''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 as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...

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

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, 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 released 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 ve ...

". The US release in April 1985 from

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features a slightly different track listing as well as alternate mixes for some songs. The 1993 CD Reissue for USA and Canada mantain different track listing but the same mixes from UK/Europe Version. The 30th anniversary re-issue by Cherry Red Records, released in 2014, contains only the original UK track listing 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 Grammy Award-winning British cellist, arranger, conductor and composer, with a career spanning five decades. He is best known for his orchestral collaborations with David Bowie, Sh ...

, Paul Jacobs — string arrangements

Band

::''All track numbers based on UK listing. Adjust according to US release as necessary when referring to said 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, W.A.S.P., Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meat Loaf and Michael Bolton. He was born in Brooklyn, New York ...

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

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

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— drums (4) *

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— percussion (3, 6) *

— additional lead vocals (1) *

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— 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

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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

References

{{Authority control 1984 albums Albums arranged by Paul Buckmaster Arista Records albums Meat Loaf albums Albums produced by Alan Shacklock