Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell II : Back Into Hell

LA RECENSIONE

Following the 1977 album, this new work arrives more than 15 years after the rock event now considered a classic in rock music.

In the first chapter, the main theme was related to adolescence, and everything it entails—sensuality, lust, frustrations, and dreams of rock and roll of a young teenager, indeed, who is just starting life. Here we are faced with a mature man who looks back on those distant years with a mixture of tenderness, excessive indulgence, and regret.

The voice of Meat Loaf is at its finest, while Jim Steinman (here also taking on the role of producer) shines like never before in his skill as a composer of lyrics and music, creating grandiose songs and giving them an epic tone (not a single song lasts less than 5 minutes).

Production and arrangement have no equal in this field. The strength of the album lies in the way the most diverse elements are juxtaposed and almost overlapped: the way the sound of the piano breaks into the distorted sound of the guitar in I’d Do Anything For Love (the first single released), or the way the guitar seems to split the vocals in It Just Won’t Quit. Emphatic, sentimental, fun, skillfully played. Perfect for fans of Theatrical Rock. The instrumental composition is highly impressive, the songs different, mutable, oscillating, harmonious, in a word perfect. One of the best concept albums ever made.