BAT OUT OF HELL III: THE MONSTER IS LOOSE - MEAT LOAF
You can pretty much count on Meat Loaf to taste the same. As expected, “Bat Out of Hell III” plays out like a cinematic movie score, with 14 melodramatic, heavily orchestrated tracks that run forever. “Seize the Night” is the most daring, a temerarious crash test of violins, timpani and electric guitar that sounds like the bastard child of Styx and John Williams. “The Monster Is Loose” is a straight-ahead rock’n'roll tantrum, his cover of Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” is surprisingly poignant, and “What About Love” is so theatrical that you can practically see a Broadway banner beaming overhead. Amid all the pomp and circumstance, Loaf delivers an album fans are going to love. Best, 29 years after “Bat I,” he still sounds like he’s having the time of his life. Billboard
