Bad Attitude [Original recording remastered]

Meat Loaf | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 21, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WFN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,561 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bad Attitude

2. Modern Girl

3. Nowhere Fast

4. Surf's Up

5. Piece of the Action

6. Jumpin' the Gun

7. Sailor to a Siren

8. Don't Leave Your Mark on Me

9. Cheatin' in Your Dreams

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The true beginning of Meat Loaf's comback., March 6, 2000

By 

Karl John Krumrey IV (Detroit area, Mi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Attitude (Audio CD)

When Meat Loaf split with Jim Steinman, the man who wrote all the songs for two fantastic albums (Bat out of Hell, over 35 million copies sold, end of ad, and Dead Ringer, the 'failure' that 'only' sold 6 million or so), fans thought it was over, and with good reason. Meat's first non-Steinman effort, Midnight at the Lost and Found, is easily the Loaf's worst effort and a flat out poor record. Bad Attitude, released only a year later, didn't exactly have high expectations.

Suprisingly, this is a good album, the best of Meat's non-Jim collaborations (There are two Steinman penned songs, but he was absent from the studio). The sound is revitalized and very 80's rockish, unlike the flat rockabilly tone of Midnight... . Meat's 80's band, the Neverland Express, does a fantastic job at attempting to capture the bombast and spirit of Steinman's music.

The Steinman tunes (Surf's Up and Nowhere Fast) are the best on the album, but non-Jim songs like Sailor to a Siren, Peice of the Action, Don't Leave your Mark on Me, and Modern Girl are all great songs, the latter two were big hits in the UK, but forgotten stateside. The title track opens the album off with a bang, and 'Cheatin in your dreams' the closer, ends it with a harsh infidelity tune that nonetheless rocks.

Bad Attitude is a must-have for any Meat Loaf fan's collection, simply because it's the best of his non-Steinman efforts.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Attitude is Bad, But the Music is Great!, May 7, 2000

By 

Alan L Seals - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Attitude (Audio CD)

Meatloaf has had more than one comeback in his career, but this was the beginning (1984) of the comeback in 1993 that produced Bat 2.

Though only 2 of the songs are written by Steinman, most of them have his "style" and I would have sworm they were written by him.

The album features the beautiful ballad "Surfs Up", Piece of the Action", and Sailor to A Siren" among others. Only one, "Modern Girl" appeared on his 1998 "Best Of" album, so this is one of Meatloaf's best secrets.

Four and a half stars would better describe it, but it still is nearly as good as, or EVEN AS GOOD AS any of Meat's other albums.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meat Loaf's real comeback began here., July 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bad Attitude (Audio CD)

When Meat Loaf split with Jim Steinman, the man who wrote all the songs for two fantastic albums (Bat out of Hell, over 35 million copies sold, end of ad, and Dead Ringer, the 'failure' that 'only' sold 6 million or so), fans thought it was over, and with good reason. Meat's first non-Steinman effort, Midnight at the Lost and Found, is easily the Loaf's worst effort and a flat out poor record. Bad Attitude, released only a year later, didn't exactly have high expectations. Suprisingly, this is a good album, the best of Meat's non-Jim collaborations (There are two Steinman penned songs, but he was absent from the studio). The sound is revitalized and very 80's rockish, unlike the flat rockabilly tone of Midnight... . Meat's 80's band, the Neverland Express, does a fantastic job at attempting to capture the bombast and spirit of Steinman's music. The Steinman tunes (Surf's Up and Nowhere Fast) are the best on the album, but non-Jim songs like Sailor to a Siren, Peice of the Action, and Modern Girl are all great songs, the latter two were big hits in the UK, but forgotten stateside. The title track opens the album off with a bang, and 'Cheatin in your dreams' the closer, ends it with a harsh infidelity tune that nonetheless rocks. Bad Attitude is a must-have for any Meat Loaf fan's collection, simply because it's the best of his non-Steinman efforts.