1998 compilation album by Meat Loaf
The Very Best of Meat Loaf Meat Loaf 's recording career. Although not reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom, it was certified double platinum there in 2013. The album features many of Meat Loaf's best-known songs as well as a few from his lesser known albums of the 1980s.
Besides hits like "Paradise by the Dashboard Light " and "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ",The Very Best of Meat Loaf contains three new tracks. Two of those are written byAndrew Lloyd Webber andJim Steinman and are adapted from their musicalWhistle Down the Wind Is Nothing Sacred " is written by Steinman and lyricistDon Black , and produced byRuss Titelman (the single version of this song is a duet withPatti Russo , whereas the album version is a solo song by Meat Loaf. The single version would later appear on theVH1 Storytellers CD ).
BothBat Out of Hell Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell Blind Before I Stop
The album was re-released in 2003 with the same tracks in a different order, and did so again in 2011 with the original order but now under the titleThe Essential Meat Loaf VH1 Storytellers in 1999 (which was released as an album and aDVD ), Meat Loaf's next studio album was the 2003 album,Couldn't Have Said It Better
Original 1998 release [ edit ] Japanese Bonus track No. Title Writer(s) From Album Length 10. "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (live) Steinman Previously unreleased 12:58
"Bat Out of Hell" "Dead Ringer for Love" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" "Modern Girl" "Midnight at the Lost and Found" "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" (remix) "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" "Heaven Can Wait" "Not a Dry Eye in the House" "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" "Is Nothing Sacred" "Home by Now/No Matter What" "Nocturnal Pleasure" Certifications and sales [ edit ] Region Certification Certified units /salesUnited Kingdom (BPI )[ 12] 2× Platinum 600,000* United States (RIAA )[ 13] Gold 500,000^ * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
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