Definitive Collection

~ Release by Meat Loaf (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Paradise by the Dashboard Light
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
bass:
Kasim Sultan
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg
guitar:
Todd Rundgren
keyboard and other vocals [lascivious effects]:
Jim Steinman
keyboard and piano:
Roy Bittan
saxophone:
Edgar Winter
synthesizer:
Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia")
background vocals:
Rory Dodd, Marvin Lee and Todd Rundgren
background vocals and lead vocals [featured female vocal]:
Ellen Foley
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
spoken vocals [baseball play-by-play]:
Phil Rizzuto
performer:
Ellen Foley
arranger:
Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
recording of:
Paradise by the Dashboard Light
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
4.28:24
2Bat Out of Hell
bass guitar:
Kasim Sulton
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg
guitar and guitar [Motorcycle guitar]:
Todd Rundgren
keyboard:
Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
percussion:
Jim Steinman
piano:
Roy Bittan
synthesizer:
Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia")
additional background vocals:
Rory Dodd and Ellen Foley
background vocals:
Todd Rundgren and Kasim Sulton
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977)
edit of:
Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf
recording of:
Bat out of Hell
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
4.54:54
3You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
bass:
Kasim Sultan
guitar family and percussion:
Todd Rundgren
keyboard and percussion:
Jim Steinman
keyboard and piano:
Roy Bittan
membranophone:
Max Weinberg
percussion:
Marvin Lee
saxophone:
Edgar Winter
synthesizer:
Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia")
background vocals:
Rory Dodd, Ellen Foley and Todd Rundgren
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
arranger:
Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977)
compilation of:
You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (beginning) by Meat Loaf and You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (conclusion) by Meat Loaf
recording of:
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
45:06
4Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
bass guitar:
Kasim Sultan
drums (drum set):
John Wilcox
guitar:
Todd Rundgren
piano:
Roy Bittan
synthesizer:
Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia")
background vocals:
Rory Dodd and Todd Rundgren
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
strings arranger:
Kenny Ascher
arranger:
Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
recording of:
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
45:27
5Heaven Can Wait
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
piano:
Roy Bittan
background vocals:
Rory Dodd and Todd Rundgren
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
strings arranger:
Kenny Ascher
arranger:
Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977)
recording of:
Heaven Can Wait
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
44:40
6Dead Ringer for Love
bass guitar:
Steve Buslowe
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Davey Johnstone
horn:
Alan Rubin, Lou Delgatto, Lou Marani and Tom Malone (US trombonist)
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (Percussion)
piano:
Roy Bittan
slit drum [African logs]:
Neleam Ymmij
background vocals:
Allan Nicholls (Canadian musician), Rhonda Coullet, Rory Dodd, Ted Neeley and Eric Troyer
vocals:
Cher and Meat Loaf
performer:
Cher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981)
recording of:
Dead Ringer for Love
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981), Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981) and Peg Music Company (in 1981)
3.654:27
7Read 'em and Weep
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981)
recording of:
Read ’em and Weep (Meat Loaf’s original 1981 version)
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981), Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981) and Peg Music Company (in 1981)
3:46
8I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us
recording of:
I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981), Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981) and Peg Music Company (in 1981)
5:16
9More Than You Deserve
recording of:
More Than You Deserve
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp. (in 1974) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1974)
3:32
10Peel Out
acoustic guitar:
Joe DeAngelis
bass guitar:
Steve Buslowe
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg
guitar:
Davey Johnstone
keyboard and piano:
Roy Bittan
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (Percussion)
synthesizer:
Larry Fast
vocals:
Leslie Loaf
recording of:
Peel Out
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981), Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981) and Peg Music Company (in 1981)
46:33
11Everything Is Permitted
bass guitar:
Steve Buslowe
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg
guitar [guitars]:
Davey Johnstone
keyboard and piano:
Roy Bittan
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (Percussion)
recording of:
Everything Is Permitted
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981)
44:40
12Razor's Edge
recording of:
Razor's Edge
writer:
Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Mark Doyle (rock guitarist) and Marvin Lee Aday
4:10
13If You Really Want To
recording of:
If You Really Want To
writer:
George Meyer (Singer, saxophonist, keyboardist and songwriter, born 1952) and Ted Neeley
33:37
14Don't You Look at Me Like That
recording of:
Don't You Look at Me Like That
writer:
Marshall Styler (Based in Fredericksburg, TX)
23:29
15Fallen Angel
recording of:
Fallen Angel
writer:
Dick Wagner
33:37
16I Love You So I Told You a Lie
3:45

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part of:Definitive Collection (Columbia) (order: 11)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/777666 [info]