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**Diane** · 06 Apr 2006, 15:26

Thanks Chris. Can't wait to hear it!

But what about "Bat II"? They should cover that one too since it sold at least 12 million worldwide.

I found the following in the latest Radio Times:

"In a reality TV-loving world, where Big Brother contestants can become lauded for thinking that East Anglia is a mysterious land overseas, it's easy to sneer at anything that attracts the critical approval of the general public. But not everything that's popular has to be awful, as is proved by this opening edition in a new series on albums that have sold over ten million copies around the world. The enormous sales figures of Meat Loaf's 1977 Bat Out Of Hell release may have had a lot to do with the masterful gathering of writer Jim Steinman, producer Todd Rundgren and singer Meat Loaf. But what sold it to the public, as Mr. Loaf points out tonight, was his over-the-top stage-shows, which won audiences over as they watched, wondering if this 320lb behemoth of rock would manage to get through the performance without suffering a stroke. Plus the fact that - it was the campest album ever let out of the crypt."

06 Apr 2006, 15:26	#6
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	Thanks Chris. Can't wait to hear it! But what about "Bat II"? They should cover that one too since it sold at least 12 million worldwide. I found the following in the latest Radio Times: "In a reality TV-loving world, where Big Brother contestants can become lauded for thinking that East Anglia is a mysterious land overseas, it's easy to sneer at anything that attracts the critical approval of the general public. But not everything that's popular has to be awful, as is proved by this opening edition in a new series on albums that have sold over ten million copies around the world. The enormous sales figures of Meat Loaf's 1977 Bat Out Of Hell release may have had a lot to do with the masterful gathering of writer Jim Steinman, producer Todd Rundgren and singer Meat Loaf. But what sold it to the public, as Mr. Loaf points out tonight, was his over-the-top stage-shows, which won audiences over as they watched, wondering if this 320lb behemoth of rock would manage to get through the performance without suffering a stroke. Plus the fact that - it was the campest album ever let out of the crypt."