Meat Loaf Announces Release Of New Studio Album
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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After 40 years and selling over 100 million records, among them one of the biggest albums of all time, Meat Loaf has announced he will release his new album 'Hell In A Handbasket' on 27th February.
Meat Loaf has always had a larger than life presence in music with his unique songs and stellar collaborations. 'Bat Out of Hell' sold over 2.1 million copies in the UK and has been awarded Platinum status 23 times, now, Meat Loaf does it all again with the release of his new album 'Hell In A Handbasket'.
Like most Meat Loaf albums, 'Hell In A Handbasket' is a BIG album with every song delivering a message that alludes to the theme of the album. Meat Loaf describes it as "the most personal record I've ever made. It's about how I feel the world's gone to hell in a handbasket. It's really the first record that I've ever put out about how I feel about life and how I feel about what's going on at the moment."
'Hell In A Handbasket' once again features some interesting collaborations and special guests. Public Enemy’s Chuck D contributes an original rap mixed into a cover of Tom Cochran’s ‘Mad Mad World’. Entitled ‘The Good God’s a Woman And She Don’t Like Ugly’, it’s every bit as interesting as the titles alludes to. Meat Loaf said, “Chuck D is the rapper’s rapper. He is the original, and every rapper that has come after him wants to be like him. For us to have him on this record is a major coup and I am so impressed with what he wrote!” Lil Jon, another well-known rap artist who appeared in Celebrity Apprentice alongside Meat Loaf, appears on ‘Stand In the Storm.’ And certainly, no album would be complete without long time duet partner Patti Russo who features on two songs: ‘Our Love And Our Souls’ and a version of The Mammas and The Pappas classic ‘California Dreamin’.’
'Hell In A Handbasket' track-listing is as follows:
All Of Me
Fall From Grace
The Giving Tree
Mad Mad World / Good God Is A Woman And She Don’t Like Ugly
Party Of One
Live Or Die
California Dreamin’
Another Day
40 Days
Out Love & Our Souls
Stand In the Storm
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