a stage musical or film.
  • Jim Steinman is prohibited from making negative comments about Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose album .

In a federal trial on May 26, 2006, Meat Loaf said the term Bat Out of Hell has been publicly associated with him since 1977. The court found that defendant Jim Steinman, who wrote the original song of the same name, falsely claimed ownership of the term. According to the court, Steinman and his manager David Sonenberg tried to disrupt the October release of the third Bat Out of Hell album by claiming that Meat Loaf had no right to use the term.

In another radio interview, Meat Loaf confirmed the end of the litigation with Steinman. The website of Steinman's group The Dream Engine states that "Jim is NOT involved in the recording of Bat Out of Hell III , with the exception that Meat Loaf covers some of his songs . " Despite the fact that Steinman did not collaborate on the recording or production, the album includes seven songs written by Jim Steinman, five of which are covers of previously released songs. Despite the argument, Meat Loaf dedicated Bat Out of Hell III to Jim Steinman (the cover of the album reads: "For thirty years of friendship and inspiration, Bat Out of Hell III is dedicated to Jim Steinman" ).

Album cover

The album cover is by Julie Bell and its motifs (hero on a motorcycle fighting a bat) explicitly refer to the covers of the first two Bat Out of Hell albums.

Track list

All Steinman songs were written for other projects. Just like Bat Out of Hell II , this album also contains two songs that originally come from the album Original Sin , Steinman's 1989 concept album with the band Pandora's Box . Other Steinman songs were written for the unreleased musical Batman: The Musical .

No. title Guest musician composer Remarks length
1 The Monster Is Loose (Desmond Child / Nikki Sixx / John "5" Lowery ) 7:12
2 Blind as a bat   (Desmond Child / James Michael )   5:51
3 It's All Coming Back to Me Now Duet with Marion Raven (Jim Steinman) For the first time on the Pandora's Box album Original Sin appeared 6:05
4th Bad for Good Brian May (Jim Steinman) For the first time on Steinman's album Bad for Good appeared 7:33
5 Cry Over Me   ( Diane Warren )   4:40
6th In the Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King Steve Vai (Jim Steinman) 5:38
7th Monstro   (Desmond Child / Holly Knight / Elena Casals )   1:39
8th Alive   (Desmond Child / James Michael / Holly Knight / Andrea Remanda )   4:22
9 If God Could Talk   (Desmond Child / Marti Frederiksen )   3:46
10 If It Ain't Broke, Break It   (Jim Steinman) 4:50
11 What About Love? Duet with Patti Russo (Desmond Child / Marti Frederiksen / Russ Irwin / John Gregory)   6:03
12 Seize the night   (Jim Steinman) The intro is based on the piece Storm from Steinman's album Bad for Good , which is also used as an overture to Tanz der Vampire . The rest of the song is based on the Carpe Noctem! Feel the night from dance of the vampires. 9:46
13 The Future Ain't What It Used To Be Duet with Jennifer Hudson (Jim Steinman) First appeared on Pandora's Box's album Original Sin and sung by Erika Christensen in Wuthering Heights . The music for this song is from the 1976 Steinman musical The Confidence Man and is called New Orleans Is Comin 'to Me 7:54
14th Cry to Heaven   (Jim Steinman) Adapted from the unreleased Batman musical and is a remake of Angel's Arise from the Broadway version of Dance of the Vampires 2:22

A 'Limited Edition' was released with a companion DVD that included a brief 'Making Of' feature, an animated trailer, an assembly video of The Monster is Loose, and a photo gallery and video of It's All Coming Back To Me Now .

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