Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra


Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a live album released by singer Meat Loaf in 2004 on the Mercury and Sanctuary labels.
The album was recorded on February 20-February 22, 2004 during Meat Loaf's Australian tour. Meat Loaf is backed for the concerts by the Melbourne [Symphony Orchestra]. As the name suggests, the album contains live performances of the seven tracks off Meat Loaf's 1977 album, Bat Out of Hell. The Australian and limited edition versions of the album also contain a performance of "I Would Do [Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]" in addition to the track "Couldn't Have Said It Better" and a bonus DVD for the limited edition.

Track listing

All compositions by Jim Steinman except where noted.
  1. "Bat out of Hell" – 11:48
  2. "You Took [the Words Right Out of My Mouth|You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)]" – 5:16
  3. "Heaven Can Wait" – 5:09
  4. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" – 5:22
  5. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" – 5:42
  6. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" – 11:07
  7. "For Crying Out Loud" – 10:45
  8. "I'd [Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]" – 11:05
  9. "Couldn't Have Said It Better" – 8:13 ''''

Limited edition bonus DVD

All compositions by Jim Steinman except where noted.
  1. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" – 8:44
  2. "Couldn't Have Said It Better" – 5:44
  3. "Did I Say That?" – 4:52
  4. Photogallery
  5. "I'd Lie for You " - 5:06
  6. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" – 6:32
  7. "Dead Ringer for Love" – 5:17

DVD version

Its DVD release had extra songs from the concert not on the CD. It is missing "Heaven Can Wait", "I'd Lie For You " and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" which were recorded as soundchecks.

Tracks

All compositions by Jim Steinman except where noted.
  1. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" — 09:34
  2. "Mercury Blues" — 07:52
  3. "Dead Ringer for Love" — 06:08
  4. "Testify" — 07:43
  5. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" — 07:15
  6. "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth " — 09:17
  7. "Couldn't Have Said It Better" — 08:34
  8. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" — 08:40
  9. "Out of the Frying Pan " — 11:58
  10. "For Crying Out Loud" — 12:33
  11. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" — 19:19
  12. "I'd Do Anything for Love " — 11:59
  13. "Bat out of Hell" — 12:37

Personnel

Musical director — Kasim Sulton