Live at Wembley (Meat Loaf album)
Live at Wembley | ||||
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Live album by Meat Loaf | ||||
Released | October 26, 1987 | |||
Recorded | March 1–2, 1987 | |||
Venue | Wembley Arena (London) | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 70:47 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Tom Edmonds, Meat Loaf | |||
Meat Loaf chronology | ||||
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Singles from Live at Wembley | ||||
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Source | Rating |
New Musical Express | 10/10[2] |
Live at Wembley is a 1987 live album by Meat Loaf.[3] It was recorded live at Wembley Arena in London March 1–2, 1987. Meat Loaf's brother-in-law Tom Edmonds co-produced and mixed the album, which featured arrangements by Meat Loaf, Steve Buslowe, and Bob Kulick. The touring continued mainly as a ploy to keep Meat Loaf in the public eye and out of bankruptcy.
To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, anywhere that would have him, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late 1980s where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again. He even sold over 10,000 tickets at Ohio State. Leslie studied to be a travel agent so they could save on travel expenses and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman got to work on Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell which was released in 1993, seven years after Blind Before I Stop.
Track listing
Side one
- "Blind Before I Stop" – 3:54
- "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" – 5:33
- "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" – 7:49
- "Midnight at the Lost and Found" – 3:43
- "Modern Girl" – 5:44
Side two
- "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" – 10:04
- "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" – 8:06
- "Bat Out of Hell" – 10:29
bonus EP Side one
- "Masculine" – 6:50
bonus EP Side two
- "Rock 'n' Roll Medley" – 8:34
- "Johnny B. Goode"
- "Jailhouse Rock"
- "Slow Down"
- "Blue Suede Shoes"
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Reprise)
Music and lyrics for tracks 3 and 6–8 written by Jim Steinman
Arranged by Meat Loaf, Steve Buslowe, Bob Kulick
Personnel
- Meat Loaf — vocals
- Paul Jacobs — piano overdubs
The Neverland Express
- Bob Kulick — guitars
- Alan Merrill — guitars, lead (track 2) and backing vocals
- Steve Buslowe — bass, backing vocals
- Frank Doyle — keyboards
- Chuck Burgi — drums
- Amy Goff — vocals
- Elaine Goff — vocals
Charts
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[4] | 60 |
References
- ^ "Meat Loaf singles".
- ^ The Legend (7 November 1987). "33". New Musical Express. p. 32. ISSN 0028-6362.
- ^ "Live at Wembley - Meat Loaf | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Meat Loaf | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- v
- t
- e
- Bat Out of Hell (1977)
- Dead Ringer (1981)
- Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983)
- Bad Attitude (1984)
- Blind Before I Stop (1986)
- Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
- Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)
- Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003)
- Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)
- Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010)
- Hell in a Handbasket (2011)
- Braver Than We Are (2016)
- Live at Wembley (1987)
- Live Around the World (1996)
- VH1: Storytellers (1999)
- Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004)
- 3 Bats Live (2008)
- Hits Out of Hell (1985)
- Heaven & Hell (1989)
- The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998)
- Stoney & Meatloaf (1971)
- Free-for-All (1976)
- Hits Out of Hell
- Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show
- VH1: Storytellers
- To Hell and Back: The Meat Loaf Story
- Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- 3 Bats Live
- Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
- The Seize the Night Tour (2006–07)
- The Casa de Carne Tour (2008)
- Guilty Pleasure Tour (2011)
- Mad, Mad World Tour (2012)
- Last at Bat Tour (2013)
- "What You See Is What You Get"
- "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
- "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
- "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
- "Bat Out of Hell"
- "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us"
- "Dead Ringer for Love"
- "Read 'Em and Weep"
- "In Europe '82"
- "If You Really Want To"
- "Razor's Edge"
- "Midnight at the Lost and Found"
- "Modern Girl"
- "Nowhere Fast"
- "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries"
- "Blind Before I Stop"
- "Special Girl"
- "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
- "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
- "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
- "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are"
- "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)"
- "Not a Dry Eye in the House"
- "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)"
- "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
- "Is Nothing Sacred"
- "Did I Say That?"
- "Couldn't Have Said It Better"
- "Man of Steel"
- "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
- "Cry Over Me"
- "Los Angeloser"
- Discography
- Jim Steinman
- Neverland Express
- Stoney & Meatloaf
- Ted Nugent
- Pearl Aday
- To Hell and Back