Do you consider Bat Out Of Hell a concept album?

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   I think it's a concept album, just an awful one. Way to over emote Meatloaf.

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Nogbad_The_Bad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 21596	Posted: February 10 2013 at 09:35
	I think it's a concept album, just an awful one. Way to over emote Meatloaf.
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Snow Dog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995	Posted: February 10 2013 at 08:50
	Whether it is or isn't is no guide as to if it belongs in PA


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	Don't let your meat loaf.
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The Bearded Bard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 24 2012 Location: Behind the Sun Status: Offline Points: 12859	Posted: February 10 2013 at 08:38
	Does an album need a story to be called a concept album? Thought it was enough that the tracks was thematically related. When it comes to the "Bat Out Of Hell" album, I've only heard a couple of tracks from it, and not the whole thing, so I wouldn't know if it's a concept album or not.


Gerinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5160	Posted: February 10 2013 at 07:42
	Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell is not listed in PA and while I think it deserves a place here much more than many other included albums, that's another subject. It was written by Jim Steinman following more a Broadway Musical approach rather than a typical Rock album. Its songs are all about stereotype teenage concerns and fantasies, a dark motorcycle crash, wanting sex without going any further, having sex in a car or admitting how turned on the guy is by the girl. Do you consider it a concept album? Personally I would not go so far, it does not really tell a story, but it is certainly a thematic album (and a great one by the way IMO!).