Does Meat Loaf still make music? Yes, even though some people might think that Marvin Lee Aday retired from the money he made with hits like Paradise By The Dashboard Light and I'd Do Anything For Love. Today he releases his albums with the modest Roadrunner label. Whether the singer now also lives on a smaller foot is the question. On this eleventh album, the bulky singer sounds as usual: undiminished
… bombastic rock-n'-roll with Aday's snarling voice as a bluffing centerpiece. Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) and Jon Bon Jovi both also wrote a song, but they made sure that the whole fit in the Meat Loaf sound. The experienced producer Rob Cavallo (Fleetwood Mac, Green Day) indulges himself with the many tumbling arrangements. And Meat Loaf cannot be denied self-knowledge. 'Some people think big. Some people think huge. And then there's Meat Loaf 'it says on his site. That's how it is. (PdK)more
