Album info

• Title Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose
• Artist Meat Loaf
• Year 2006
• Genre Rock

Tracklist

1. The Monster is Loose
2. Blind as a Bat
3. It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (feat. Marion Ravon)
4. Bad for Good
5. Cry Over Me
6. In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King
7. Monstro
8. Alive
9. If God Could Talk
10. If It Ain’t Broke Break It
11. What About Love (feat. Patti Russo)
12. Seize the Night
13. The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
14. Cry to Heaven

Thoughts

This one jumped up the to-listen list to pay tribute to Meat Loaf after he passed away. I’ve already listened to the first two BooH albums so it’s good to complete the set. I’ve only ever really heard that this one is not as good as the other two, and I get that, but I still quite liked it. It does have a different vibe about it, more hard rock particularly in the opening number. You can tell that Jim Steinman is not involved - it’s a shame they were going through legal wranglings at this point, as this could have been another classic. It has potential.

But it’s worth pointing out that the women on the album actually get a credit this time, something that has vexed me in the past. My only real complaint is that I read Meat Loaf suggested his cover of It’s All Coming Back to Me Now with Ravon was the definitive version… I can only assume he hasn’t heard the Celine Dion track otherwise he’d never say such things.

Rating: 3 / 5