The Very Best of Meat Loaf

~ Release by Meat Loaf (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
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1I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)
recording engineer:
Steve Rinkoff
programming:
Jeff Bova
additional assistant engineer:
Chris Albert (US engineer), Steve Boyer, Victor Deyglio, Bill Gardner (US engineer), Mark Guilbeault, Brandon Harris (US engineer), Matthew "Boomer" LaMonica and Rory Romano
additional engineer:
Steve Holroyd
assistant engineer:
Dan Gellert (sound engineer)
associate producer:
Roy Bittan and Steve Rinkoff
producer:
Jim Steinman
mixer:
David Thoener
bass:
Steve Buslowe
drums (drum set):
Kenny Aronoff
guitar:
Eddie Martinez (guitar) and Tim Pierce (US session guitarist)
piano:
Roy Bittan
synthesizer:
Jeff Bova
background vocals:
Rory Dodd, Todd Rundgren and Kasim Sulton
lead vocals:
Lorraine Crosby and Meat Loaf
additional arranger:
Meat Loaf
arranger:
Jim Steinman
background vocals arranger:
Todd Rundgren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1993)
part of:
Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 81)
recording of:
I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1993)
4.3511:58
2A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
recording of:
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
lyricist:
Jim Steinman
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
3.57:36
3I’d Lie for You (and That’s the Truth)
recording of:
I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
3.656:27
4Not a Dry Eye in the House
recording of:
Not a Dry Eye in the House
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
4.655:55
5Nocturnal Pleasure
recording of:
Nocturnal Pleasure
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Neverland Music Publishing Company
30:38
6Dead Ringer for Love
bass guitar:
Steve Buslowe
drums (drum set):
Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
guitar [guitars]:
Davey Johnstone
horn:
Alan Rubin, Lou Delgatto, Lou Marani and Tom Malone (US trombonist)
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (Percussion)
piano:
Roy Bittan
slit drum [African logs]:
Neleam Ymmij
background vocals:
Allan Nicholls (Canadian musician), Rhonda Coullet, Rory Dodd, Ted Neeley and Eric Troyer
vocals:
Cher and Meat Loaf
performer:
Cher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1981)
recording of:
Dead Ringer for Love
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981), Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981) and Peg Music Company (in 1981)
3.84:21
7Midnight at the Lost and Found
recording of:
Midnight at the Lost and Found
writer:
Daniel Augusto Peyronel, Michael Lee Aday, Paul A. Christie and Steve R. Buslowe
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) and Carlin Music Corp.
43:31
8Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
recording of:
Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1993)
59:45
9Bat Out of Hell
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
bass:
Kasim Sultan
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg
guitar family, keyboard and percussion:
Todd Rundgren
keyboard and percussion:
Jim Steinman
keyboard and piano:
Roy Bittan
synthesizer:
Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia")
background vocals:
Rory Dodd, Ellen Foley, Kasim Sultan and Todd Rundgren
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
arranger:
Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1977)
music videos:
Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf
recording of:
Bat out of Hell
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
4.359:49
10I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That) - Live
12:58