Meatloaf - The Best Of (1998) [FLAC]

While Meat Loaf's previous anthology, 1984's HITS OUT OF HELL, contained most of the radio hits you'd expect from the first part of his career, it obviously didn't contain any selections from his mid-'90s "second coming" (with BAT OUT HELLII and the monster hit I Would Do Anything For Love). 1998's double disc THE VERY BEST OF corrects this, containing more extensive track listing than its predecessor and clocking in at nearly two hours with a more expansive 18 tracks. If you're an aficionado of '70s arena rock (Queen, Elton John, Styx, etc.), then Meat Loaf's THE VERY BEST OF will likely become a permanent denizen of your CD player. Standouts include such early classics as Two Out of Three Ain't Bad and Paradise by the Dashboard Light, as well as oft-overlooked mid-career standouts Dead Ringer For Love and Midnightat the Lost and Found, and of course the '90s "comeback" tracks I Would Do Anything For Love and Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through.

Track Listing:

Disc One
1. "Home by Now" / "No Matter What" – 8:25 (Andrew Lloyd Webber / Jim Steinman)
2. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" (remix) – 8:07 (Steinman)
3. "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" (Hot Summer Night) – 5:04 (Steinman)
4. "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" – 5:23 (Steinman)
5. "Modern Girl" – 4:24 (Paul Jacobs / Sarah Durkee)
6. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" – 5:41 (Steinman)
7. "Is Nothing Sacred" – 6:37 (Steinman / Don Black)
8. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" – 8:28 (Steinman)
9. "Heaven Can Wait" – 4:36 (Steinman)

Disc Two
1. "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" – 11:52 (Steinman) with Lorraine Crosby
2. "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" – 7:37 (Webber / Steinman) Feat. Bonnie Tyler
3. "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" – 6:48 (Diane Warren)Feat. Patti Russo
4. "Not a Dry Eye in the House" – 5:54 (Warren)
5. "Nocturnal Pleasure" – 0:38 (Steinman)
6. "Dead Ringer for Love" – 4:21 (Steinman) duet with Cher
7. "Midnight at the Lost and Found" – 3:36 (Marvin Lee Aday / Steve Buslowe / Paul Christie / Dan Peyronel)
8. "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" – 9:45 (Steinman)
9. "Bat out of Hell" – 9:48 (Steinman)