Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell | ||||
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Studio album by Meat Loaf | ||||
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Label (s) | Virgin Records , EMI | |||
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CD, LP |
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75:38 |
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Jim Steinman , Roy Bittan , Steve Rinkoff |
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Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (English for: " Bat out of Hell II: Back to Hell ") is the sixth studio album by US rock singer Meat Loaf and was released in 1993. All songs were composed by Jim Steinman , most of them come from his earlier projects. The cover was designed by Michael Whelan and is based on the cover of Bat Out of Hell , which was created by Richard Corben .
The single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) became a worldwide number 1 hit. It stayed number one in the UK for seven weeks and became the best-selling single of the year. At the same time, Meat Loaf released Bat Out of Hell as a single, which also made it into the top 10 there. Meat Loaf remained the last artist to have two top 10 singles in the UK charts at the same time until the Manic Street Preachers in 2001.
Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through and Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are were also released as singles, but only made it to 22nd and 90th place respectively in Germany, but became top 20 singles in the UK. The album was number 1 in Germany and stayed in the German top 10 of the album charts for 31 weeks.
Track list
- I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - 12:00
- Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back - 8:00
- Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through - 5:50
- It Just Won't Quit - 7:21
- Out of the Frying Pan (And into the Fire) - 7:24
- Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are - 10:15
- Wasted Youth - 2:41
- Everything Louder Than Everything Else - 7:59
- Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) - 6:53
- Back into Hell - 2:46
- Lost Boys and Golden Girls - 4:29
occupation
Arrangers : Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman, Todd Rundgren
Chart positions
album
- 1993: # 1 in the German album charts (2 weeks), the Austrian charts (1 week), the US charts (3 weeks) and the UK charts (5 weeks)
Singles
- 1993: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - # 1 in the German single charts (9 weeks), the US charts (5 weeks) and UK charts (7 weeks)
- 1994: Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through - # 22 in Germany, # 13 in USA, # 11 in UK
- 1994: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are - # 90 in Germany, # 38 in USA, # 26 in UK
See also
- List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany
- List of hard rock and metal albums that reached number one in the Austrian charts
Web links
- Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell on Allmusic (English)