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Bat Out of Hell

Meat Loaf · 1977

A maximalist, theatrically conceived rock record built from layered studio craft, not live-band chemistry. Its power lies in its refusal to simplify — in its arrangements, its narratives, its production. It is not subtle. It is not concise. It is not meant to be.