New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Meat Loaf's quintuple platinum-certified 1993 album, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and his platinum-certified 1995 album, Welcome to the Neighborhood, will make their U.S. vinyl debuts with new 2LP vinyl editions to be released worldwide on February 8 by Geffen/Ume/Universal
Music Canada, the country's leading music company. In the U.K., both albums are making their first return to vinyl since their original release.
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell will be available on black and limited edition translucent blue 2LP vinyl.
Welcome to the Neighborhood will be available on limited edition black 2LP vinyl.
Released 25 years ago after studio sessions spanning two years, Meat Loaf's sixth studio album, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell was the highly anticipated sequel to one of the bestselling albums of all time: his blockbuster 1977 debut, Bat Out of Hell. Revisiting the themes of its 14-times platinum-certified predecessor, Bat Out of Hell II returned
Meat Loaf to the top of several charts around the world, fueled by its GRAMMY-winning international smash single "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" which hit No. 1 in 28 countries.
Meat Loaf's first two Bat Out of Hell albums were written and produced by the GRAMMY-winning songwriter and producer Jim Steinman.
Meat Loaf recorded Bat Out of Hell II from 1991 to 1993 at Ocean Way Recording in LA and at Power Station in New York. The album features many of the same musicians from the first Bat Out of Hell album including Roy Bittan on keyboards and piano as well as Todd Rundgren,
Ellen Foley, Rory Dodd, and Kasim Sulton returning for background vocals.
Meat Loaf's seventh studio album, 1995's Welcome to the Neighborhood, is a concept album, weaving a narrative about a relationship over time. With three singles - "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (a duet with Patti Russo), "Not a Dry Eye in the House" and "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" - the album achieved platinum sales certification in the U.S. and U.K.
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell [2LP]
Side A
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
Life Is A Lemon and I Want My Money Back
Side B
Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through
It Just Won't Quit
Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire)
Side C
Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
Wasted Youth
Everything Louder Than
Everything Else
Side D
Good Girls Go To
Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
Back Into Hell
Lost Boys And Golden Girls
Meat Loaf - Welcome to the Neighborhood [2LP]
Side A
Where The Rubber Meets The Road
I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)
Original Sin
Side B
45 Seconds Of Ecstasy
Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)
Fiesta De Las Almas Perdidas
Left In The Dark
Side C
Not A Dry Eye In The House
Amnesty Is Grantedhe Last Kiss (Let's Make It Last All Night)
Martha
Where Angels Sing
