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Most Monumental Album Flops: No. 20
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'Dead Ringer'
Meat Loaf, 1981
Rise: The big fella's surprise blockbuster, 'Bat Out of Hell,' came with a prophetic play-by-play: "Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!"
Fall: A broken leg, shredded vocal cords and general exhaustion led to a critical delay for the follow-up. Despite help from Cher, the stillborn 'Dead Ringer' couldn't keep Meat out of bankruptcy.
Stats: 'Bat Out of Hell' (1977), 14 million; 'Dead Ringer,' less than 500,000
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gb
interstingly enough, "bat out of hell III: the monster's loose" is probably his best album. :welcome to the neighborhood" gets an honorable mention.
April 10 2008 at 3:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
kevin
i also agree with you reda. there album bat out of hell was really good but this one was stupid. it didn't grow over me
June 17 2007 at 5:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rocky
Hmmm yeah it sucked... Meatloaf did what many artist do and tried something too new too fast even though it was released 4 years after his best album to date... Reda I agree did'nt grow on me at all...
May 31 2007 at 8:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Scott
People finally woke up and realized that the guys voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard!
May 26 2007 at 9:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
daniel
blah. Any good song from this guy? Any? Or just another KISS style so called legend that is carried by one good song!?!
May 26 2007 at 7:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Reda
I actually bought this thinking it would musically follow "Bat out of Hell". It came no where close... I think I probably listened to it about 4-5 times thinking it might grow on me... never did!!
May 26 2007 at 4:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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