Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell
Paul Rambali, NME, 4 February 1978
EXCESS AND incongruity seem to be the key factors at work here. An abundance of diverse stylistic elements piledriven and packed high into what must be last year's most off-beat American debut.
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