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Track Listing 1. All Revved up With No Place to Go 2. Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back 3. Story 4. You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Nights) 5. Story 6. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 7. Lawyers, Guns and Money 8. Story 9. More Than You Deserve 10. Story 11. Heaven Can Wait 12. Story 13. Paradise by the Dashboard Light 14. Story 15. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad 16. Bat Out of Hell 17. Is Nothing Sacred - (single version, bonus track) 18. Untitled - (hidden track)
| Details | | Producer: | Kasim Sulton | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Meat Loaf (vocals, guitar); Patti Russo, Pearl Aday (vocals); Kasim Sulton (acoustic guitar, bass, background vocals); Ray Andersen (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Tom Brislin (piano, background vocals); Damon La Scott (guitar); John Miceli (drums). Recorded live at Metropolis Studios, New York, New York in October 1998. Includes liner notes by Bill Flanagan. Given his flair for drama and audience communication, VH1 STORYTELLERS was a natural choice for Meat Loaf. This CD captures all the charisma and bombast that is Mr. Loaf, all within an intimate setting that works perfectly. If there were ever songs that deserved the Storyteller treatment, those songs are Meat Loaf's. Audience members comment on and ask questions about tunes that they grew up with and feel were written for THEM. Meat Loaf explains that "More Than You Deserve" was the first Jim Steinman-penned composition he ever sang, and that it was in a downtown production of the same name. Meat also explains that the original length for Steinman's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" was 27 minutes, before proceeding into a wonderfully theatrical version of it. Patti Russo's powerful vocals complement Meat's wonderfully. Meat explains how "Bat Out of Hell" was inspired by PSYCHO and launches a rockin' rendition of the 11-minute opus. The beautiful bonus studio track "Is Nothing Sacred" rounds out the disc. VH1 STORYTELLERS works on many levels. In particular, Meat's songs, which have always been spectacular live, are given extra depth. Highly recommended.
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