- Bad Attitude (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Bad Attitude
Type =Album
Artist =Meat Loaf
Released = November 1984
Recorded = 1984
Producer = Paul Jacobs,Meat Loaf ,Mack
Length = 47:85
Label =Arista Records
Genre = Rock
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfyxqe5ldae link]
Last album = "Hits out of Hell "
(1984)
This album = "Bad Attitude"
(1984)
Next album = "Blind Before I Stop "
(1986)"Bad Attitude" is a
1984 album byMeat Loaf , recorded inEngland . It features two songs byJim Steinman , both previously recorded, and a duet withRoger Daltrey . According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, he approached Steinman about writing the entire album, but waiting for new songs wound up taking so long that Meat Loaf recorded two previously-released Steinman songs and moved on with other writers. [A version of "Nowhere Fast" with alternate lyrics appears in the movieStreets of Fire .] The album concentrates more on the hard rock side of Meat Loaf, was a minor success around the globe and released a few hit singles, the most successful being 'Modern Girl'.The US release on
RCA Records features a slightly different track list, as well as alternate mixes for some songs.During the tour to support the album, his wife Leslie had a nervous breakdown and had to check into Silver Hill rehab facility in
Connecticut .Track listing
# "Bad Attitude" – 4:44 "(
Paul Jacobs /Sarah Durkee )"
#* Performed byMeat Loaf &Roger Daltrey
# "Modern Girl" – 4:24 "(Jacobs/Durkee)"
#* Performed byMeat Loaf &Clare Torry
# "Nowhere Fast " – 5:12 "(Jim Steinman )"
# "Surf's Up" – 4:23 "(Steinman)"
# "Piece of the Action" – 4:15 "(Jacobs/Durkee)"
# "Jumpin' the Gun" – 3:12 "(Jacobs/Durkee)"
#* Performed byMeat Loaf &Zee Carling
# "Sailor to a Siren" – 4:08 "(Jacobs/Durkee)"
# "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me" – 4:07 "(Parr/Julia Downes)"
# "Cheatin' in Your Dreams" – 4:40 "(John Parr )"::Arranged by Paul Buckmaster, Paul Jacobs
Credits
*Meat Loaf — vocals
*Bob Kulick — guitars
*Paul Vincent — guitars (tracks 4, 6)
*John Siegler — bass
*Mo Foster — bass (track 5)
*Paul Jacobs — piano, keyboards, backing vocals
*Steve Rance — Fairlight programming
*Ronnie Asprey — saxophone (track 7)
*Wells Kelly — drums, percussion, backing vocals
*Curt Cress — drums (track 4)
*Frank Ricotti — percussion (tracks 3, 6)
*Roger Daltrey — additional lead vocals (track 1)
*Clare Torry — additional lead vocals (track 2), backing vocals
*Zee Carling — additional lead vocals (track 6)
*Stephanie de Sykes — backing vocalsingles
"Modern Girl" was taken from this album and was the biggest hit. "Piece of the Action", "Sailor to a Siren" and "Nowhere Fast" were also released singles with extended mixes and exclusive songs: "Take a Number", "Stand by Me" (a
Ben E. King cover) and "Clap Your Hands". The latter two songs were recorded during the sessions for the "Rocky Horror Picture Show " soundtrack.References
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