Bat out of Hell is an extremely successful album by Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman, released in 1977, and produced by Todd Rundgren. Its musical style is influenced by Steinman's appreciation of Richard Wagner, Phil Spector and Bruce Springsteen.Although not an immediate hit, the album has become one of the biggest selling of all time. It sells about 200,000 copies per year and has sold an estimated 37 million copies worldwide. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 343 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.Steinman produced a sequel in 1993 called Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, which includes the hit single "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)". A second sequel, Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, released in October 2006, featured seven songs written by Steinman.

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Sony Music must pay $5m to a small record company for missing its logo off Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album, a US court has ruled.

It was a small black winged creature, resembling a pterodactyl more than a bat with bright red eyes, horns and a tail with a flattened arrow head shaped tip. If he had a pitchfork he would have been identical to the devil of popular mythology.

Sony Music must pay $5m (£2.4m) to a small record company for missing its logo off Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album, a US court has ruled.The decision comes after a court settlement in 1998 decided Sony should include the Cleveland International logo on future copies of the record.

Can you imagine some guy going 90 mph on the interstate with these balloons trailing a few yards behind him? Instructions for a fun time on the interstate...............Step 1. Tie balloons to car.Step 2. Drive like a bat out of hell....Step 3. Watch people freak out!!!!