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I consider him to be one of my best friends but the real thing is about managers: I think Steinman's manager is the devil and Steinman feels the same way about my manager. So, we had to communicate through managers and he refused to sign some papers that would have allowed for the recording of Bat Out of Hell III without a hitch. So, really, I didn't sue Jim Steinman. I sued his manager. [6] Produced by Desmond Child, it is the only Bat album not involving Jim Steinman in its production. The album was subject to a legal dispute between Meat Loaf and Steinman, who had registered the phrase "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark and attempted to prevent the album using the phrase. In the end, seven songs that Steinman wrote for various other projects were included.Stephen Erlewine in AllMusic writes that "this is Grand Guignol pop—epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this." He thinks that Steinman is "a composer without peer, simply because nobody else wanted to make mini-epics like this." Rundgren's production is applauded, as is the wit in the music and lyrics. "It may elevate adolescent passion to operatic dimensions, and that's certainly silly, but it's hard not to marvel at the skill behind this grandly silly, irresistible album." [1] Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Meat Loaf; 'Bat Out of Hell ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved June 30, 2012. Milano, Brett (September 11, 2020). "The Best Guitar Solos: 100 Hair-Raising Moments". udiscovermusic.com . Retrieved September 15, 2020. A Meat Loaf musical might actually end up on Broadway". New York Post. November 8, 2017 . Retrieved April 8, 2018. RIAA Top 100 Albums". riaa.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007 . Retrieved August 22, 2007.

ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved February 21, 2021. a b c d e f Graff, Gary (2006-10-28). "Meat Loaf unleashes "Bat" for third flight". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007 . Retrieved 2007-09-11. Cry Over Me" is, according to Meat Loaf, a timeless song dealing with relationships of all kinds. In a 2007 interview, he said that it can be about your first or last loves, or dealing with your boss at work. Partially quoting the lyrics, the singer posits that there are times when "you want him to feel exactly like I felt when he said that to me." [3]Norwegiancharts.com – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016. For Crying Out Loud" was originally written for the 1975 New York Shakespeare Festival musical Kid Champion, and a recording by an unknown artist is in the New York Public Library archives. [41] Jim Steinman considers the line "And can't you see my faded Levi's bursting apart" his most daring lyric on the entire album. [42] Since 1968, [29] Steinman had been working on a magnum opus, which finally opened in 2017 in the form of Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical. The first incarnation of his work was a musical called The Dream Engine when he was in college at Amherst. The qualities of teenage rebellion and a girl joining a "tribe" led by a charismatic leader are present in all versions of Steinman's work. It is in The Dream Engine that the spoken word piece "Hot Summer Night" originates, [30] and is the earliest work that appears on the Meat Loaf album, where it is performed by Jim Steinman and actress Marcia McClain. [31] Canadian album certifications – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell 3". Music Canada . Retrieved July 23, 2021. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved July 23, 2021.