Bad For Good is an 1981 album by American songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks.
The songs were originally intended to be recorded by Meat Loaf as a follow up to Bat out of Hell, titled Renegade Angel. However, Meat Loaf suffered vocal problems and was unable to sing. However, he would record several tracks from Bad for Good for his later albums.
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Bad For Good is an 1981 album by American songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks.
The songs were originally intended to be recorded by Meat Loaf as a follow up to Bat out of Hell, titled Renegade Angel. However, Meat Loaf suffered vocal problems and was unable to sing. However, he would record several tracks from Bad for Good for his later albums.
The critical reaction to the album was rather mediocre. Many reviews commented that Steinman's singing voice was inadequate for the songs.
In the midst of the success of Bat out of Hell, desperate for a Meat Loaf follow-up, management and the record company put pressure on Steinman to stop touring in order to write to follow-up, provisionally titled Renegade Angel. Steinman joined Meat Loaf and his the band for a live performance in Toronto, Canada in 1978 with the intention of going through the songs for the new album after the show. However,...
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