Dec 2022 Album Accreds" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved January 25, 2023. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved May 16, 2022. Bat Out of Hell is often compared to the music of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the album Born to Run. Steinman says he finds that "puzzling, musically", although they share influences; "Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence." [14] A BBC article added "that Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison." [16] For Crying Out Loud" was originally written for the 1975 New York Shakespeare Festival musical Kid Champion, and a recording by an unknown artist is in the New York Public Library archives. [41] Jim Steinman considers the line "And can't you see my faded Levi's bursting apart" his most daring lyric on the entire album. [42]

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Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p.196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Todd Rundgren states that Steinman was highly influenced by the "rural suburban teenage angst" of Springsteen. [28] According to manager David Sonenberg, "Jim would always come up with these great titles and then he would write a song that would try to justify the greatness of the title." [18] You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) by Meat Loaf Songfacts". songfacts.com . Retrieved April 7, 2018.Bat Out of Hell has sold over 43 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. [4] It is certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [5] It is also the best-selling album in Australia, having been certified 26× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). [6] As of June 2019, it has spent 522 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, the second longest chart run by a studio album. [7] In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [8] [9] Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1978. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021 . Retrieved April 2, 2022.