''Bad Attitude'' is the fourth studio album by American singer

Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally by his stage name Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. ...

, released in November 1984. Recorded in Britain, it features two songs by

Jim Steinman James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, mus ...

, both previously recorded, and a

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with

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. According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, he approached Steinman about writing the entire album, but waiting for new songs wound up taking so long that Meat Loaf recorded two previously released Steinman songs and moved on with other writers. The album concentrates more on the hard rock side of Meat Loaf, was a minor success around the globe and contained a few hit singles, the most successful being "

Modern Girl (also shortened to ) were Japanese women who followed Westernized fashions and lifestyles in the period after World War I. were Japan's equivalent of America's flappers, Germany's , France's , or China's (). By viewing through a Japanese ...

". The US release in April 1985 from

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features a slightly different track order as well as alternate mixes for some songs. This remixed version of the album was reissued on CD in the United States and Canada in 1993. The 30th anniversary remastered reissue by Cherry Red Records, released in 2014, contains only the original UK track order and mixes.

Track listing

UK/Europe version

1985 US version

Personnel

Production (US release only)

* Meat Loaf, Paul Jacobs, Bob Kulick — remixing (1, 2, 4, 5, 7) * Harvey Goldberg — remixing (1, 2, 7) * Josh Abbey — remixing (4) * Tony Taverner — remixing (5) * Mack — remixing (6) * Simon Sullivan — extra recordings

Arrangements

Paul Buckmaster Paul John Buckmaster (13 June 1946 – 7 November 2017) was a British cellist, arranger, conductor and composer, with a career spanning five decades. He is best known for his orchestral collaborations with David Bowie, Shawn Phillips, Elton Joh ...

, Paul Jacobs — string arrangements

Band

::''All track numbers based on UK ordering. Adjust according to US release as necessary when referring to list above.'' * Meat Loaf — lead vocals *

Bob Kulick Robert Joel Kulick (January 16, 1950 – May 28, 2020) was an American guitarist and record producer, who worked with numerous acts such as Kiss (band), Kiss, W.A.S.P. (band), W.A.S.P., Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meat Loaf, and Michael Bolton. He w ...

— guitars * Paul Vincent — guitars (4, 6) * John Siegler — bass *

Mo Foster Michael Ralph "Mo" Foster (22 December 1944 – 3 July 2023) was an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker. Through a career spanning over half a century, Foster toured, recorded, and p ...

— bass (5) * Paul Jacobs — piano, keyboards, backing vocals * Steve Rance — Fairlight programming * Ronnie Asprey — saxophone (7) *

Wells Kelly Wells Kelly (April 7, 1949 – October 28, 1984) was an American pop and soft rock drummer. Kelly was born in New Orleans in 1949. He grew up in New York. His father, Burnham Kelly, was a dean of architecture at Cornell University. He was one of ...

— drums, percussion, backing vocals *

Curt Cress Curtis Cress (born 11 August 1952), known by his stage name Curt Cress, is a German musician, singer and songwriter. Life and work Curt Cress began his career in 1965 in Hanau with the band Load. Later also in Hanau he played with the bands I ...

— drums (4) *

Frank Ricotti Frank E. Ricotti (born 31 January 1949) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. Early life and education Frank E. Ricotti was born in St Pancras, London, England; his father was a drummer. Bill Ashton, founder of the National ...

— percussion (3, 6) *

— additional lead vocals (1) *

Clare Torry Clare H. Torry (born 29 November 1947) is a British singer, known for performing the improvised, wordless vocals on the song " The Great Gig in the Sky" on Pink Floyd's 1973 album '' The Dark Side of the Moon''. She sang the theme of the 1977 ...

— additional lead vocals (2), backing vocals * Zee Carling — additional lead vocals (6) * Stephanie de Sykes — backing vocals

Singles

in Europe, "Modern Girl" (UK #17), "Nowhere Fast" (UK #67), and "Piece of the Action" (UK #47) were released as singles with extended mixes and exclusive songs: "Take a Number", " Stand by Me" (a Ben E. King cover) and "Clap Your Hands". The latter two songs were recorded during the sessions for the ''

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'' soundtrack. "Surf's Up" was released as a US single and "Sailor to a Siren" was released as a

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with "Modern Girl".

Charts

Certifications

References

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