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Title: Great Rock Opera
Review: BAT OUT OF HELL is a great rock opera by Meat Loaf, with Jim Steinman writing and Todd Rundgren producing. The three, working with a band built around the members of Rundgren's band Utopia, have crafted a sound that's a blend of Billy Joel, Ted Nugent, and Springsteen, to create a rock opera for the late 70s. It's much better than The Who's TOMMY because its lyrics are totally about a normal adolescence, without any of the spiritualistic questioning and messianic overtones of TOMMY. The remastered version is even better than the original, with two live bonus cuts. I was five years old when the original version came out, so I discovered it as a young adult, and have loved it ever since. Anyone who ever had a true adolescence, with all of its angst and joys, will be able to relate to thisCD.
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